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    ASIAN LITERATURE

    ASIAN
    LITERATURE

    It refers to the study of the literature of the people in:

     China

     India

     Japan

     Other small nations surround them


    CHINA
    CHINA

     Chinese civilization is the oldest civilizations in the world that


    dates back to the Shang Dynasty in 1765 B.C.

     It is known as “The Red Dragon”.


    CHINA

     The Chou Dynasty - longest dynasty in Chinese history which


    lasted from 1122 B.C. to 256 B.C.

    - followed the Shang Dynasty of great intellectual activity


    and was in this period when the philosophies of the Confucianism,
    Taoism and Legalism originated.
    CHINA

     Han Dynasty - succeeded after the collapse of the Chou


    strengthened the unity within the bureaucracy but Confucianism was
    substituted for Legalism.
    CHINA

     Confucius- perhaps the greatest philosopher of the world has


    known.

    - One of the truly great men that China has produced.

    The word Confucius is the westernized form of his name, which is


    Kung Fu-tze, Kung being his proper name, Fu signifying revered, and tze
    signifying teacher.
    CHINA

     Li Po (701 – 761) or Li Tai Po - one of the leading Chinese poets


    of the eighth century. His writings deal with the good things of life
    and with the pathos of human destiny. With a striking vividness they
    treat of love, friendship, wine, nature, and simple village living.
    CHINA

     Po – Chu – I (722 – 846) - a well-known Chinese poet who


    represented the classical tradition in Chinese literature, politics and
    morality.
    A Lady Mourns the Absence of her Student Lover
    Confucius

    You student, with the collar blue,


    Long pines my heart with anxious pain.
    Although I do not go to you,
    Why from all word do you refrain?

    O you, with girdle strings of blue,


    My thoughts to you forever roam!
    Although I do not go to you,
    Yet why to me should you not come?

    How reckless you, how light and wild,


    There by the tower upon the wall!
    One day, from sight of you exiled,
    As long as three long months I call.

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