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Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century

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Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century - Watson, Burton
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In the thousand years covered by this volume the shih reached its highest level of development. A lyric form which, using a predominantly four-character line, had earlier been employed in the Confucian Book of Odes , it rose to prominence once more in the period under discussion. The new shih , which differed from the original form only in its use of a five- or seven-character line, became the best known and most characteristic of Chinese poetic forms.

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Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century 1971, Columbia University Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9780231034654

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Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century 1971, Columbia University Press, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780231034647

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