Nineteen Old Poems
Nineteen Old Poems (
Anonymous voices speaking to us from a shadowy past, they sound a note of sadness that is to dominate the poetry of the centuries that follow.
- -- Burton Watson, describing the Nineteen Old Poems, as quoted in his book Chinese Lyricism.[6]
See also
Notes
References
- Birrell, Anne (1988). Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China. (London: Unwin Hyman). ISBN 0-04-440037-3
- Watson, Burton (1971). CHINESE LYRICISM: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-03464-4
- Yip, Wai-lim (1997). Chinese Poetry: An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres . Durham and London: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-1946-2
External links
- Gushi shijiu shou (Nineteen Ancient Poems) at Project Gutenberg (in Chinese)
