Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume I : : Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals / / Tong Xiao, David R. Knechtges.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Knechtges, David R.,; Xiao, Tong,
• MitwirkendeR: Mengjian, Ban,; Pingzi, Zhang,; Taichong, Zuo,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations ; 89
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (644 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Note on the Translation --; Introduction --; Xiao Tong's Life and Compilation of the Wen xuan --; The Literary Milieu of the Liang and Xiao Tong's View of Literature --; Content of the Wen xuan --; Wen xuan Scholarship and Editions --; Preface to the Wen xuan --; CROWN PRINCE ZHAO MING OF LIANG --; 1. Rhapsody A, Metropolises and Capitals, Part I --; TWO CAPITALS RHAPSODY --; PREFACE --; 2. Metropolises and Capitals, Part I --; WESTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY --; 3. Rhapsody B, Metropolises and Capitals, Part II --; EASTERN METROPOLIS RHAPSODY --; 4. Metropolises and Capitals, Part II --; SOUTHERN CAPITAL RHAPSODY --; 5. Rhapsody C, Metropolises and Capitals, Part III --; WU CAPITAL RHAPSODY --; 6. Metropolises and Capitals, Part III --; WEI CAPITAL RHAPSODY --; Biographical Sketches --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400857241; 9783110649680; 9783110413441; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400857241
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Tong Xiao, David R. Knechtges.

A text of central importance to the Chinese literary tradition, the Wen xuan was compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531) and is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literature arranged by genre. This volume, the first of a planned eight-volume translation of the entire work, contains thoroughly annotated translations of the first section of the Wen xuan, the rhapsodies on the metropolises and capitals."Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.