The Residue of Dreams
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The Residue of Dreams

Selected Poems of Jao Tsung-i

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The Residue of Dreams

Selected Poems of Jao Tsung-i

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Title Page i
  2. Cover Illustration Credit ii
  3. Full Title Page iii
  4. Copyright Page iv
  5. Dedication v
  6. Contents vii-xi
  7. Prefatory Note xiii
  8. List of Illustrations xv-xvi
  9. Introduction 1-15
  10. I TAKING REFUGE 17-18
  11. Tune of "Gaoyang Terrace" 19
  12. Var Poems on Double-Ninth Day 20-21
  13. Ballad of Yaoshan | Illus 2 22-23
  14. Mankind Day 24
  15. Sent to Elder Yu Ruizheng 25-26
  16. Winter Solstice 27
  17. Essay on Horse Manure 28-30
  18. Essay on White Clouds 31-33
  19. II WESTERN PARALLELS 35
  20. On Ruins of Colosseum 36-37
  21. On First Entering Mountains 38
  22. Illustration 3 Lotus and Couplet 39
  23. Mont-Blanc 40-41
  24. Mont-la-ville 42
  25. Two Poems about Auvergne 43
  26. Reading "Also Sprach Zarathustra 44-46
  27. Reading Rimbaud 47-48
  28. At Tomb of Rilke 49
  29. Visiting Jardin des Feuillantines 50-51
  30. Recalling Lake Leman 52
  31. Queens Town 53
  32. On Grand Canyon 54
  33. Illustration 4 Grand Canyon 55
  34. Cheung Chau Collection #44 56
  35. III EASTERN VISIONS
  36. On Night-Blooming Kadupul 58
  37. Recalling Xuanzang at Kanchipuram 59
  38. On Inscriptions by Scribes at End of Dunhuang Scroll 60
  39. On Lake Toba 61
  40. Taj Mahal 62
  41. Visiting Angkor Wat at Night 63
  42. Illustration 5 Angkor Wat 64
  43. Tune of "Courtyard Full of Fragrances" 65
  44. Tune of "Path through Terraces and Cities" 66-67
  45. Written to Express Sorrow at Men Beg for Food 68
  46. Sequel to Ballad of Beauty 69
  47. Tune of "Hundred-Word Air" 70-71
  48. Tune of "Charms of Niannu" 72
  49. Inscribed on Wall at Mogao Grotto 73
  50. Dazaifu 74
  51. Mourning Dead at Peace Park Hiroshima 75
  52. IV STORMS
  53. Cheung Chau Collection #16 78
  54. Ancient Style Verse in Pentasyllabic Meter for "Ice and Charcoal" 79
  55. Sleepless Night after Night in Wind and Rain 80
  56. Tune of "Sixth-String Air" 81
  57. Tune of "Gathering Mulberries" 82
  58. Tune of "Rake's Song" 83
  59. V TWO RHYME-MATCHING SETS 85
  60. Matching Rhymes of Du Fu's "Autumn Meditations" 86
  61. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #1 87
  62. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #2 88
  63. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #3 89
  64. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #4 90
  65. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #5 91
  66. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #6 92
  67. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #7 93
  68. Matching "Autumn Meditations" #8 94
  69. Latter Ten Poems on Drinking Wine to Match Fang Mizhi Poems Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao 95
  70. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #1 96
  71. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #2 97
  72. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #3 98
  73. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #4 99
  74. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #5 100
  75. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #6 101
  76. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #7 102
  77. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #8 103
  78. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #9 104
  79. Matching Rhymes of Lord Tao #10 105
  80. VI ALONE 107
  81. Cheung Chau Collection #80 | Illustration 6 108
  82. Tune of "Frosty Leaves Fluttering" 109-110
  83. Tune of "Little Hills Doubled" 111
  84. Seeing Moon in Hills 112
  85. Tune of "Wu men" 113
  86. Tune of "Silk Fishing Line" 114
  87. Late Stirrings for Hsuan-t'ang 115
  88. VII ON PAINTING 117
  89. Illustration 7 Plum Blossom 118
  90. Tune of "Sparse Shadows" 119
  91. Quatrains Inscribed on Paintings 120-127
  92. Illustration 8 Trees by Stream 123
  93. More Quatrains Inscribed on Paintings 128-131
  94. Inscribed on My Own Landscaped Paintings 132
  95. Inscribed on a Painting of Orchides by Ma Shouzhen 133
  96. Essay on Cloudgazing 134-135
  97. Tune of "Recalling Sound of Panpipes on Phoenix Terrace" 136
  98. Tune of "Spring Comes from Heaven Above" 137
  99. Tune of "Lips Dotted with Rouge" 138
  100. Tune of "Boddhisatva Barbarian" 139
  101. Tune of "Charms of Niannu" 140-141
  102. Tune of "Music for Welcoming Spring" 142
  103. VIII THE SOUND OF QIN 143
  104. Illustration 9 Playing the Qin 144
  105. Tune of "Eight Voices in Ganzhou" 145
  106. Tune of "Evening Moon in Spring on Xiang River" 146
  107. Tune of "Severe Cold Syncopation" 147-148
  108. Tune of "Prelude to a Water Melody" 149
  109. IX ON POETRY 151
  110. Cheng Chau Collection #18 152
  111. Cheng Chau Collection #62 153
  112. Cheng Chau Collection #82 154
  113. Tune of "Butterflies Admiring Blossoms" 155
  114. Tune of "Bodhisattva Barbarian" Crooked Cap Songs 156
  115. Tune of "Whole River Red" 157-158
  116. The Poetic Mind 159-160
  117. Tune of "Regret in Damask Court" 161-162
  118. Tune of "Passing the Towers of Qin" 163
  119. X ON SCHOLARSHIP 165
  120. Tune of "Lips Dotted with Rouge": Chuchi Bibliography 166
  121. Tune of "Butterflies in Love with Flowers" 167
  122. Essay on Crabs 168-169
  123. Illustration 10 Crab and Wine 170
  124. Encomium for Mawangdui Silk Manuscript 171-173
  125. XI DREAMS 175-176
  126. Tune of "Fragrant Grass Waves" 177
  127. Tune of "Washing Creek Sands" 178
  128. Tune of "Bitter Longing" 179
  129. Tune of "Jade Mansion Spring" 180
  130. Playful Rhymes on Traveling to Moon 181
  131. Dreaming of Return 182
  132. Tune of "The Beauty Yu" 183
  133. Waking Up from Sleep 184
  134. Dreaming of Heaven 185
  135. Illustration 11 Scenery of Southern China 186
  136. Tune of "Fragrance of Angelica and Orchid Prelude" 187
  137. Tune of "Spring Resentment in the Boudoir" 188-189
  138. Tune of "Flower-Strewn Path": On Red Tea 190
  139. Tune of "Six Scoundrels" 191-192
  140. Tune of "Flower-Strewn Path": On the Self 193
  141. Tune of "Jade Candles Renewed" 194-195
  142. Illustration 12 Bamboo and Rock 196
  143. Bibliography 197-201
  144. Cornell East Asia Series Publications List 203-208