The Selected Poems of Po Chu-i (New Directions Paperbook)

by CHU-I, PO; HINTON, DAVID

• ISBN13: 9780811214124
• ISBN10: 0811214125
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-17
• Publisher: New Directions

Summary

Po Chu-i (772-846 C.E.) is the quintessential Chinese poet. For although clear thought and depth of wisdom inform the work of all major Chinese poets (as opposed to the complexity and virtuosity often valued in the West), Po makes clarity itself his particular vision.

Author Biography

David Hinton's translations of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy have earned wide acclaim as English texts so compelling that they have altered our conception of Chinese literature. Among his books are The Selected Poems of Tu Fu and The Selected Poems of Li Po. A recipient of fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts and The National Endowment for the Humanities, Hinton was recently awarded the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from The Academy of American Poets.

Table of Contents

Map	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Early Poems: 794-815 (C.E.)
Hsiang-yang Travels, Thinking of Meng Hao-jan	p. 3
Peony Blossoms: Sent to the Sage Monk Cheng I	p. 4
Late Autumn, Dwelling in Idleness	p. 5
After the Rebellion, at Liu-kou Monastery	p. 6
Autumn Thoughts, Sent Far Away	p. 7
Hard Times	p. 8
Written in Spring on a Wall at Flowering-Brightness Monastery	p. 10
At Western-Clarity Monastery in the Season of Blooming	p. 11
At Flowering-Brightness Monastery in Yung-ch'ung District	p. 12
Wandering at Cloud-Dwelling Monastery	p. 14
Cold Night in the Courtyard	p. 15
The Sound of Pines	p. 16
Farewell to the Recluse Wang	p. 17
New Yueh-fu
The Old Man from Hsin-feng With a Broken Arm	p. 18
Hundred-Fire Mirror	p. 21
Twin Vermillion Gates	p. 22
Crimson-Weave Carpet	p. 23
An Old Man of Tu-ling	p. 25
An Old Charcoal Seller	p. 26
A Dragon in the Dark Lake	p. 27
On My Daughter's First Birthday	p. 28
Night in the Palace with Ch'ien Hui	p. 29
Songs of Ch'in-chou
Light and Sleek	p. 30
Buying Flowers	p. 31
Early Morning, Combing My Hair Out	p. 32
Mourning Peach Blossoms in the Palace Gardens	p. 33
In Sickness, Mourning Golden-Bells	p. 34
Ch'in Song in Clear Night	p. 35
Wine Stops by for the Night	p. 36
Village Snow, Sitting at Night	p. 37
The Grain Tax	p. 38
Climbing Among Ancient Tombs East of the Village	p. 39
Foxglove Farmers	p. 40
Village Night 41
Eyes Going Dark	p. 42
Sitting at Night	p. 43
Winter Night	p. 44
Written on a Wall at Jade-Spring Monastery	p. 45
Dreaming of Long Ago	p. 46
Yen-tzu Tower	p. 47
Exile: 815-820
Reading Chuang Tzu	p. 51
On the Boat, Reading Yuan Chen's Poems	p. 52
Setting a Migrant Goose Free	p. 53
Visiting the Recluse Cheng	p. 55
On West Tower	p. 56
Forty-five	p. 57
Year's End, Facing Wine at South Creek, a Farewell to Wang	p. 58
Overnight at East-Forest Monastery	p. 59
Early Spring	p. 60
Bamboo Mountain's Eastern Pond	p. 61
My Thatch Hut Newly Built Below Incense Burner Peak	p. 62
My Thatched Mountain Hut Just Finished, Ch'i-Sited	p. 64
Another Poem for the Wall of my Thatch Hut	p. 65
Idle Song	p. 66
After Lunch	p. 67
All the Mountain Guests Started Up Incense-Burner Peak	p. 68
Reply to Yuan Chen	p. 69
Early Cicadas	p. 70
A Late-Night Farewell to Meng Kung-ts'ao	p. 71
In the Mountains, Asking the Moon	p. 72
Inviting Liu Shih-chiu	p. 73
Evening Rain	p. 74
Floodwaters	p. 75
Still Sick, I Get Up	p. 77
Written on a Pine Beside the Stream at Yi-ai Monastery	p. 78
Suffering Heat, Enjoying Cold	p. 79
Early Cicadas	p. 80
A Ch'in at Night	p. 81
East Tower Bamboo	p. 82
Early Autumn	p. 83
Winter Sun on my Back	p. 84
The Pa River	p. 85
Night of the Cold Food Festival	p. 86
Planting East Slope	p. 87
Reply in the Same Rhyme to a Quatrain Sent by Ch'ien Hui	p. 89
Middle Poems: 820-829
Traveling Moon	p. 93
My Old Home	p. 94
Enjoying Pine and Bamboo	p. 95
A Guest Doesn't Come	p. 97
Boundless and Free	p. 98
On Shang Mountain Road	p. 99
Figures for a Monk	p. 100
Autumn Butterflies	p. 101
Overnight at Bamboo Pavilion	p. 102
Flower No Flower	p. 103
For the Beach Gulls	p. 104
A Sigh for Myself	p. 105
Up Early	p. 106
Overnight at Bamboo Tower	p. 107
Farewell to my Day Lilies and Cassia	p. 108
Li the Mountain Recluse Stays the Night on Our Boat	p. 109
Rising Late	p. 110
Ch'in	p. 111
Beside the Pond, Under Bamboo	p. 112
Night in the City, Listening to Li the Mountain Recluse ...	p. 113
First Month, Third Day: An Idle Stroll	p. 114
A Sigh for Myself	p. 115
Two Stones	p. 116
Sixth Month, Third Day: Listening to Cicadas at Night	p. 118
Overnight in the Upper Courtyard of Ling-yen Monastery	p. 119
Overnight at Jung-yang	p. 120
Idle Song	p. 121
Living Idly in the Hsin-ch'ang District, I Invite ...	p. 122
On Ling-ying Tower, Looking North	p. 123
Sitting Idle at the North Window	p. 124
Quiet Dwelling During the Seclusion Fast	p. 125
Blossoms for a Monk's Courtyard	p. 126
Facing Wine	p. 127
Late Poems: 829-846
Autumn Pool	p. 131
Lu-tao District, Dwelling in Spring	p. 132
Meeting an Old Friend	p. 133
Long Lines Sent to Ling Hu-ch'u Before He Comes	p. 134
Idle Song	p. 135
New Year's Eve	p. 136
Off-Hand Chant	p. 137
The West Wind	p. 138
Rising Late	p. 139
The Pond West of My Office	p. 140
Home Ground	p. 141
Mourning A-Ts'ui	p. 142
Pond, Window	p. 143
Thinking of Ts'ui Hsuan-liang	p. 144
Idle Night	p. 145
A Servant Girl Is Missing	p. 146
My First Visit to Incense-Mountain Monastery, Facing the Moon	p. 147
In Reply to Autumn Night, No Sleep, Which Yu-hsi Sent	p. 148
At the Pond, A Farewell	p. 149
Asking the Rock that Holds Up My Ch'in	p. 150
In Answer to a Letter Sent by Liu Yu-hsi on an Autumn Day	p. 151
Early Morning, Taking Cloud-Mother Powder	p. 152
At the Pond, an Idle Chant	p. 153
Overnight with Ch'an Master Shen Chao	p. 154
After Quiet Joys at South Garden, Which P'ei Tu Sent	p. 155
Reading Ch'an Sutras	p. 156
Nightfall at South Pond	p. 157
Sitting Alone in My Little Thatched Pavilion	p. 158
On Climbing the Tower at T'ien-kuan Monastery	p. 159
Waves Sifting Sand	p. 160
Written on Sung Mountain's Eastern Cliffs in Early Spring	p. 162
Old, and a Fever	p. 163
Autumn Rain, a Night of Sleep	p. 165
Sixty-six	p. 166
Grown-Old Song, Sent to Liu Yu-hsi	p. 167
Cool Autumn, Idle Dozing	p. 168
Facing Wine on a Winter's Night, Sent to Huang-fu Shih	p. 169
An Old Su-chou Prefect	p. 170
Poems in Sickness
Wind Sickness Strikes	p. 171
Lying in Bed	p. 172
Quatrains in Sickness	p. 173
Farewell to a Sung Mountain Traveler	p. 174
Sick and Old, Same as Ever: A Poem to Figure It All Out	p. 175
In the Mountains	p. 176
At Home Giving Up Home	p. 177
Dwelling in Idleness	p. 178
Cold Night	p. 179
Facing Rocks I Placed in Yi-chu Stream to Break Up the Current ...	p. 180
Cold Pavilion: An Invitation	p. 181
The North Window: Bamboo and Rock	p. 182
Climbing Mountains in Dream	p. 183
To Get Over a Spring Heartfelt and Long ...	p. 184
Wondering About Mind: Presented to Friends Who've Grown Old	p. 185
Off-Hand Poem Written During the Seclusion Fast	p. 186
Notes	p. 187
Finding List	p. 195
Further Reading	p. 201
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