Chinese Rhyme-Prose
Watson, Burton / Klein, Lucas![Chinese Rhyme-Prose](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/163/16316996/CHSBZCOP0316316996.jpg)
Selected as one of the sixty-five masterpieces for the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works The "fu, " or rhyme-prose, is a major poetic form in Chinese literature, most popular between the 2nd century b.c. and 6th century a.d. Unlike what is usually considered Chinese poetry, it is a hybrid of prose and rhymed verse, more expansive than the condensed lyrics, verging on what might be called Whitmanesque. The thirteen long poems included h...