Foreword of the Chinese Edition. Preface of the Chinese Edition Volume 1 Shi and Fu Poetry Chapter 1 The Three Sources of Chinese Poetry and Ballads Chapter 2 The Rise and Fall of Shi and Fu Poetry Chapter 3 The Peak of Poetry: Tang Poems Chapter 4 The New Direction of Song Dynasty Poetry and the Flourishing of Poetry Studies Chapter 5 The Ebb Tide of Poetry: The Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties Chapter 6 The Structure and Style of Shi and Fu Poetry Interim Summary Volume 2 Ci Poems and Qu Verses Chapter 1 The Rise and Evolution of Ci Poetry Chapter 2 Qu Verses of the Yuan Dynasty Chapter 3 Chuanqi Opera in the Ming and Qing Dynasties Chapter 4 The Structure and Style of Ci and Qu Interim Summary Volume 3 The Novel Chapter 1 The Concept of the Novel and Its Debut Chapter 2 The Impetus Behind the Novel Chapter 3 Full-length Zhanghuiti Novel of Ming and Qing Dynasties Chapter 4 The Structure and Style of the Novel Interim Summary Volume 4 Essays Chapter 1 The Origin and Evolution of the Essay Chapter 2 The Structure and Style of Writings Interim Summary Further Discussion Afterword of the First Chinese Edition. Afterword of the Second Chinese Edition. Index
Biography
Yuan Xingpei is a professor of Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University. His research focuses on Chinese classic literature, especially Chinese poetical art.
