Title Considering the end : mortality in early medieval Chinese poetic representation / by Timothy Wai Keung Chan.

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Series	Sinica leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 107
	Sinica Leidensia ; v. 107.
Summary	This book focuses on the representation of human mortality in medieval Chinese literature. This theme is observed and reconstructed through analysis of the work of eminent writers of the period, texts that have never been examined from an eschatological perspective.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Timeline; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: As the End Approaches; 1. Wang Yi on Integrity and Loyalty; 2. A Young Lady on Yellow Pongee Silk; 3. Ruan Ji on Apocalypse; 4. Tao Qian on His Deathbed; 5. Xie Lingyun on Awakenin; 6. Composed on the Verge of Unnatural Death; 7. Epilogue: The Fisherman in Reclusion; Works Cited; Index.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language	In English, with some Chinese.
Subject	Chinese poetry -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D. -- History and criticism.
	Mortality in literature.
	Mortality in literature.
	Death in literature.
	Death in literature.
Chronological Term	221 B.C.-960 A.D
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form:	Print version: Chan, Timothy Wai Keung. Considering the end. Boston : Brill, 2012 9789004222090 (DLC) 2012003513 (OCoLC)777251205
ISBN	9789004229020 (electronic book)
	9004229027 (electronic book)
	9789004222090 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	900422209X (hardback ; alkaline paper)