The Life and Times of Po Chü-i

Arthur Waley author The Arthur Waley Estate author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:4th Apr '05

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First published in 1949.
This book gives the biographical background to the many poems of Po Chü-I (A.D 772-846) and traces the connection between his literary career and the disturbed political life of the time. The volume also provides new translations in whole or in part of about a hundred poems by Po Chü-i.

'To Arthur Waley we are now indebted for the first historical biography of Po Chü-ibut this book is more. It is a social history of the early ninth century in China, though history in a delectable form, for Arthur Waley has a felicitous style, which conceals most careful scholarship.' -Manchester Guardian

'No-where can so much information be obtained about life in the T'ang Dynasty.' -Time and Tide

'...the book bears all the evidence of long and careful research' -The Times

ISBN: 9780415361767

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 500g

246 pages