The Arthur Waley Estate, Arthur Waley

The Secret History of the Mongols (eBook, ePUB)

And Other Pieces

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1963. The Secret History (so called merely because it was meant for the Mongols and not for the Chinese,) has been chiefly studied from a learned point of view and its quality as literature and hence its value to the lay reader have been greatly overlooked. The Chinese version has been used, but with constant reference to the Mon

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136748233
• Artikelnr.: 39295165

Autorenporträt

Arthur Waley

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE Anquetil-Duperron and Sir William Jones
A Chinese Poet in Central Asia
Lo Yang and its Fall
Some Chinese Ghosts
Some Far-Eastern Dreams. The Poetry if Chinese Mirrors
Chinese Stories about Actors
The Green Bower Collection
Shiba Kokan
Some Poems from the Manyo and Ryojin Issho
Kono Tabi; a little-known Japanese Religion
The Chinese Cinderella Story
China's Greatest Writer
Blake the Taoist
History and Religion
Notes on Translation
The Ainu Epic
Ainu Song
The Owl Speaks. An Ainu Story
The Secret History if the Mongols
La Vie de Pierre Rufin
a review
The Coal-Scuttle
The Hymn if the Soul
The Secret History if the Mongols ORIGINAL PIECES The Presentation
In the Gallery
Censorship
No Discharge
Blitz Poem
Song
The Swan