'The metropolis in wind and rain - high towers flowing among clouds': Jiankang in the Qi - Liang poetry.

Abstract

Poetry from the Qi - Liang period percieves the cityscape of Jiankang via its gardens as if it were part of the natural world. This brings about further considerations about the interests and values of the time.

Keywords

• metropolis
• towers
• flowing
• among
• clouds&apos
• Jiankang
• Liang
• poetry