Fifty Songs From the Yuan - Fifty Songs From the Yuan: Poetry of 13th Century China

This book, first published in 1967, gives us a rich sampling of ch'ü, the characteristic poem of the time of Yüan, when China was under Mongol rule. The ch'ü was a popular form of poetry in the sense that although it was written by literati, they wrote in the vernacular rather than in Classical Chinese. Each poem was written to be sung to an already popular tune. In addition to the 'final translations', the steps by which the translators proceeded from a literal, character-by-character translation through several intermediate stages to the final version are revealed in detail.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Fifty Songs from the Yüan (the English Translation and the Original Chinese Text) 3. Appendices to the Fifty Poems 4. Remarks on the Transliterated and Word-by-Word Texts 5. Biographical Sketches of the Poets

About the author

Richard F.S. Yang and Charles R. Metzger

Summary

This book, first published in 1967, gives us a rich sampling of ch’ü, the characteristic poem of the time of Yüan, when China was under Mongol rule. The ch’ü was a popular form of poetry in the sense that although it was written by literati, they wrote in the vernacular rather than in Classical Chinese.

Product details

• Authors: Charles R. Yang Metzger
• Assisted by: Charles R. Metzger (Editor), Richard F.S. Yang (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.2023
• EAN: 9781032248851
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3224885-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Chinese Literature and Arts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, Poetry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, Regional Studies, Literature: history & criticism, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Literature: history and criticism