The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry write by J. P. Seaton. This book was released on 2006-08-08. The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In traditional Chinese culture, poetic artistry held a place that was unrivaled by any other single talent, and was a source of prestige and even of political power. In this rich collection, J. P. Seaton introduces the reader to the main styles of Chinese poetry and the major poets, from the classic Shih Ching to the twentieth century. Seaton has a poet's ear, and his translations here are fresh and vivid.
The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry
The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry write by J. P. Seaton. This book was released on 2006-08-08. The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In traditional Chinese culture, poetic artistry held a place that was unrivaled by any other single talent, and was a source of prestige and even of political power. In this rich collection, J. P. Seaton introduces the reader to the main styles of Chinese poetry and the major poets, from the classic Shih Ching to the twentieth century. Seaton has a poet's ear, and his translations here are fresh and vivid.
Bright Moon, White Clouds
Bright Moon, White Clouds - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bright Moon, White Clouds write by Li Po. This book was released on 2012-06-05. Bright Moon, White Clouds available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Li Po (701-762) is considered one of the greatest poets to live during the Tang dynasty—what was considered to be the golden age for Chinese poetry. He was also the first Chinese poet to become well known in the West, and he greatly influenced many American poets during the twentieth century. Calling himself the "God of Wine" and known to his patrons as a "fallen immortal," Li Po wrote with eloquence, vividness, and often playfulness, as he extols the joys of nature, wine, and the life of a wandering recluse. Li Po had a strong social conscience, and he struggled against the hard times of his age. He was inspired by the newly blossoming Zen Buddhism and merged it with the Taoism that he had studied all his life. Though Li Po's love of wine is legendary, the translator, J. P. Seaton, includes poems on a wide range of topics—friendship and love, political criticism, poems written to curry patronage, poems of the spirit—to offer a new interpretation of this giant of Chinese poetry. Seaton offers us a poet who learned hard lessons from a life lived hard and offered his readers these lessons as vivid, lively poetry—as relevant today as it was during the Tang dynasty. Over one thousand poems have been attributed to Li Po, many of them unpublished. This new collection includes poems not available in any other editions.
The Poetry of Zen
The Poetry of Zen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Poetry of Zen write by . This book was released on 2007-02-13. The Poetry of Zen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A wonderfully diverse collection of Zen poetry from China and Japan—including works by Lao Tzu and Han Shan—presented by two of America’s premier poet-translators A Zen poem is nothing other than an expression of the enlightened mind, a handful of simple words that disappear beneath the moment of insight to which it bears witness. Poetry has been an essential aid to Zen Buddhist practice from the dawn of Zen—and Zen has also had a profound influence on the secular poetry of the countries in which it has flourished. Here, two of America’s most renowned poets and translators provide an overview of Zen poetry from China and Japan in all its rich variety, from the earliest days to the twentieth century. Included are works by Lao Tzu, Han Shan, Li Po, Dogen Kigen, Saigyo, Basho, Chiao Jan, Yuan Mei, Ryokan, and many others. Hamill and Seaton provide illuminating introductions to the Chinese and Japanese sections that set the poets and their work in historical and philosophical context. Short biographies of the poets are also included.
Classical Chinese Poetry
Classical Chinese Poetry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Classical Chinese Poetry write by David Hinton. This book was released on 2014-06-10. Classical Chinese Poetry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With this groundbreaking collection Classical Chinese Poetry, translated and edited by the renowned poet and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature, and this rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE to 1200 CE), the period during which virtually all its landmark developments took place. Unlike earlier anthologies of Chinese poetry, Hinton's book focuses on a relatively small number of poets, providing selections that are large enough to re-create each as a fully realized and unique voice. New introductions to each poet's work provide a readable history, told for the first time as a series of poetic innovations forged by a series of master poets. From the classic texts of Chinese philosophy to intensely personal lyrics, from love poems to startling and strange perspectives on nature, Hinton has collected an entire world of beauty and insight. And in his eye-opening translations, these ancient poems feel remarkably fresh and contemporary, presenting a literature both radically new and entirely resonant, in Classical Chinese Poetry.
