Qu Yuan: 2 books
The Songs of the South
An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems By Qu Yuan And Other Poets
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
The Songs of the South is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry's ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century B.C. and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan.
The Songs of Chu
An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poetry by Qu Yuan and Others
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Sources show Qu Yuan (?340–278 BCE) was the first person in China to become famous for his poetry, so famous in fact that the Chinese celebrate his life with a national holiday called Poet's Day, or the Dragon Boat Festival. His work, which forms the core of the The Songs of Chu, the second oldest...