CHINESE RHYME

Selected as one of the sixty-five masterpieces for the UNESCO Collection of Representative WorksThe fu, or rhyme-prose, is a major p oetic form in Chinese literature, most popular between the 2nd century b.c. and 6th century a.d. Unlike what is usually considered C hinese poetry, it is a hybrid of prose and rhymed verse, more expansive than the condensed lyrics, verging on what might be called W hitmanesque. The thirteen long poems included here are descriptions of and meditations on such subjects as mountains and abandoned c ities, t...[Read more]