Donald Holzman, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

Joint review of Immortals, Festivals, and Poetry in Medieval China and Chinese Literature in Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 'For over forty years Donald Holzman has been a leading figure in the study of early medieval Chinese literature...A selection of his articles has now been brought together in two volumes from Ashgate’s ’Variorum’ series, which will greatly ease the library labours of students and scholars wishing to consult this or that article in journal, conference volume, or Festschrift...A third volume of new articles will soon need to be added to the two we have here. The Holzman Å“uvre is one of the most significant contributions to Sinology in the last half-century and it continues to grow.' Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, No. 3

• Contents: The conversational tradition in Chinese philosophy; Confucius and ancient Chinese literary criticism; Les premiers vers pentasyllabiques datés dans la poésie chinoise; On the authenticity of the tetrameter poetry attributed to Ruan Ji; Literary criticism in China in the early 3rd century AD; Landscape appreciation in ancient and early medieval China: the birth of landscape poetry; Addenda and corrigenda; Index.

Donald Holzman, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

Joint review of Immortals, Festivals, and Poetry in Medieval China and Chinese Literature in Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 'For over forty years Donald Holzman has been a leading figure in the study of early medieval Chinese literature...A selection of his articles has now been brought together in two volumes from Ashgate’s ’Variorum’ series, which will greatly ease the library labours of students and scholars wishing to consult this or that article in journal, conference volume, or Festschrift...A third volume of new articles will soon need to be added to the two we have here. The Holzman Å“uvre is one of the most significant contributions to Sinology in the last half-century and it continues to grow.' Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, No. 3

• Contents: The conversational tradition in Chinese philosophy; Confucius and ancient Chinese literary criticism; Les premiers vers pentasyllabiques datés dans la poésie chinoise; On the authenticity of the tetrameter poetry attributed to Ruan Ji; Literary criticism in China in the early 3rd century AD; Landscape appreciation in ancient and early medieval China: the birth of landscape poetry; Addenda and corrigenda; Index.

Donald Holzman, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

Joint review of Immortals, Festivals, and Poetry in Medieval China and Chinese Literature in Transition from Antiquity to the Middle Ages 'For over forty years Donald Holzman has been a leading figure in the study of early medieval Chinese literature...A selection of his articles has now been brought together in two volumes from Ashgate’s ’Variorum’ series, which will greatly ease the library labours of students and scholars wishing to consult this or that article in journal, conference volume, or Festschrift...A third volume of new articles will soon need to be added to the two we have here. The Holzman Å“uvre is one of the most significant contributions to Sinology in the last half-century and it continues to grow.' Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, No. 3

• Contents: The conversational tradition in Chinese philosophy; Confucius and ancient Chinese literary criticism; Les premiers vers pentasyllabiques datés dans la poésie chinoise; On the authenticity of the tetrameter poetry attributed to Ruan Ji; Literary criticism in China in the early 3rd century AD; Landscape appreciation in ancient and early medieval China: the birth of landscape poetry; Addenda and corrigenda; Index.