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About this book
"A magisterial book" of nearly five hundred poems from some of history's greatest Chinese poets, translated and edited by a renowned poet and scholar (
New Republic).
The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE to 1200 CE), the period during which virtually all its landmark developments took place.
Unlike earlier anthologies of Chinese poetry, Hinton's book focuses on a relatively small number of poets, providing selections that are large enough to re-create each as a fully realized and unique voice. New introductions to each poet's work provide a readable history, told for the first time as a series of poetic innovations forged by a series of master poets.
"David Hinton has . . . lured into English a new manner of hearing the great poets of that long glory of China's classical age. His achievement is another echo of the original, and a gift to our language." —W. S. Merwin
The Chinese poetic tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature. This rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE to 1200 CE), the period during which virtually all its landmark developments took place.
Unlike earlier anthologies of Chinese poetry, Hinton's book focuses on a relatively small number of poets, providing selections that are large enough to re-create each as a fully realized and unique voice. New introductions to each poet's work provide a readable history, told for the first time as a series of poetic innovations forged by a series of master poets.
"David Hinton has . . . lured into English a new manner of hearing the great poets of that long glory of China's classical age. His achievement is another echo of the original, and a gift to our language." —W. S. Merwin
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Notice
- Contents
- Introduction
- Early Collections: The Oral Tradition (c. 15th century B.C.E. to 4th century C.E.)
- The Book of Songs (c. 15th to 6th century B.C.E.)
- Tao Te Ching (c. 6th century B.C.E.)
- The Songs of Ch’u (c. 3rd century B.C.E.)
- Later Folk-Song Collections (c. 2nd century B.C.E. to 4th century C.E.)
- First Masters: The Mainstream Begins (4th to 5th centuries C.E.)
- Su Hui (4th century C.E.)
- T’ao Ch’ien (365 to 427)
- Hsieh Ling-Yün (385 to 433)
- T’ang Dynasty I: The Great Renaissance (c. 700 to 800)
- Meng Hao-Jan (689 to 740)
- Wang Wei (701 to 761)
- Li Po (701 to 762)
- Tu Fu (712 to 770)
- Cold Mountain (Han Shan) (c. 7th to 9th centuries)
- Wei Ying-Wu (c. 737 to 792)
- T’ang Dynasty II: Experimental Alternatives (c. 800 to 875)
- Meng Chiao (751 to 814)
- Han Yü (768 to 824)
- Po Chü-I (772 to 846)
- Li Ho (790 to 816)
- Tu Mu (803 to 853)
- Li Shang-Yin (c. 813 to 858)
- Yü Hsüan-Chi (c. 840 to 868)
- Sung Dynasty: The Mainstream Renewed (c. 1000 to 1225)
- Mei Yao-Ch’en (1002 to 1060)
- Wang An-Shih (1021 to 1086)
- Su Tung-P’o (1037 to 1101)
- Li Ch’ing-Chao (c.1084 to 1150)
- Lu Yu (1125 to 1210)
- Yang Wan-Li (1127 to 1206)
- Notes
- Key Terms: An Outline of Classical Chinese Poetry’s Conceptual World
- Women’s Poetry in Ancient China
- Finding List for Poets
- Finding List for Chinese Texts
- Further Reading
- Permissions Acknowledgments
- Also by David Hinton
- Copyright