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Codex Seraphinianus

Codex Seraphinianus, also described as an asemic encyclopedia, is Luigi Serafini's 1981 illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world in an invented script, created 1976-1978, published by Franco Maria Ricci, with eleven chapters and a statistically real but meaningless index apparatus.

Coffin Moon

Coffin Moon, Keith Rosson's 2025 vampire horror novel (Random House US; Black Crow Books UK), set in 1975 Portland, follows Duane Minor and niece Julia hunting the vampire John Varley; "True Grit with vampires," not a Tor Nightfire title.

Cogewea, the Half-Blood

Cogewea, the Half-Blood is a 1927 Western romance novel by Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket), one of the first novels published by a Native American woman.

Coin Locker Babies

Coin Locker Babies (コインロッカー・ベイビーズ) is a 1980 novel by Ryu Murakami about two abandoned boys who survive coin lockers and grow into destructive adults, influencing Japanese literature.

Cold Food

Cold Food (寒食) is a Tang dynasty seven-character quatrain by Han Hong, poem 78 of the Three Hundred Tang Poems, depicting the Cold Food festival in Chang'an.

Cold Mountain (novel)

Cold Mountain is a 1997 Civil War novel by Charles Frazier, telling of a wounded Confederate deserter walking home through North Carolina to Ada, the woman he loves.

Cold Nights

Cold Nights (寒夜) is the last full-length novel by the Chinese writer Ba Jin, published in 1947 and set in wartime Chongqing during the Sino-Japanese War.

Collaborative fiction

Collaborative fiction: fiction produced by multiple authors sharing one text or story world. Also called co-writing or round-robin storytelling; spans Victorian co-novels, Good Omens, fanfiction platforms, relay writing, and LLM co-authoring.

Collected Ci of Huang Tingjian

The Collected Ci of Huang Tingjian (Shangu Ci, 山谷词) is a one-juan Song-dynasty collection of song lyrics by Huang Tingjian, preserving about 180 to 187 ci and praised alongside Qin Guan.

Collected Ci of Liu Kezhuang

The Collected Ci of Liu Kezhuang (Houcun Changduanju) is the Song dynasty collection of ci lyric poetry by Liu Kezhuang (1187–1269), the leading late Southern Song writer.

Collected Ci of Lu You

The Collected Ci of Lu You, known as Fangweng ci (放翁詞), is a one-juan anthology of the ci, or song-lyric poetry, of Southern Song poet Lu You (1125–1210).

Collected Ci of Ouyang Xiu

The Collected Ci of Ouyang Xiu (Liuyi ci, 六一词) is a one-juan collection of song lyrics by Ouyang Xiu, the leading Northern Song literary figure.

Collected Ci of Qin Guan

The Collected Ci of Qin Guan (Huaihai Ci, 淮海词) is a collection of ci poetry by the Northern Song poet Qin Guan, one of the Four Scholars of Su's gate.

Collected Ci of Shi Dazu

The Collected Ci of Shi Dazu (Meixi ci) is a one-volume collection of 112 ci, Chinese song lyrics, by the Southern Song poet Shi Dazu, cataloged in the Siku Quanshu.

Collected Ci of Su Shi

The Collected Ci of Su Shi (Dongpo ci, also Dongpo yuefu) is the corpus of song lyrics by Northern Song writer Su Shi, a landmark of Song ci poetry.

Collected Ci of Zhang Yan

The Collected Ci of Zhang Yan (Shanzhong Baiyun ci) is the collection of song lyrics by Southern Song poet Zhang Yan, first compiled in 1300.

Collected Ci of Zhu Dunru

The Collected Ci of Zhu Dunru, known as Qiaoge (樵歌), is the surviving collection of 245 ci poems in three juan by the Song dynasty poet Zhu Dunru (1081–1159).

Collected Ci of Zhu Shuzhen

The Collected Ci of Zhu Shuzhen (Duanchang Ci, 断肠词, "Broken-Hearted Ci") is a Song-dynasty ci collection by woman poet Zhu Shuzhen, compiled by Wei Zhonggong in 1182.

Collected Poems of Bai Juyi

The Collected Poems of Bai Juyi (白氏長慶集) is the self-edited corpus of the Tang poet Bai Juyi, with over 2,800 poems in 75 juan, of which 71 survive.

Collected Poems of Bao Zhao

The Collected Poems of Bao Zhao (Bao Canjun ji) is the surviving collection of the Liu-Song dynasty poet Bao Zhao, first compiled after his death in 466.

Collected Poems of Cao Cao

The Collected Poems of Cao Cao (Cao Cao ji, 曹操集) is the modern collected edition of the surviving poetry of Cao Cao, the late Han statesman and poet.

Collected Poems of Cao Zhi

The Collected Poems of Cao Zhi (曹子建集, Cao Zijian ji) is the surviving corpus of Cao Zhi (192–232), the most celebrated poet of China's Jian'an era, in ten juan.

Collected Poems of Du Fu

The Collected Poems of Du Fu (Dugongbu ji, 杜工部集) is the collection of the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, assembled in 1,405 poems by Wang Zhu in 1039.

Collected Poems of Du Mu

The Collected Poems of Du Mu are preserved chiefly in the Fanchuan wenji, compiled by his nephew Pei Yanhan after the late Tang poet died in 852.

Collected Poems of Han Yu

The Collected Poems of Han Yu (韩昌黎诗集) is the poetic corpus of Mid-Tang writer Han Yu, recorded at 700 poems by his disciple Li Han, with about 300 surviving.

Collected Poems of Ji Kang

The Collected Poems of Ji Kang (Ji Zhongsan ji) is the surviving corpus of the Wei-dynasty poet and thinker Ji Kang, preserved in ten juan.

Collected Poems of Jiang Yan

The Collected Poems of Jiang Yan (江淹集) is the surviving verse and fu of Southern Dynasties writer Jiang Yan (444–505), best known for his thirty Miscellaneous Imitation Poems.

Collected Poems of Li Bai

The Collected Poems of Li Bai (李太白集) is the corpus of Tang dynasty poet Li Bai, transmitted through Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing editions still used by scholars.

Collected Poems of Li He

The Collected Poems of Li He (李长吉歌诗) is the collected poetry of the late-Tang poet Li He (790–816), preserving roughly 240 poems by the writer known as the "ghost of poetry."

Collected Poems of Li Shangyin

The Collected Poems of Li Shangyin (李义山诗集) is the transmitted verse collection of the late Tang poet Li Shangyin (813–858), whose allusive untitled poems became canonical in Chinese verse.