The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsui (1007-72)

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The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsui (1007-72) is written by Ronald C. Egan and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0521101549 (ISBN 10) and 9780521101547 (ISBN 13).

The book is a literary study of one of the greatest of Chinese writers, Ou-yang Hsiu. He was a major writer in each of several genres: prose, poetry, rhapsodies, and tz'u 'songs'. The striking diversity of his work presents an opportunity to investigate how one man's literary talent is manifested in different genres. Ou-yang Hsiu's achievements in each genre are examined, and set in the context of his age. Topics include the broad shift between T'ang and Sung dynasty prose styles that Ou-yang Hsiu helped to effect, his contributions to the new poetic values of the Northern Sung, and his place in the evolution of Sung dynasty songs (together with a reconsideration of a group of supposedly spurious songs). An appendix provides additional translations of Ou-yang Hsiu's prose.