Introduction
Recitation and Display
1. The Origins of the Term Fu as a Literary Genre of Recitation, by Su Jui-lung
2. Into the New Realm of Belles-lettres: Intersections of Sevens and Song Verses in Jian’an Poetry, by Hsiang-lin Shih
Lyricism and Form
3. The Assimilation and Dissimilation of Fu and Shi Poetry up to the Tang Dynasty, by Cheng Zhangcan
4. Xu Wei’s Early Modern Rhapsodies: Catalogue and Critique, Lyricism and Logic, by Casey Schoenberger
Philosophy and Dialogue
5. The Metaphysical Rhapsody of the Six Dynasties, by Nicholas Morrow Williams
6. Argumentation and Generic Change in the Mid-Tang Fu: Li Guan’s (766–794) “Fu on Suffering the Pitiless Rains” and the Role of the Shelun Genre, by Robert Neather
Critique and Protest
7. The Hidden Message of Zhang Heng’s “Contemplating the Mystery”, by Y. Edmund Lien
8. A New Discourse of “Lament for the South” in the Fu of the Ming–Qing Transition, by Cheng Yu-yu
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