Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Translator's Preface xi
5. Introduction 3
6. Chapter 1. CHINESE POETRY OF THE LATER IMPERIAL DYNASTIES 8
7. Chapter 2. CHIN DYNASTY POETRY: REACTION TO THE MONGOL INCURSION, 1150-1250 15
8. Chapter 3. SOUTHERN SUNG LOYALIST POETRY, 1250-1300 44
9. Chapter 4. THE MATURATION OF YUAN POETRY, 1300-1350 76
10. Chapter 5. THE EARLY MING, 1350-1400 102
11. Chapter 6. THE MIDDLE MING (I): STAGNATION AND REVIVAL, 1400-1500 121
12. Chapter 7. THE MIDDLE MING (II) : THE AGE OF OLD PHRASEOLOGY, 1500-1600 137
13. Chapter 8. THE LATE MING, 1600-1650 177
14. Afterword 191
15. Index 197