One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991 "Like the adage about firewood, this book warms twice. First there is the warmth of Yoshikawa Kojiro's spry and versatile mind, and then there is John Wixted's lovely and obviously loving translation of those thoughts into English... [This] book is a delightful and timely reminder of what the love of literature is all about."--Joseph R. Allen, The Journal of Asian Studies

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Translator's Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 3*Chapter 1. CHINESE POETRY OF THE LATER IMPERIAL DYNASTIES, pg. 8*Chapter 2. CHIN DYNASTY POETRY: REACTION TO THE MONGOL INCURSION, 1150-1250, pg. 15*Chapter 3. SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300, pg. 44*Chapter 4. THE MATURATION OF YUAN POETRY, 1300-1350, pg. 76*Chapter 5. THE EARLY MING, 1350-1400, pg. 102*Chapter 6. THE MIDDLE MING (I): STAGNATION AND REVIVAL, 1400-1500, pg. 121*Chapter 7. THE MIDDLE MING (II) : THE AGE OF OLD PHRASEOLOGY, 1500-1600, pg. 137*Chapter 8. THE LATE MING, 1600-1650, pg. 177*Afterword, pg. 191*Index, pg. 197

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991 "Like the adage about firewood, this book warms twice. First there is the warmth of Yoshikawa Kojiro's spry and versatile mind, and then there is John Wixted's lovely and obviously loving translation of those thoughts into English... [This] book is a delightful and timely reminder of what the love of literature is all about."--Joseph R. Allen, The Journal of Asian Studies

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Translator's Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 3*Chapter 1. CHINESE POETRY OF THE LATER IMPERIAL DYNASTIES, pg. 8*Chapter 2. CHIN DYNASTY POETRY: REACTION TO THE MONGOL INCURSION, 1150-1250, pg. 15*Chapter 3. SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300, pg. 44*Chapter 4. THE MATURATION OF YUAN POETRY, 1300-1350, pg. 76*Chapter 5. THE EARLY MING, 1350-1400, pg. 102*Chapter 6. THE MIDDLE MING (I): STAGNATION AND REVIVAL, 1400-1500, pg. 121*Chapter 7. THE MIDDLE MING (II) : THE AGE OF OLD PHRASEOLOGY, 1500-1600, pg. 137*Chapter 8. THE LATE MING, 1600-1650, pg. 177*Afterword, pg. 191*Index, pg. 197

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991 "Like the adage about firewood, this book warms twice. First there is the warmth of Yoshikawa Kojiro's spry and versatile mind, and then there is John Wixted's lovely and obviously loving translation of those thoughts into English... [This] book is a delightful and timely reminder of what the love of literature is all about."--Joseph R. Allen, The Journal of Asian Studies

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Translator's Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 3*Chapter 1. CHINESE POETRY OF THE LATER IMPERIAL DYNASTIES, pg. 8*Chapter 2. CHIN DYNASTY POETRY: REACTION TO THE MONGOL INCURSION, 1150-1250, pg. 15*Chapter 3. SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300, pg. 44*Chapter 4. THE MATURATION OF YUAN POETRY, 1300-1350, pg. 76*Chapter 5. THE EARLY MING, 1350-1400, pg. 102*Chapter 6. THE MIDDLE MING (I): STAGNATION AND REVIVAL, 1400-1500, pg. 121*Chapter 7. THE MIDDLE MING (II) : THE AGE OF OLD PHRASEOLOGY, 1500-1600, pg. 137*Chapter 8. THE LATE MING, 1600-1650, pg. 177*Afterword, pg. 191*Index, pg. 197