The Li Sao, an Elegy on Encountering Sorrows Prefaces By H.A. Giles, Rabindranath Tagore; Chen Huan-chang
Shanghai: Commercial Press, 1935. Octavo. XI, 225 Pages, 4 leaves of plates; illustrations, facsmile, folded map. Li Sao (Lisso) is seen as the authentic work of Qu Yuan. The poem is considered to be an encoded self-portrait of the poet who, as minsiter of King Huai of Chu (reigned 328-299..... More