The Han, Wei and Six Dynasties period in China, which lasted from 206 BC to AD 589, was rife with political turmail, but produced many eminent writers and monumental works. This volume presents some of the most significant literature of this period, including early folk songs, a record of travels, literary criticism and a long narrative poem, and will help to expend readers' interest in Chinese literature.
Table of Contents
Han-Dynasty Verse Essays
“Yuefu”Foli-Songs
Poems of the Wei，Jin and Later Periods
Poems by Tao Yuanming
The Bride of Jiao Zhongqing
A Selection of Early Ghost and Fairy Stories
Silections from“New Anecdotes of Social Talk”
Record of Buddhist Countries
Carving a Dragon at the Core of Literature
