Asian Languages & Literature, University of Washington

How to View a Mountain in Medieval China

One of the leading scholars of classical and medieval Chinese literature and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, David R. Knechtges is best known as the translator of the Wen-xuan, the most influential anthology of classical Chinese poetry. His recent work includes Rhetoric and the Discourses of Power in Court Culture, East and West, co-edited with Eugene Vance (Professor Emeritus, French & Italian Studies) and published in 2005.