JONG-KEESING, ELISABETH DE & OEY HOK LIAN (EDITORS/TRANSLATORS).
Halflachend met de wijzen. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Amsterdam, De Driehoek, 1959. Square medium 8°. Original blank limp wrappers, dustjacket, bound as a chinese blockbook. 58pp. Monochrome illustrations after original woodcuts from the Ming dynasty in text, colophon. Compilation of authentic old chinese poems, translated into dutch, in which the misery of war, exile, poverthy, Life and death is expressed by chinese poets through the ages. Very good copy.

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Keywords: literature poems poetry misery war poverty exile life death ming dynasty china chinese asia far east culture heritage legacy