Three Chinese Poets

by Seth, Vikram

• ISBN13: 9780060950248
• ISBN10: 0060950242
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-31
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

The three T'ang dynasty poets translated here are among the greatest literary figures of China, or indeed the world. Responding differently to their common times, Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu crystallize the immense variety of China and the Chinese poetic tradition and, across a distance of twelve hundred years, move the reader as it is rare for even poetry to do.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Note on Pronunciation
Introduction
Deer Park	p. 3
Birdsong Brook	p. 4
Lady Xi	p. 5
Grieving for Meng Haoran	p. 6
Remembering my Brothers in Shandong on the Double-Ninth Festival	p. 7
The Pleasures of the Country	p. 8
Autumn Nightfall at my Place in the Hills	p. 9
Zhongnan Retreat	p. 10
In Answer to Vice-Magistrate Zhang	p. 11
Living in the Hills: Impromptu Verses	p. 12
Lament for Yin Yao	p. 13
Ballad of the Peach Tree Spring	p. 14
In the Quiet Night	p. 19
A Song of Qiu-pu	p. 20
The Waterfall at Lu Shan	p. 21
Question and Answer in the Mountains	p. 22
Seeing Meng Haoran off to Yangzhou	p. 23
Parting at a Wineshop in Nanjing	p. 24
Listening to a Monk from Shu Playing the Lute	p. 25
The Mighty Eunuchs' Carriages	p. 26
Drinking Alone with the Moon	p. 27
Bring in the Wine	p. 28
The Road to Shu is Hard	p. 30
Thoughts while Travelling at Night	p. 35
Spring Scene in Time of War	p. 36
Moonlit Night	p. 37
The Visitor	p. 38
Thoughts on an Ancient Site: The Temple of Zhu-ge Liang	p. 39
The Chancellor of Shu	p. 40
An Autumn Meditation	p. 41
Dreaming of Li Bai	p. 42
To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court	p. 43
The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang	p. 44
A Fine Lady	p. 45
Grieving for the Young Prince	p. 46
Ballad of the Army Carts	p. 48
Notes to Poems	p. 51
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