How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

How to read Chinese poetry: a guided anthology / edited by Zong-qi Cai.

p. cm.

Chinese and English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-13940-3 (cloth: alk. paper)

ISBN 978-0-231-13941-0 (paper: alk. paper)

ISBN 978-0-231-51188-9 (electronic)

1. Chinese poetry—History and criticism. 2. Chinese poetry—Translations into English. I. Cai, Zong-qi. II. Title.

PL2308.H65 2007

895.1'1009—dc22

2007023263

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