← Liu ZongyuanLiu Zongyuan Collectionby Liu ZongyuanCollected prose and poetry of Tang dynasty literary figureFind 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→Catching SnakesEssay satirizing the cruelty of hunting snakes→The Donkey of GuizhouAllegorical essay about why the donkey is useless in southern lands→
