A Silver Treasury of Chinese Lyrics to her family and to

to her family and to China

they represent Han's best work to date

anger and fears which gripped the people of Hong Kong in this crucial period of their history

While depicting the problems faced by today's women

A Silver Treasury of Chinese Lyrics to her family and toEdited by Alice W. Cheang2003186 pagesISBN 962 7255 27 0 The song lyric (ci), which began as a form of minor divertissement in the urban pleasure quarters of eighth and ninth century China, evolved into a major, and then dominant, poetic form over the four centuries that followed. Though most of the original tunes are now lost, the lyric remains unrivalled among Chinese literary genres for musicality and sheer evocative power. It was also, until