<span>A personal voyage of discovery drawing on musicology, literary theory, Jewish studies, and philosophical phenomenology.</span>
The Last of China's Literati: The Music, Poetry and Life of Tsar Teh-yun
β Scribed by Bell Yung
- Publisher
- Hong Kong University Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 199
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In this biography of Tsar The-yun, centenarian poet, calligrapher, and qin master, Yung tells the story of a life steeped in the refined arts faithful to the traditional way of the Chinese literati.
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