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The heart of Chinese poetry / [compiled by] Greg Whincup.
Van Pelt Library PL2658.E3 H35 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese poetry--Translations into English.
- Chinese poetry.
- English poetry--Translations from Chinese.
- English poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 178 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Anchor Press, Doubleday, 1987.
- Summary:
- Greg Whincup offers a varied and unique approach to Chinese translation in" The 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.
- Contents:
- The Heart of Chinese Poetry
- 1 Question and Answer in the Mountains / Li Bai 3
- 2 Traveling at Night / Du Fu 6
- 3 Thinking of Past Wanderings / Du Mu 9
- The History of Chinese Poetry
- 4 In the Wilds There Are Creepers / The Book of Songs (before 500 B.C.) 15
- 5 The Autumn Wind / Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (about 100 B.C.) 18
- 6 Expressing My Feelings / Rwan Ji (about 250 A.D.) 22
- 7 "Lady Night" Song of Spring / Anonymous (300-600 A.D.) 25
- 8 On a Tour of the Fields, I Climb the Mountain on Serpentine Island, at the Mouth of the Sea / Sye Ling-yun (423 A.D.) 27
- 9 Seeing Off a Friend / Li Bai (about 750 A.D.) 30
- 10 Southern Spring / Du Mu (about 830 A.D.) 33
- 11 Written on the Wall of North Tower after Snow / Su Shr (1074 A.D.) 36
- 12 I Want to Go Out, but It's Raining / Lu You (about 1200 A.D.) 39
- Three Poets of the Golden Age
- 13 Spring Sunrise / Meng Hau-ran 43
- 14 In the Evening of the Year, I Return to the Southern Mountains / Meng Hau-ran 45
- 15 Written for Old Friends in Yang-jou City While Spending the Night on the Tung-lu River / Meng Hau-ran 48
- 16 For Meng Hau-ran / Li Bai 51
- 17 At Yellow Crane Tower, Seeing Off Meng Hau-ran on His Way to Yang-jou / Li Bai 54
- 18 A Song of Heng-jyang / Li Bai 57
- 19 Amusing Myself / Li Bai 60
- 20 Setting Out Early from White Emperor City / Li Bai 62
- 21 Spring Prospect / Du Fu 65
- 22 Spending the Night at the Palace Chancellery in Spring / Du Fu 68
- 23 Thinking of My Younger Brothers on a Moonlit Night / Du Fu 71
- 24 Delighting in the Rain on a Spring Night / Du Fu 74
- 25 Poem / Du Fu 77
- 26 Autumn Meditation / Du Fu 80
- Poems of War
- 27 The Fortress in Autumn / Marshal Yen Wu 85
- 28 Horse Poem / Li He 88
- 29 Border Song / Wang Chang-ling 90
- 30 Wei City Song / Wang Wei 93
- 31 Spring Longing / Li Bai 95
- 32 Ballad of the Northwest Frontier / Chen Tau 98
- Poems by and about Women
- 33 "Lady Night" Song of Autumn / Anonymous 103
- 34 Jade Stairs Resentment / Li Bai 105
- 35 He Does Not Come / The Poetess Yau Ywe-hwa 107
- 36 The Farewell Feast / Princess Le-Chang 110
- 37 On Hearing the Lute / Madame Meng 112
- 38 Hearing a Monk of Shu Play the Lute / Li Bai 115
- 39 Lyrics to the Tune "Tipsy in the Flowers' Shade" / The Poetess Li Ching-jau 118
- 40 Lyrics to the Tune "Spring in Wu-ling" / The Poetess Li Ching-jau 121
- 41 Lyrics to the Tune "Fairy Grotto" / Su Shr 124
- 42 The Temporary Palace / Ywan Jen 129
- 43 Hearing Jang Li-ben's Daughter Sing / Gau Shr 131
- Landscape/Enlightenment
- 44 An Invitation to My Friend Lyou / Bai Jyu-yi 137
- 45 Roaming Chyen-tang Lake in Spring / Bai Jyu-yi 139
- 46 Moored on the Chin-hwai River / Du Mu 142
- 47 Night Mooring at Maple Bridge / Jang Ji 145
- 48 Visiting the Temple of Accumulated Fragrance / Wang Wei 148
- 49 Seeing Off a Monk Returning to Japan / Chyen Chi 151
- 50 Going to Look for Master Chang of South Stream / Lyou Chang-ching 154
- 51 Written after Drinking Wine / Tau Chyen 157
- 52 Dwelling by a Stream / Lyou Dzung-ywan 160
- 53 Snowy River / Lyou Dzung-ywan 163
- 54 Encountering Snow, I Spend the Night with a Host on Lotus Mountain / Lyou Chang-ching 165
- 55 Night Rain / Bai Jyu-yi 167
- 56 Deer Fence / Wang Wei 169
- 57 Seeking the Recluse / Jya Dau 171.
- Notes:
- English and Chinese.
- Bibliography: pages 175-178.
- ISBN:
- 0385239661 :
- 038523967X
- OCLC:
- 14818423
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