Chinese poems

Author(s)

• Waley, Arthur

Bibliographic Information

Chinese poems

Arthur Waley

（China : history, philosophy, economics, 31）

Routledge, 2005

Other Title

Chinese poems : selected from 170 Chinese poems, more translations from the Chinese, the temple and the book of songs

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1946 (2nd impression 1948)

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

First published in 1946. Here in one volume is a collection of Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry. The book includes some poems from The Book of Songs and 170 Chinese Poems, More Translations and The Temple. Some old translations have been revised and new notes and explanatory material added.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 From the Book of Songs
• Chapter 2 The Great Summons
• Chapter 3 Poverty
• Chapter 4 Seventeen Old Poems
• Chapter 5 The Bones of Chuang Tzu2The great Taoist philosopher
• see my Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China, 1939.
• Chapter 6 The Little Cart

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA74239581
• ISBN:
  • 0415361753
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: chi
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 213 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chinese poetry -- Translations into English
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA72012756