The Columbia Book of Later Chinese Poetry

About this book

Jonathan Chaves makes available a vast store of rich and significant poems by both major and minor poets from Chinas last three dynasties. Featured are poems from the Yuan dynasty which range from quiet landscape depictions to expansive freely expressive works; from the Ming era notable for its stylistic quality and its diversity; and from tte Ching dynasty known for poets who by refusing to fit into any category helped continue the fascinating richness of late Ming cultural life. Annotated with biographical sketches of the poets and illustrated with their paintings this collection is an unprecedented anthology of exceptionally well translated Chinese poetry up to the twentieth century.