Table of contents : Contents Acknowledgments Major Chinese Dynasties Prologue PART ONE: Macrocosmic Structures of Western and Chinese Poetics 1. The Orientation of Western Poetics 2. The Orientation of Chinese Poetics 3. Early Chinese Worldviews and Concepts of Literature 4. The Systematics of Western and Chinese Poetics PART TWO: Microcosmic Textures of Western and Chinese Poetics 5. Poetics of Harmony 6. Poetics of Imagination 7. Poetics of Dynamic Force 8. Poetics of Deconstruction Epilogue: Reflections Abbreviations Notes Works Cited Index