The Secret History of the Mongols: And Other Pieces - Softcover

Estate, The Arthur Waley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415612764 ISBN 13: 9780415612760

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

First published in 1963.
The Secret History (so called merely because it was meant for the Mongols and not for the Chinese,) has been chiefly studied from a learned point of view and its quality as literature and hence its value to the lay reader have been greatly overlooked. The Chinese version has been used, but with constant reference to the Mongol text. The parts selected (founded on story-tellers' tales) date from the middle of the thirteenth century.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Waley was a distinguished authority on Chinese and Japanese language and literature. He translated many poems and novels from these languages. He was honoured many times for his work by the Chinese and received the Queen’s medal for poetry in 1953. His work includes Chinese Poems, Japanese Poetry, The Tale of Genji and Monkey, the translation of a sixteenth-century Chinese novel, which was turned into a major BBC television series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0415612764
• ISBN 13: 9780415612760
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320