Legends of the Warring States : Persuasions, Romances, and Stories from Chan-kuo Ts'e

J Crump
University of Michigan Press
 9780892641291
0-89264-129-0

This volume of selections and commentary by the premier Western translator and interpreter of the Chan-kuo Ts'e contains all of the author's favorite pieces. It also features more complete warring states.

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narratives, the "romances"--persuasions of four of the best-known figures, Fan Ch, Chang Yi, Su Ch'in, and Ch'un-shen Chn, augmented by biographical material from the Shi-chi. This reader highlights both the nature of Chan-kuoTs'e, an important pre-Han collection, and its considerable pleasures.