Author: Anne Birrell

This book, first published in 1982, was the first translation of the Chinese classic Yu-t-‘ai hsin-yung – the unique anthology of love poems, compiled in AD 545. This traces the development of love p …

This book, first published in 1982, was the first translation of the Chinese classic Yu-t-‘ai hsin-yung – the unique anthology of love poems, compiled in AD 545. This traces the development of love p …

This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Dr Birrel …

This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Dr Birrel …