Fifty-Five T’ang Poems : A Text in the Reading and Understanding of T’ang Poetry

Hugh M Stimson
Yale University Press
9780887100260
0-88710-026-0

Four masters of the shi form of Chinese poetry, who are generally considered to be giants in the entire history of Chinese literature, are represented in this book: three from the eighth century, and one.

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from the ninth. A few works by other well-known poets are also included. The author provides a general background sketch, instruction to the student, a description of the phonological system and the spelling used, as well as an outline of the grammar of T'ang shi, insofar as it is known.