Product Description: Poetry. East Asia Studies. Translated from the Chinese with an Introduction and Notes by Jonathan Chaves. Foreword by Burton Watson. Illustrations from Lan Ying. This is the first book in any language devoted to Weng Chüan (d. after 1214), one of the most influential late-Sung Dynasty poets, known for his intimate nature poetry...read more

Product Description: “With this volume, Chaves makes an outstanding contribution to the books that present classical Chinese poetry in both accurate and enjoyable English translation.”—ChoiceYuan Hung-tao (1568–1610) was the greatest poet of Ming dynasty China...read more

Product Description: Yang Wan-Li (1127–1206) is one of China’s “four masters of Southern Sung poetry.” These poems were written at what could be seen as a low point in Sung history: an invasion by the Jurchens had forced the Sung to flee to the southern city of Hangchow...read more

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Amazon.com Review: Rooting around in a Kyoto antique shop, Stephen Addiss came across a fine example of literati painting by a hand he didn't recognize. Little did he know then that he had discovered an artist he now calls the last of Japan's great literati, Fukuda Kodojin...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This first-time English translation of the Wakan roei shu includes insightful annotations after each passage and several explanatory essays. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A representative sampling of works by the leading Chinese poets is acompanied by biographical sketches and a brief history of Chinese literature