How to read Chinese poetry

Zong-qi Cai (2006)

A guided anthology of shi, sao, fu, ci and qu poems offering the student close readings of individual poems annotated by experts in each of the six chronological sections.

Includes discussion of historical, literary and cultural context as well as formal, thematic and prosodic features of Chinese poetry.

Poems are written in simplified characters with full English and Pinyin translations.

CH POEM 6 Open Access