Qian: Spirit & Self in Medieval Pa

By Nanxiu Qian

Book Overview

The Shih-shuo hsin-yu, conventionally translated as A New Account of Tales of the World, is one of the most significant works in the entire Chinese literary tradition. It established a genre (the Shih-shuo t'i) and inspired dozens of imitations from the later part of the Tang dynasty (618-907) to the early Republican era of the 20th century. The Shih-shuo hsin-yu consists of more than a thousand historical anecdotes about elite life in the late Han dynasty and the Wei-Chin period (about AD 150-420).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824823974
• ISBN13: 9780824823979
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"