The Selected Poems of T'Ao Ch'Ien

by Chien, Tao

• ISBN13: 9781556590566
• ISBN10: 1556590563
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-05-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

Poetry. THE SELECTED POEMS OF TAO CHIN brings into English some of the most important poetry in all of Chinese literature. As David Hinton writes in his introduction, Tao Chien "stands at the head of the great Chinese tradition like a revered grandfather: profoundly wise, self-possessed, quiet, comforting." Tao was the first writer to make a poetry of his natural voice and immediate experience, thereby creating the personal lyricism which distinguishes ancient Chinese poetry and makes it seem so contemporary. While maintaining a scholar's attention to the complexities of the original, Hinton here recreates Tao Chien as a compelling poetic voice in English.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(12)
Returning to My Old Home	17	(1)
After Liu Ch'ai-sang's Poem	18	(1)
Home Again Among Gardens and Fields	19	(4)
After Kuo Chu-pu's Poems	23	(2)
Early Spring, Kuei Year of the Hare, Thinking of Ancient Farmers	25	(2)
In Reply to Liu Ch'ai-sang	27	(1)
Written in the 12th Month, Kuei Year of the Hare, for My Cousin Ching-yuan	28	(1)
Begging Food	29	(1)
Written on Passing Through Ch'u-o, Newly Appointed to Advise Liu Yu's Normalization Army	30	(1)
After an Ancient Poem	31	(1)
Back Home Again Chant	32	(4)
Untitled	36	(1)
Turning Seasons	37	(2)
Form, Shadow, Spirit	39	(4)
Scolding My Sons	43	(1)
9/9, Chi Year of the Rooster	44	(1)
9th Month, Keng Year of the Dog, Early Rice Harvested in the West Field	45	(1)
Thinking of Impoverished Ancients	46	(2)
We've Moved	48	(2)
Drinking Wine	50	(8)
Wine Stop	58	(1)
Wandering at Hsieh Creek	59	(2)
Together, We All Go Out Under the Cypress Trees in the Chou Family Burial-Grounds	61	(1)
Steady Rain, Drinking Alone	62	(1)
In the 6th Month, Wu Year of the Horse, Fire Broke Out	63	(2)
An Idle 9/9 at Home	65	(2)
Reading The Classic of Mountains and Seas	67	(1)
Cha Festival Day	68	(1)
Seeing Guests Off at Governor Wang's	69	(1)
Peach-Blossom Spring	70	(4)
Untitled	74	(1)
Written One Morning in the 5th Month, After Tai Chu-pu's Poem	75	(1)
Untitled	76	(1)
Elegy for Myself	77	(4)
Burial Songs	81	(4)
Notes	85