Jerome Chʼên

First, an essay stresses Mao's varying relationship to the Communist party of China from the period of the first civil war to the Cultural Revolution. Excerpts from Mao's writings on nationalism and revolution are followed by critiques on the man and the -ism.

The six Chinese poets who are represented in this anthology are all medieval and date from the seven hundred years following the beginning of the Three Kingdoms in 220 A.D. They are not therefore contemporaries, nor do they form a school. They share a mood, subtle and infinitely variable, that gives them each a place in this collection. We are inclined to forget that the Chinese poet is always a civil servant, a diplomat, or a public figure. With...