Wenxuan 文選

An anthology of poetry covering the Warring States to c. 500 by 萧统 Xiao Tong (501-531) with commentary by 李善 Li Shan (630-689)

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• Introduction
• 序 Prefaces
• 卷一 Scroll 1
• 卷二 Scroll 2
• 卷三 Scroll 3
• 卷四 Scroll 4
• 卷五 Scroll 5
• 卷六 Scroll 6
• 卷七 Scroll 7
• 卷八 Scroll 8
• 卷九 Scroll 9
• 卷十 Scroll 10
• 卷十一 Scroll 11
• 卷十二 Scroll 12
• 卷十三 Scroll 13
• 卷十四 Scroll 14
• 卷十五 Scroll 15
• 卷十六 Scroll 16
• 卷十七 Scroll 17
• 卷十八 Scroll 18
• 卷十九 Scroll 19
• 卷二十 Scroll 20
• 卷二十一 Scroll 21
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22
• 卷二十三 Scroll 23
• 卷二十四 Scroll 24
• 卷二十五 Scroll 25
• 卷二十六 Scroll 26
• 卷二十七 Scroll 27
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28
• 卷二十九 Scroll 29
• 卷三十 Scroll 30
• 卷三十一 Scroll 31
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33
• 卷三十四 Scroll 34
• 卷三十五 Scroll 35
• 卷三十六 Scroll 36
• 卷三十七 Scroll 37
• 卷三十八 Scroll 38
• 卷三十九 Scroll 39
• 卷四十 Scroll 40
• 卷四十一 Scroll 41
• 卷四十二 Scroll 42
• 卷四十三 Scroll 43
• 卷四十四 Scroll 44
• 卷四十五 Scroll 45
• 卷四十六 Scroll 46
• 卷四十七 Scroll 47
• 卷四十八 Scroll 48
• 卷四十九 Scroll 49
• 卷五十 Scroll 50
• 卷五十一 Scroll 51
• 卷五十二 Scroll 52
• 卷五十三 Scroll 53
• 卷五十四 Scroll 54
• 卷五十五 Scroll 55
• 卷五十六 Scroll 56
• 卷五十七 Scroll 57
• 卷五十八 Scroll 58
• 卷五十九 Scroll 59
• 卷六十 Scroll 60

Source

Wikisource, accessed 2018-07-10, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/昭明文選.

English translations

Knechtges, David R 1982, Wen Xuan Or Selections of Refined Literature: Rhapsodies on Metropolises and Capitals, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Knechtges, David R 1987, Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume 2: Rhapsodies on Sacrifices, Hunting, Travel, Sightseeing, Palaces and Halls, Rivers and Seas, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Knechtges, David R 1996, Wen Xuan or Selections of Refined Literature, Volume 3: Rhapsodies on Natural Phenomena, Birds and Animals, Aspirations and Feelings, Sorrowful Laments, Literature, Music, and Passions, Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Pollard, David 2002, The Chinese Essay: An Anthology, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 25-27. Includes a translation of 出師表 “To Lead out the Army“ by Zhuge Liang in Scroll 37.

Waley, Arthur 1919, A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems, New York: Alfred Knopf, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Hundred_and_Seventy_Chinese_Poems. Translation of 風賦 “The Man-Wind and the Woman-Wind,“ by 宋玉 Song Yu, pp. 41-42 in Scroll 13; 古詩一十九首 “Seventeen Old Poems“ [two short compared with Wen Xuan] by 枚乘 Mei Cheng, pp. 59-68 in Scroll 29.

Discussion

1. Idema, W L and Haft, L 1997, A Guide to Chinese Literature, Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, p. 112.
2. Knechtges, David R 1995, 'Problems of Translation: The Wen hsuan in English,' in Translating Chinese Literature, Chen Ou-yang (ed.), Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, pp. 41-56.
3. Knechtges, David R 2017, 'Chapter 19: Pre-Tang Anthologies and Anthologization,' in The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature (1000 BCE-900CE), Denecke, Wiebke, Wai-Yee Li, and Xiaofei Tian (eds), New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 295-301.
4. Knechtges, David R 2015, “Wen xuan 文選,” In Early Medieval Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide, edited by Albert E Dien, Cynthia Louise Chennault, Keith Nathaniel Knapp, and Alan J Berkowitz, Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies University of California, pp. 381-388.

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