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1	Analects of Confucius more books like this by Arthur Waley, Confucius add to wishlist This series of short sayings, proverbs, and observations on ethics and methods for living originated around 400 B.C. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations more books like this by Professor John Minford (Editor), Professor Joseph S M Lau (Editor) add to wishlist The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history rendered in English by the most ... see all copies from $21.10! new only from $93.26! \| first editions
3	One Hundred Poems from the Chinese more books like this by Kenneth Rexroth (Translator) add to wishlist Now in its 21st printing. Thirty-five poems by the great Tu Fu (T'ang Dynasty, 713-770) make up the first part of this volume -- with the remainder devoted to classic poets of the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) including: Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu His, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'ing Chao and Chu Shu Chen. With a translator ... see all copies from $2.15! new only from $8.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Three Perfections: Chinese Painting, Poetry, and Calligraphy more books like this by Michael Sullivan add to wishlist What do the Chinese write on their paintings? Why do they write on them? In this newly revised volume--now illustrated in color--Michael Sullivan provides a lucid and engaging analysis of the intimate relationships among painting, poetry, and calligraphy in Chinese culture. The fundamental unity of writing and painting is shown to be an ancient, ... see all copies from $3.38! new only from $26.37! \| first editions
5	Collected Songs of Cold Mountain more books like this by Red Pine add to wishlist This authoritative, bilingual edition represents the first time the entirety of Cold Mountain's poetry has been translated into English. Legendary for his clarity, directness, and lack of pretension, the eighth-century hermit-poet Cold Mountain (Han Shan) is a major figure in the history of Chinese literature and has been a profound influence on ... see all copies from $8.84! new only from $10.18! \| signed copies \| SVS
6	The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century more books like this by Professor Burton Watson (Editor) add to wishlist -- Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies see all copies from $2.52! new only from $40.32!
7	Daughter of the river. more books like this by Hong Ying add to wishlist The autobiography of a young girl growing up in Mao's China. Hong Ying grew up in a slum on the banks of the Yangtze, an area permanently veiled in fog and steeped in superstition. Life was precarious and Hong Ying, the youngest of the six children, grew up afraid that she would be condemned to a life of carrying sand and emptying chamber pots. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
8	Encounters with Chinese writers more books like this by Annie Dillard add to wishlist This brief volume, published in 1984, is the result of an American/Chinese cultural exchange in which Annie Dillard was a participant. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Early Chinese Literature more books like this by Professor Burton Watson add to wishlist Watson's account of Chinese writing from the time of the Chou dynasty (1100--249 B.C.) to the Latter Han (25-220) is accompanied by a chronology, biographical information, and a selected list of translations. see all copies from $5.85! new only from $29.38! \| first editions \| SVS
10	How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology more books like this by Zong-Qi Cai (Editor) add to wishlist In this "guided" anthology, experts lead students through the major genres and eras of Chinese poetry from antiquity to the modern time. The volume is divided into 6 chronological sections and features more than 140 examples of the best shi, sao, fu, ci, and qu poems. A comprehensive introduction and extensive thematic table of contents ... see all copies from $24.25! new only from $33.50!
11 view cover	The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of the Journey to the West more books like this by Anthony C Yu (Translator) add to wishlist Anthony C. Yu's celebrated translation of "The Journey to the West" reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu's abridgment of his four-volume translation, "The Monkey and the Monk," finally distills the epic novel's most exciting and meaningful ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $14.05! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Art of Chinese Poetry more books like this by James J Y Liu add to wishlist This concise introduction to Chinese poetry serves as a primer for English-speakers eager to expand their understanding and enjoyment of Chinese culture. James J. Y. Liu first examines the Chinese language as a medium of poetic expression and, contrary to the usual focus on the visual qualities of Chinese script, emphasizes the auditory effects of ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $17.77! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Three Chinese poets. more books like this by Vikram Seth add to wishlist The three Chinese poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Wang Wei with his quiet love of nature and Buddhist philosophy; Li Bai, the Taoist spirit, with his wild, flamboyant paeans to wine and the moon; and Du Fu, with his Confucian sense of sympathy with the suffering of others in a time of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Columbia History of Chinese Literature more books like this by Professor Victor H Mair (Editor) add to wishlist Comprehensive yet portable, this account of the development of Chinese literature from the very beginning up to the present brings the riches of this august literary tradition into focus for the general reader. Organized chronologically with thematic chapters interspersed, the fifty-five original chapters by leading specialists cover all genres ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $105.01! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Chinese Translations more books like this by Witter Bynner add to wishlist see all copies from $4.99! new only from $21.19! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry more books like this by Wu-Chi Liu add to wishlist This is a comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry: Yuan, Ming, and Ch'ing Dynasties (1279-1911) more books like this by Jonathan Chaves (Editor) add to wishlist A representative sampling of works by the leading Chinese poets is acompanied by biographical sketches and a brief history of Chinese literature. see all copies from $4.30! new only from $59.76! \| first editions
18 view cover	A Guide to Chinese Literature more books like this by Wilt L Idema, Lloyd L Haft (Translator) add to wishlist A new supplement to courses on Chinese or World literature in translation. see all copies from $3.98! new only from $9.21! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Story of Stone: Intertextuality, Ancient Chinese Stone Lore, and the Stone Symbolism in "Dream of the Red Chamber," "Water Margin," and "The Journey to the West" more books like this by Jing Wang, Jing Wang, Stanley Fish (Editor) add to wishlist In this study of three of the most familiar texts in the Chinese tradition - all concerning stones endowed with magical properties - Jing Wang develops a reconstruction of ancient Chinese stone lore. Wang's comparison of these classic works illuminates the various tellings of the stone story and provides new insights into major topics in ... see all copies from $16.85! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
20 view cover	Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry more books like this by Professor Michelle Yeh (Editor) add to wishlist Presents more than 300 poems written by 65 different poets, all translated into modern English. The book covers the three watersheds in Chinese poetry - the early years before civil war, the Taiwan phase from the 1950s to the 1970s, and finally the post-1970s with the avant-garde movement. see all copies from $3.71! new only from $22.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Wild Grass more books like this by Xun Lu, Professor Lu Xun, Xianyi Yang (Translator) add to wishlist A collection of 23 prose poems written between 1924 and 1926. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.95!
22	Twentieth century Chinese poetry; an anthology. more books like this by Kai-yu Hsu (Compiled by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Scenes for Mandarins: The Elite Theater of the Ming more books like this by Professor Cyril Birch add to wishlist An introduction to the Ming period of Chinese drama and literature, this book contains highlights from six of the best plays of that time, as well as commentary on each play. see all copies from $2.28! new only from $2.53! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the "Guideways Through Mountains and Seas" more books like this by Richard E Strassberg (Introduction by) add to wishlist This volume presents a pageant of mythical creatures from an enduring cosmography written in ancient China. The "Guideways through Mountains and Seas", compiled between the 4th and 1st centuries BCE, contains descriptions of hundreds of fantastic denizens of mountains, rivers, islands and seas, along with minerals, flora and medicine. The text ... see all copies from $92.05! new only from $92.05! \| SVS
25	A History of Modern Chinese Fiction more books like this by Chih-Tsing Hsia add to wishlist A second edition of the examination of the major writers from Lu Hsun to Eileen Chang which includes a consideration of selected works of representative importance since 1949 from both mainland China and Taiwan. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $46.35! \| first editions

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