Shan'ge, the mountain songs : love songs in Ming China / / by Oki Yasushi and Paolo Santangelo.

• Author: Ōki, Yasushi.
• TeilnehmendeR: Santangelo, Paolo.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Emotions and States of Mind in East Asia 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (614 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction to Feng Menglong’s Mountain Songs (Shan’ge) /; “Secret Loves”.Folk Love Songs From Ming China /; Chapter One. ●山歌•卷一 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 /; Chapter Two. ●山歌•卷二 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 /; Chapter Three. ●山歌•卷三 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 /; Chapter Four. ●山歌•卷四 “On Secret Loves In Four Lines”私情四句 /; Chapter Five. ●山歌•卷五 “Miscellaneous Songs In Fourlines” 雜歌四句 /; Chapter Six. ●山歌•卷六 “On Objects In Four Lines”詠物四句 /; Chapter Seven. ●山歌•卷七 “On Secret Loves In Various Styles” 私情雜體 /; Glossary /; Bibliography /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [581]-600).
• ISBN: 1283334631; 9786613334633; 9004192441
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Oki Yasushi and Paolo Santangelo.

Mountain Songs is a collection of folk songs edited by the famous writer Feng Menglong (1574-1646). By this innovative work - mainly written in the Suzhou dialect - he aimed to revitalize poetry through the power of popular songs. This collection is very significant to the understanding of the characters of the mobile society of Jiangnan and the vitality of its intellectual world. The songs deal with the lives of common people: women, often prostitutes, boatmen, peasants, hunters, fishers and paddlers. Their spirit is far from the orthodox moral intents that Zhu Xi advocated for interpreting the Shijing, and their language is often vulgar and full of crude expressions or salacious double meanings and contains allusions to sexual and erotic behaviour.