![]() | Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume II: Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunting, Travel, Sightseeing, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas Subjects: Chinese literature -- To 221 B.C. -- Translations into Enghsh; Chinese Hterature -- Ch’in and Han dynasties 221 B.C.–220 A.D. -- Translations into English; Chinese literature -- 220–589 -- Translations into English; English literature -- Translations fro; The Wen xuan, compiled by Xiao Tong (501-531), is the oldest surviving anthology of Chinese literary genres. It was one of the primary sources of literary knowledge for educated Chinese in the premodern period, and it is still the essential handbook for specialists in pre-Tang literature. |
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