The Poetic Way of XIE Lingyun: Literary Expression and the Natural World

by Ping Wang

The father of Chinese landscape poetry in time and place

During the dark centuries between the fall of the Han dynasty in 220 CE and the golden age of reunified China under the Tang and Song dynasties (618-1279), the shi poetic form embraced new themes and structure. In this meticulously constructed study, Ping Wang traces the social conditions that sparked innovation and marked a significant turn in intellectual history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295753722
• ISBN13: 9780295753720
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 224 Pages