Meng Jiangnü brings down the Great Wall : ten versions of a Chinese legend / translation and introduction by Wilt L. Idema ; with an essay by Haiyan Lee
pt. 1. Ballads from late-imperial China -- pt. 2. Ballads collected in the countryside
Summary
Tells the story of a young woman named Meng Jiang who makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted labourer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208)
Notes
"A China program book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295)
Notes
Translated from the Chinese
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