The Tang Dynasty (618–907) was a golden age of poetry and short
stories. In the brief span of two hundred and ninety years many
outstanding poets and story writers appeared, including men like Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Li Gongzuo and Bai Xingjian, who have left works
which will live for ever. Over fifty thousand poems and over four
hundred stories of the Tang Dynasty are extant today, reflecting glory
on China's ancient civilization and making no mean contribution to world literature. This volume offers a small sammpling.
