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The Beginning of Studies on Chinese Poetic Theories

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A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry

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The metrical structures and other physical restrictions of classical Chinese poetry were not the hardest domain for Western translators to notice and grasp, since the early attempts by sinologists and creative writers.

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Jiang, L. (2018). The Beginning of Studies on Chinese Poetic Theories. In: A History of Western Appreciation of English-translated Tang Poetry. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56352-6_12

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