Shan'ge, the 'Mountain Songs' (repost)
Shan'ge, the 'Mountain Songs' (Emotions and States of Mind in East Asia) by Oki Yasushi and Paolo Santangelo
English, Chinese | 2011 | ISBN: 9004189009 | 600 pages | PDF | 8 MB
English, Chinese | 2011 | ISBN: 9004189009 | 600 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Mountain Songs is a collection of folk songs edited by the famous writer Feng Menglong (1574-1646). By this innovative work - mainly written in the Suzhou dialect - he aimed to revitalize poetry through the power of popular songs. This collection is very significant to the understanding of the characters of the mobile society of Jiangnan and the vitality of its intellectual world. The songs deal with the lives of common people: women, often prostitutes, boatmen, peasants, hunters, fishers and paddlers. Their spirit is far from the orthodox moral intents that Zhu Xi advocated for interpreting the Shijing, and their language is often vulgar and full of crude expressions or salacious double meanings and contains allusions to sexual and erotic behaviour.