Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China

This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC - AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated.

Anne Birrell

1. Hymns, 2. Fables in Verse, 3. The Elixir of Life, 4. Carpe Diem, 5. Burial Songs, 6. Political Broadsides, 7. Anti-War Ballads and Songs, 8. Domestic Drama, 9. Homeward Thoughts, 10. Love Songs, 11. The Ideal Home and Perfect Marriage