David Lattimore wrote a review of this book for The New York Times Sunday Book Review Supplement.
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--"almost as many by..."--> each by Huang Tingjian and Mei Yaochen, 11 Yuan Zhen poems, 10 each by Shen Yue and Han Yu, and poems from previously untranslated poets from the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.
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The book has two times the number of Du Fu's poems compared to those of Li Bai (Li Bo), and four times the number of Du Fu poems compared to those of Wang Wei.
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The lesser known poets chronicled in this work originated from several sources, including the 5th Century, the 6th Century, the early and late poetry of the Tang Dynasty, many Shi poems from the Song Dynasty, and Qu poems from periods after the Song Dynasty.
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