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The Heart of Chinese Poetry Fifty-Seven of the Best Traditional Chinese Poems in a Dual-Language Edition

by: WHINCUP, GREG

The Heart of Chinese Poetry Fifty-Seven of the Best Traditional Chinese Poems in a Dual-Language Edition

by: WHINCUP, GREG

ISBN 13: 9780385239677
ISBN 10: 038523967X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 09/16/1987
Publisher: Anchor

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Greg Whincup offers a varied and unique approach to Chinese translation inThe Heart of Chinese Poetry. Special features of this edition include direct word-for-word translations showing the range of meaning in each Chinese character, the Chinese pronunciations, as well as biographical and historical commentary following each poem.

The Heart of Chinese Poetry
Question and Answer in the Mountains	p. 3
Traveling at Night	p. 6
Thinking of Past Wanderings	p. 9
The History of Chinese Poetry
In the Wilds There Are Creepers	p. 15
The Autumn Wind	p. 18
Expressing My Feelings	p. 22
"Lady Night" Song of Spring	p. 25
On a Tour of the Fields, I Climb the Mountain on Serpentine Island, at the Mouth of the Sea	p. 27
Seeing Off a Friend	p. 30
Southern Spring	p. 33
Written on the Wall of North Tower after Snow	p. 36
I Want to Go Out, but It's Raining	p. 39
Three Poets of the Golden Age
Spring Sunrise	p. 43
In the Evening of the Year, I Return to the Southern Mountains	p. 45
Written for Old Friends in Yang-jou City While Spending the Night on the Tung-lu River	p. 48
For Meng Hau-ran	p. 51
At Yellow Crane Tower, Seeing Off Meng Hau-ran on His Way to Yang-jou	p. 54
A Song of Heng-jyang	p. 57
Amusing Myself	p. 60
Setting Out Early from White Emperor City	p. 62
Spring Prospect	p. 65
Spending the Night at the Palace Chancellery in Spring	p. 68
Thinking of My Younger Brothers on a Moonlit Night	p. 71
Delighting in the Rain on a Spring Night	p. 74
Poem	p. 77
Autumn Meditation	p. 80
Poems of War
The Fortress in Autumn	p. 85
Horse Poem	p. 88
Border Song	p. 90
Wei City Song	p. 93
Spring Longing	p. 95
Ballad of the Northwest Frontier	p. 98
Poems by and about Women
"Lady Night" Song of Autumn	p. 103
Jade Stairs Resentment	p. 105
He Does Not Come	p. 107
The Farewell Feast	p. 110
On Hearing the Lute	p. 112
Hearing a Monk of Shu Play the Lute	p. 115
Lyrics to the Tune "Tipsy in the Flowers' Shade"	p. 118
Lyrics to the Tune "Spring in Wu-ling"	p. 121
Lyrics to the Tune "Fairy Grotto"	p. 124
The Temporary Palace	p. 129
Hearing Jang Li-ben's Daughter Sing	p. 131
Landscape/Enlightenment
An Invitation to My Friend Lyou	p. 137
Roaming Chyen-tang Lake in Spring	p. 139
Moored on the Chin-hwai River	p. 142
Night Mooring at Maple Bridge	p. 145
Visiting the Temple of Accumulated Fragrance	p. 148
Seeing Off a Monk Returning to Japan	p. 151
Going to Look for Master Chang of South Stream	p. 154
Written after Drinking Wine	p. 157
Dwelling by a Stream	p. 160
Snowy River	p. 163
Encountering Snow, I Spend the Night with a Host on Lotus Mountain	p. 165
Night Rain	p. 167
Deer Fence	p. 169
Seeking the Recluse	p. 171
Chinese Pronunciation	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 175
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The Heart of Chinese Poetry Fifty-Seven of the Best Traditional Chinese Poems in a Dual-Language Edition

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