This landmark anthology brings together, for the first time in English, the rich tradition of Chinese writing on love - sensuous, romantic and ecstatic - from early classics like the Book of Songs to twentieth-century modernist verse. Challenging the stereotype of Chinese literature as stiffly Confucian, it celebrates instead the Taoist embrace of physical passion as cosmic harmony. The selections span lyrical hymns, bawdy tales, singsong-house ballads, philosophical musings ...
