A Collection of Chinese Lyrics

This collection of some of the best examples of Chinese Lyrics (tz'u), with the T'ang and Sung dynasties predominant, covers a period of one thousand years (from about 750--1800 A.D.) ... The Chinese original of each poem faces the English and is written in a Chinese scholar's distinguished calligraphy. A 'Note on the Development of the Chinese Lyric' and several Appendices provide the reader with brief but illuminating social, cultural and historical background. --RoutledgeDonated by Wendy Larsen, 8/2011.