Spring and Autumn Annals

Spring and Autumn Annals PDF

Author: Confucius,

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2023-11-27

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13:

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The Spring and Autumn Annals or Chunqiu is an ancient Chinese chronicle that has been one of the core Chinese classics since ancient times. The Annals is the official chronicle of the State of Lu, and covers a 241-year period from 722 to 481 BC. It is the earliest surviving Chinese historical text to be arranged in annals form.

Shilappadikaram

Shilappadikaram PDF

Author: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780811200011

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The peerless young Kovalan leaves his loyal wife Kannaki for the courtesan Madhavi, and though he returns to her, he still meets his death because of her ill-omened ankle bracelet. The Shilappadikaram has been called an epic and even a novel, but it is also a book of general education. Adigal packed his story with information: history merging into myth, religious rites, caste customs, military lore, descriptions of city and country life. And four Cantos are little anthologies of the poetry of the period (seashore and mountain songs, hunters and milkmaid s song). Thus the story gives us a vivid picture of early Indian life in all its aspects.