The Residue of Dreams is the first English-language publication of the classical-style poems of Jao Tsung-i (b. 1917), a prominent artist-calligrapher, scholar-poet, and polymath living in Hong Kong. Jao's poems in various traditional forms reflect the tumultuous history of twentieth-century China, but also demonstrate the enduring resonance of its classical culture. The Residue of Dreams contains a broad-ranging selection of Jao's poems covering topics from the Second World War and his travels in Southeast Asia, to Nietzsche and the scribes of medieval Dunhuang. The poems give a vivid impression of one of the most erudite minds of our time, and show a new side of contemporary Chinese literature that has mostly been overlooked in English-language publications. All poems are presented both in the original Chinese text and in English translation, accompanied by scholarly notes with identification of many of Jao's allusions and cultural references. The introduction places Jao's poetry in the context of modern Chinese literary studies and elucidates its cultural background for general readers.
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Publisher
Cornell East Asia SeriesYear
2016Print ISBN
9781939161826
9781939161628
eBook ISBN
9781942242826
Table of contents
- Title Page i
- Cover Illustration Credit ii
- Full Title Page iii
- Copyright Page iv
- Dedication v
- Contents vii-xi
- Prefatory Note xiii
- List of Illustrations xv-xvi
- Introduction 1-15
- I TAKING REFUGE 17-18
- Tune of "Gaoyang Terrace" 19
- Var Poems on Double-Ninth Day 20-21
- Ballad of Yaoshan | Illus 2 22-23
- Mankind Day 24
- Sent to Elder Yu Ruizheng 25-26
- Winter Solstice 27
- Essay on Horse Manure 28-30
- Essay on White Clouds 31-33
- II WESTERN PARALLELS 35
- On Ruins of Colosseum 36-37
- On First Entering Mountains 38
- Illustration 3 Lotus and Couplet 39
- Mont-Blanc 40-41
- Mont-la-ville 42
- Two Poems about Auvergne 43
- Reading "Also Sprach Zarathustra 44-46
- Reading Rimbaud 47-48
- At Tomb of Rilke 49
- Visiting Jardin des Feuillantines 50-51
- Recalling Lake Leman 52
- Queens Town 53
- On Grand Canyon 54
- Illustration 4 Grand Canyon 55
- Cheung Chau Collection #44 56
- III EASTERN VISIONS
- On Night-Blooming Kadupul 58
- Recalling Xuanzang at Kanchipuram 59
- On Inscriptions by Scribes at End of Dunhuang Scroll 60
- On Lake Toba 61
- Taj Mahal 62
- Visiting Angkor Wat at Night 63
- Illustration 5 Angkor Wat 64
- Tune of "Courtyard Full of Fragrances" 65
- Tune of "Path through Terraces and Cities" 66-67
- Written to Express Sorrow at Men Beg for Food 68
- Sequel to Ballad of Beauty 69
- Tune of "Hundred-Word Air" 70-71
- Tune of "Charms of Niannu" 72
- Inscribed on Wall at Mogao Grotto 73
- Dazaifu 74
- Mourning Dead at Peace Park Hiroshima 75
- IV STORMS
- Cheung Chau Collection #16 78
- Ancient Style Verse in Pentasyllabic Meter for "Ice and Charcoal" 79
- Sleepless Night after Night in Wind and Rain 80
- Tune of "Sixth-String Air" 81
- Tune of "Gathering Mulberries" 82
- Tune of "Rake's Song" 83
- V TWO RHYME-MATCHING SETS 85
- Matching Rhymes of Du Fu's "Autumn Meditations" 86
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #1 87
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #2 88
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #3 89
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #4 90
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #5 91
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #6 92
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #7 93
- Matching "Autumn Meditations" #8 94
- Latter Ten Poems on Drinking Wine to Match Fang Mizhi Poems Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao 95
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #1 96
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #2 97
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #3 98
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #4 99
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #5 100
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #6 101
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #7 102
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #8 103
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #9 104
- Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #10 105
- VI ALONE 107
- Cheung Chau Collection #80 | Illustration 6 108
- Tune of "Frosty Leaves Fluttering" 109-110
- Tune of "Little Hills Doubled" 111
- Seeing Moon in Hills 112
- Tune of "Wu men" 113
- Tune of "Silk Fishing Line" 114
- Late Stirrings for Hsuan-t'ang 115
- VII ON PAINTING 117
- Illustration 7 Plum Blossom 118
- Tune of "Sparse Shadows" 119
- Quatrains Inscribed on Paintings 120-127
- Illustration 8 Trees by Stream 123
- More Quatrains Inscribed on Paintings 128-131
- Inscribed on My Own Landscaped Paintings 132
- Inscribed on a Painting of Orchides by Ma Shouzhen 133
- Essay on Cloudgazing 134-135
- Tune of "Recalling Sound of Panpipes on Phoenix Terrace" 136
- Tune of "Spring Comes from Heaven Above" 137
- Tune of "Lips Dotted with Rouge" 138
- Tune of "Boddhisatva Barbarian" 139
- Tune of "Charms of Niannu" 140-141
- Tune of "Music for Welcoming Spring" 142
- VIII THE SOUND OF QIN 143
- Illustration 9 Playing the Qin 144
- Tune of "Eight Voices in Ganzhou" 145
- Tune of "Evening Moon in Spring on Xiang River" 146
- Tune of "Severe Cold Syncopation" 147-148
- Tune of "Prelude to a Water Melody" 149
- IX ON POETRY 151
- Cheng Chau Collection #18 152
- Cheng Chau Collection #62 153
- Cheng Chau Collection #82 154
- Tune of "Butterflies Admiring Blossoms" 155
- Tune of "Bodhisattva Barbarian" Crooked Cap Songs 156
- Tune of "Whole River Red" 157-158
- The Poetic Mind 159-160
- Tune of "Regret in Damask Court" 161-162
- Tune of "Passing the Towers of Qin" 163
- X ON SCHOLARSHIP 165
- Tune of "Lips Dotted with Rouge": Chuchi Bibliography 166
- Tune of "Butterflies in Love with Flowers" 167
- Essay on Crabs 168-169
- Illustration 10 Crab and Wine 170
- Encomium for Mawangdui Silk Manuscript 171-173
- XI DREAMS 175-176
- Tune of "Fragrant Grass Waves" 177
- Tune of "Washing Creek Sands" 178
- Tune of "Bitter Longing" 179
- Tune of "Jade Mansion Spring" 180
- Playful Rhymes on Traveling to Moon 181
- Dreaming of Return 182
- Tune of "The Beauty Yu" 183
- Waking Up from Sleep 184
- Dreaming of Heaven 185
- Illustration 11 Scenery of Southern China 186
- Tune of "Fragrance of Angelica and Orchid Prelude" 187
- Tune of "Spring Resentment in the Boudoir" 188-189
- Tune of "Flower-Strewn Path": On Red Tea 190
- Tune of "Six Scoundrels" 191-192
- Tune of "Flower-Strewn Path": On the Self 193
- Tune of "Jade Candles Renewed" 194-195
- Illustration 12 Bamboo and Rock 196
- Bibliography 197-201
- Cornell East Asia Series Publications List 203-208
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