← Liu ZongyuanCatching Snakesby Liu ZongyuanEssay satirizing the cruelty of hunting snakesFind on Amazon↗About the authorLiu ZongyuanTang dynasty essayist and poet, one of the Eight Great Prose Masters, known for allegorical fables and elegant travel essays. His essays on natural scenes remain models of classical Chinese prose.More by Liu ZongyuanEight Records of Excursions in YongzhouEight travel essays describing scenic landscapes of Yongzhou→Liu Zongyuan CollectionCollected prose and poetry of Tang dynasty literary figure→The Donkey of GuizhouAllegorical essay about why the donkey is useless in southern lands→
