PREFACE

Preface IntroductionOh no songs sung sweeter in the Shi jing or Chu ci or the 玉臺新詠 of hsu ling no songs sweeter sung by li po or tu fu or wang wei no sweeter songs sung in the hsia or shang nor chou or chin han nor hsin or the three kingdoms nor the chin or the six dynasties nor the northern dynasties or the southern dynasties nor the sui or tang nor five dynasties nor sung nor yuan or ming nor ch’ing or republic of china nor the people republic of china no sweeter songs sung by the weaver girl and cowherd or lady xie or emperor xauanzong for yang guifei no songs sweeter sung to the eight immortals on mount penglai or the Royal Mother of the Western Paradise on jade mountain orthe gods and goddesses on kunlun mouatain