The Records of Mongolian Folklore by Xiao Daheng (1532-1612) and Two Rhapsodies on the Xun-flute from Tang China (618-907): Two Primary Sources in the ... of Chinese and Mongolian Folklore and Music

by Pamela Kyle Crossley (Foreword)

This book provides the first English translation of the Beilu Fengsu and two Tang-Dynasty fu-rhapsodies on the musical instrument xun-flute providing a fundamental understanding to the organic theories of sound and psyche in ancient and medieval China.

180 pages, Hardcover

About the author

Pamela Kyle Crossley is an historian who specializes in the history of modern China and northern Asia. Currently, she is Professor of History at Dartmouth College. She is a founding appointment of the Dartmouth Society of Fellows.