Themes & motifs
Southern Nigerian Folk Stories
尼日利亚南部民间故事（英文采录本）Forty historical English retellings from Dayrell’s 1910 collection, explicitly contextualized as a colonial-era source.
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Themes & motifs
Time, Memory and Mortality
时间、记忆与生命消逝Explore how works preserve and reassess lived experience through passing time, memory, ageing and mortality.
Place
China
中国The principal cultural region associated with Li Bai, Tang poetry and traditional flower-and-moon expressions.
Place
China
中国
The principal cultural region associated with Li Bai, Tang poetry and traditional flower-and-moon expressions.
Where this object leads next
李Associated person · Editorial comparisonLi BaiChina is the principal cultural region of Li Bai and his poetic tradition.
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Scotland
苏格兰Stevenson's birthplace and an important part of his cultural identity.
Place
Scotland
苏格兰
Stevenson's birthplace and an important part of his cultural identity.
Where this object leads next
史Associated person · Source-attestedRobert Louis StevensonScotland is Stevenson's birthplace and an important cultural identity.
→Tradition
British children's verse
英国儿童诗歌传统A verse tradition organised around childhood experience, sound, rhythm and everyday observation.
Tradition
British children's verse
英国儿童诗歌传统
A verse tradition organised around childhood experience, sound, rhythm and everyday observation.
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☾Includes subject · Source-attestedThe MoonThe tradition node connects this subject without claiming it represents the whole tradition.
→Form
Children's poem
儿童诗The form occupied by The Moon within A Child's Garden of Verses.
Form
Children's poem
儿童诗
The form occupied by The Moon within A Child's Garden of Verses.
Where this object leads next
☾Contains work or expression · Source-attestedThe MoonThis form node connects the subject.
→Tradition
Chinese classical poetry
中国古典诗歌传统A historical poetic lineage shaped by form, imagery, allusion and reading traditions.
Tradition
Chinese classical poetry
中国古典诗歌传统
A historical poetic lineage shaped by form, imagery, allusion and reading traditions.
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月Includes subject · Source-attestedQuiet Night ThoughtsThe tradition node connects this subject without claiming it represents the whole tradition.
→影Includes subject · Source-attestedDrinking Alone under the Moon IThe tradition node connects this subject without claiming it represents the whole tradition.
→圆Includes subject · Editorial comparisonBlossoms in Bloom, Moon at Its FullestThe tradition node connects this subject without claiming it represents the whole tradition.
→Form
Chinese classical verse
中国古典诗体The broader form shared by a five-character quatrain and a five-character ancient-style poem.
Form
Chinese classical verse
中国古典诗体
The broader form shared by a five-character quatrain and a five-character ancient-style poem.
Where this object leads next
月Contains work or expression · Source-attestedQuiet Night ThoughtsThis form node connects the subject.
→影Contains work or expression · Source-attestedDrinking Alone under the Moon IThis form node connects the subject.
→Form
Four-character fixed expression
四字固定表达A form node for a class of fixed four-character expressions in modern Chinese.
Form
Four-character fixed expression
四字固定表达
A form node for a class of fixed four-character expressions in modern Chinese.
Where this object leads next
圆Contains work or expression · Editorial comparisonBlossoms in Bloom, Moon at Its FullestThis form node connects the subject.
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