Mountain Home PA

by Hinton,David

• ISBN13: 9780811216241
• ISBN10: 0811216241
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-17
• Publisher: NORTON

Summary

The earliest and most extensive literary engagement with wilderness in human history, Mountain Home is vital poetry that feels utterly contemporary. China's tradition of "rivers-and-mountains" poetry stretches across millennia. This is a plain-spoken poetry of immediate day-to-day experience, and yet seems most akin to China's grand landscape paintings. Although its wisdom is ancient, rooted in Taoist and Zen thought, the work feels utterly contemporary, especially as rendered here in Hinton's rich and accessible translations. Mountain Home collects poems from 5th- through 13th-century China and includes the poets Li Po, Po Chu-i and Tu Fu. The "rivers-and-mountains" tradition covers a remarkable range of topics: comic domestic scenes, social protest, travel, sage recluses, and mountain landscapes shaped into forms of enlightenment. And within this range, the poems articulate the experience of living as an organic part of the natural world and its processes. In an age of global ecological disruption and mass extinction, this tradition grows more urgently important every day. Mountain Home offers poems that will charm and inform not just readers of poetry, but also the large community of readers who are interested in environmental awareness.

Table of Contents

Map	xii
Introduction	xiii
BEGINNINGS (5th Century C.E.)
T'ao Ch'ien (365--427)	5	(15)
After Mulberry-Bramble Liu's Poem	8	(1)
Home Again Among Fields and Gardens	9	(1)
After Kuo Chu-pu's Poems	10	(1)
In Reply to Mulberry-Bramble Liu	11	(1)
Turning Seasons	12	(1)
Drinking Wine	13	(2)
Wandering at Oblique Creek	15	(1)
An Idle 9/9 at Home	16	(1)
Cha Festival Day	17	(1)
Written One Morning in the 5th Moon, After Tai Chu-pu's Poem	18	(1)
Untitled	19	(1)
Hsieh Ling-Yun (385--433)	20	(21)
On a Tower Beside the Lake	22	(1)
Climbing Green-Cliff Mountain in Yung-chia	23	(1)
I've Put in Gardens South of the Fields, Opened up a Stream	24	(1)
Dwelling in the Mountains	25	(9)
On Stone-Gate Mountain's Highest Peak	34	(1)
Overnight at Stone-Gate Cliffs	35	(1)
Following Axe-Bamboo Stream, I Cross Over a Ridge	36	(1)
On Thatch-Hut Mountain	37	(1)
In Hsin-an, Setting Out from the River's Mouth at T'ung-lu	38	(3)
T'ANG DYNASTY (618--907)
Meng Hao-jan (689--740)	41	(16)
Gathering Firewood	42	(1)
Sent to Ch'ao, the Palace Reviser	43	(1)
Autumn Begins	44	(1)
Stopping In Yueh, I Linger Out Farewell	45	(1)
Overnight at Cypress-Peak Monastery	46	(1)
Anchored Off Hsun-yang in Evening Light	47	(1)
Anchored Overnight on the Thatch-Hut River	48	(1)
On a Journey to Thought-Essence Monastery	49	(1)
Climbing Deer-Gate Mountain, Thoughts of Ancient Times	50	(1)
Returning Home to Deer-Gate Mountain at Night	51	(1)
Looking for the Recluse Chang Tzu-jung on White-Crane Cliff	52	(1)
Visiting the Hermitage of Ch'an Monk Jung	53	(1)
Looking for Mei, Master of Way	54	(1)
At Lumen-Empty Monastery, Visiting the Hermitage	55	(1)
Climbing South-View Mountain's Highest Peak	56	(1)
Wang Wei (701--761)	57	(17)
Mourning Meng Hao-jan	58	(1)
In Reply to P'ei Ti	59	(1)
Wheel-Rim River Sequence	60	(7)
In the Mountains, Sent to Ch'an Brothers and Sisters	67	(1)
In Reply to Su, Who Visited My Wheel-Rim River Hermitage	68	(1)
Mourning Yin Yao	69	(1)
Bird-Cry Creek	70	(1)
Adrift on the Lake	71	(1)
On Returning to Wheel-Rim River	72	(1)
In Reply to Vice-Magistrate Chang	73	(1)
Li Po (701--762)	74	(22)
Wandering Up Ample-Gauze Creek on a Spring Day	75	(1)
Gazing at the Thatch-Hut Mountain Waterfall	76	(2)
On Yellow-Crane Tower, Farewell to Meng Hao-jan	78	(1)
At Golden-Ridge	79	(1)
Mountain Dialogue	80	(1)
Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon	81	(1)
On Peace-Anew Tower	82	(1)
Watching a White Falcon Set Loose	83	(1)
Night Thoughts at East-Forest Monastery	84	(1)
Spur of the Moment	85	(1)
Reverence-Pavilion Mountain, Sitting Alone	86	(1)
Autumn River Songs	87	(2)
Listening to a Monk's Ch'in Depths	89	(1)
9/9, out drinking on Dragon Mountain	90	(1)
At Hsieh T'iao's House	91	(1)
Inscribed on a Wall at Summit-Top Temple	92	(1)
Clear Creek Chant	93	(1)
Looking for Yung, the Recluse Master	94	(1)
Thoughts in Night Quiet	95	(1)
Tu Fu (712--770)	96	(20)
Gazing at the Sacred Peak	97	(1)
Inscribed on the Wall at Chang's Recluse Home	98	(1)
The New Moon	99	(1)
Leaving the City	100	(1)
Brimmed Whole	101	(1)
Skies Clear at Dusk	102	(1)
Reflections in Autumn	103	(1)
Night at the Tower	104	(1)
Morning Rain	105	(1)
The Musk Deer	106	(1)
Thatch House	107	(1)
8th Moon, 17th Night: Facing the Moon	108	(1)
Dawn Landscape	109	(1)
In Reply to a Letter from Meng	110	(1)
Autumn Pastoral	111	(1)
Facing Night	112	(1)
Night	113	(2)
Opposite a Post-Station, the Boat Moonlit Beside a Monastery	115	(1)
Wei Ying-wu (c. 737--792)	116	(12)
Climbing Above Mind-Jewel Monastery	117	(1)
Fringes of Mist, a Bell	118	(1)
Autumn Night, Sent to Ch'iu Tan	119	(1)
Outside My Office, Wandering in Moonlight	120	(1)
In the Depths of West Mountain, Visiting the Master	121	(1)
At West Creek in Ch'u-chou	122	(1)
Evening View	123	(1)
Sent to a Master of Way in the Utter-Peak Mountains	124	(1)
At Truth-Expanse Monastery, in the Dharma Master's	125	(1)
Entering the Carnelian Mountains Together	126	(1)
At Cloud-Wisdom Monastery, in the Ch'an Master's Courtyard	127	(1)
Cold Mountain (Han Shan) (c. 7th--9th centuries)	128	(14)
[Untitled Poems]	129	(13)
Meng Chiao (751--814)	142	(8)
Laments of the Gorges	143	(4)
Autumn Thoughts	147	(3)
Liu Tsung-yuan (773--819)	150	(10)
Getting Up Past Midnight and Gazing	151	(1)
Aimless Wandering: First Ascent, West Mountain	152	(2)
River Snow	154	(1)
Returning to Compass-Line Cliff's Waterfall, I Stay	155	(1)
Before Crossing the Ridges	156	(1)
An Old Fisherman	157	(1)
In Reply to Chia P'eng of the Mountains	158	(1)
Gazing at Mountains with Ch'an Monk Primal-Expanse	159	(1)
Po Chu-i (772--846)	160	(19)
Hsiang-yang Travels: Thinking of Meng Hao-jan	161	(1)
Autumn Thoughts, Sent Far Away	162	(1)
Ch'in Song in Clear Night	163	(1)
Village Night	164	(1)
Inscribed on a Wall at Jade-Spring Monastery	165	(1)
My Thatch Hut Newly Built Below Incense-Burner Peak	166	(2)
My Thatched Mountain Hut Just Finished, Ch'i-Sited	168	(1)
In the Mountains, Asking the Moon	169	(1)
Enjoying Pine and Bamboo	170	(1)
Li the Mountain Recluse Stays the Night on Our Boat	171	(1)
Off-Hand Chant	172	(1)
The West Wind	173	(1)
After Quiet Joys at South Garden, Sent By P'ei Tu	174	(1)
Waves Sifting Sand	175	(2)
The North Window: Bamboo and Rock	177	(1)
Climbing Mountains in Dream	178	(1)
Chia Tao (779--843)	179	(10)
Sent to a Master of Silence on White-Tower Mountain	180	(1)
Looking for a Recluse I Can't Find	181	(1)
Evening Landscape, Clearing Snow	182	(1)
A Sick Cicada	183	(1)
Mourning Meng Chiao	184	(1)
South Lake	185	(1)
Early Autumn, Sent to be Inscribed on the Wall at	186	(1)
For Li Chin-chou	187	(1)
Sitting at Night	188	(1)
Tu Mu (803--853)	189	(14)
Egrets	190	(1)
Anchored on Ch'in-huai River	191	(1)
The Han River	192	(1)
A Mountain Walk	193	(1)
Unsent	194	(1)
Spring South of the Yangtze	195	(1)
Inscribed on Recluse Yuan's Lofty Pavilion	196	(1)
Pond in a Bowl	197	(1)
Climbing Joy-Abroad Plateau	198	(1)
A Clear Stream in Ch'ih-chou	199	(4)
SUNG DYNASTY (960--1279)
Mei Yao-ch'en (1002--1060)	203	(7)
East River	204	(1)
8th Moon, 9th Sun: Getting Up in the Morning, I Go Out	205	(1)
On a Farewell Journey for Shih-hou	206	(2)
Farmers	208	(1)
Lunar Eclipse	209	(1)
Wang An-shih (1021--1086)	210	(11)
Wandering on Bushel Mountain	211	(1)
Middle years	212	(1)
Above the Yangtze	213	(1)
Following thoughts	214	(1)
Inscribed on Master Lake-Shadow's Wall	215	(1)
Events at Bushel Mountain	216	(1)
Leaving the City	217	(1)
Dusk Returns at Bushel Mountain: Gone to Visit	218	(1)
Sun west and low	219	(1)
In bamboo forest	220	(1)
Su Tung-p'o (1037--1101)	221	(20)
12th Moon, 14th Sun: A Light Snow Fell Overnight	222	(1)
6th Moon, 27th Sun: Sipping Wine at Lake-View Tower	223	(2)
At Brahma-Heaven Monastery	225	(1)
At Seven-Mile Rapids	226	(1)
Sipping Wine at the Lake: Skies Start Clearing, Then Rain	227	(1)
Visiting Beckons-Away Monastery	228	(1)
There's a Small Monastery on the Cragged Heights	229	(1)
With Mao and Fang, Visiting Bright-Insight Monastery	230	(1)
After Li Szu-hsun's Painting, Cragged Islands on the Yangtze	231	(1)
Midsummer Festival, Wandering Up as Far as the Monastery	232	(1)
With the Wang Brothers and My Son Mai, I Wander	233	(1)
At Red Cliffs, Thinking of Ancient Times	234	(1)
Partridge Sky	235	(1)
Presented to Abbot Perpetua All-Gathering	236	(1)
Inscribed on a Wall at Thatch-Hut Mountain's	237	(1)
Inscribed on a Painting in Wang Ting-kuo's Collection	238	(2)
Crossing the Mountains	240	(1)
Lu Yu (1125--1210)	241	(9)
The River Village	242	(1)
A Mountain Walk	243	(1)
Following the Trail Up from Deva-King Monastery	244	(1)
Off-Hand Poem at My East Window	245	(1)
7th Moon, 29th Sun, Yi Year of the Ox	246	(1)
To My Son, Yu	247	(1)
Light Rain	248	(1)
On a Boat	249	(1)
Fan Ch'eng-ta (1126--1193)	250	(7)
Midstream at Thorn-Bramble Island, I Turn to Look Back	251	(1)
Four Seasons Among Fields and Gardens	252	(5)
Yang Wan-Li (1127--1206)	257	(14)
With Chun Yu and Chi Yung, I Hike to	258	(1)
A Cold Fly	259	(1)
Cold Sparrows	260	(1)
Breakfast at Noonday-Ascension Mountain	261	(1)
On a Boat Crossing Hsieh Lake	262	(1)
Night Rain at Luster Gap	263	(1)
Overnight at East Island	264	(2)
Crossing Open-Anew Lake	266	(1)
At Hsieh Cove	267	(1)
The Small Pond	268	(1)
On the Summit Above Tranquil-Joy Temple	269	(2)
Notes	271	(8)
Key Terms: An Outline of Wilderness Thought in Ancient China	279	(4)
Finding List	283	(8)
Selected Reading	291