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Song Dynasty Tales: A Guided Reader

Jing Wang author Zhenjun Zhang author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

Published:23rd Feb '17

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Together with the noted Tang dynasty tales, Song dynasty tales have long been highly valued and widely read in the Chinese world. As the first English translations of a selected collection of 12 Song dynasty tales, this book opens a window into the world of literature, culture, and the colorful lives of the royal house and common people in the 10th- to 13th-centuries. In addition to the translation and meticulous annotations, it offers a general introduction as well as commentaries on each tale.

ISBN: 9789813143272

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372 pages