The Shih-shuo hsin-yu, conventionally translated as A New Account of Tales of the World, is one of the most significant works in the entire Chinese literary tra

A collection of anecdotes, conversations, and remarks concerning historic personalities of 150 to 420 A.D. China.

This volume presents twelve essays on the evolution of shih poetry from the second to the tenth century, the period that began with the sudden flowering of shih

The Human Tradition in Premodern China is a collection of biographical essays revealing the variety and complexity of human experience in China from the earlies