How to Start Climbing 'The Jade Mountain'
A Book Review on One of My Favorites
In 1929, scholars Witter Bynner and Kiang Kang-Hu published The Jade Mountain, a Chinese anthology from the Tang Dynasty’s (618-906) golden era of poetry. The Empress Wu Chao, the “Woman Emperor,” would require all civil servants to be tested on their poetry skills in order to broaden their administrative talents and enrichen their citizenship. Her init…
