Monday, April 5, 2021

The Best Translations of Classical Chinese Poetry: 24 Poets from the 3rd to 13th Centuries in 56 Books

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1. d232. Ts'ao Chih, Cao Zhi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Zhi 


a. Robert Joe Cutter, The Poetry of Cao Zhi (Library of Chinese Humanities).

b. Hugh Dunn, Cao Zhi: The Life of a Princely Chinese Poet.

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2. d263. Juan Chi, Ruan Ji.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruan_Ji


a. Stephen Owen & Wendy Swarz, The Poetry of Ruan Ji and Xi Kang (Library of Chinese Humanities).

b. Donald Holzman, Poetry and Politics: The Life and Works of Juan Chi, A.D. 210–263 (Cambridge Studies in Chinese History...)

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3. d427. T'ao Ch'ien, Tao Qian, Tao Yuanming.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Yuanming


a. David Hinton, The Selected Poems of T'ao Ch'ien.


b. James Robert Hightower, Poetry of Tao Chien.


c. A. R. Davis, T'ao Yüan-ming: Volume 1 (of 2).


d. Xiaofei Tian, Tao Yuanming and Manuscript Culture.

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4. d433. Hsieh Ling-yun, Xie Lingyun.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xie_Lingyun


a. David Hinton. The Mountain Poems of Hsieh Ling-Yun.

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5. d740. Meng Hao-Jan, Meng Haoran.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Haoran


a. David Hinton, The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-Jan.


b. Paul W. Kroll, The Poetry of Meng Haoran (to be published 9/6/21).

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6. d759. Wang Wei, Wang Wei.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Wei_(Tang_dynasty)


a. David Hinton, The Selected Poems of Wang Wei.


b. Eliot Weinberger, Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei.


c. Paul Rouzer, The Poetry and Prose of Wang Wei, 2 volumes.


d. Tony Barnstone et al, Laughing Lost in the Mountains.

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7. d762. Li Po, Li Bai.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Bai


a. David Hinton, The Selected Poems of Li Po.


b. J. P. Seaton, Bright Moon, White Clouds: Selected Poems of Li Po.


c. Arthur Cooper, Li Po and Tu Fu.


d. Ha Jin, The Banished Immortal: A Life of Li Bai. (a bio, not poetry)

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8. d770. Tu Fu, Du Fu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Fu 


a. David Hinton, The Selected Poems of Tu Fu.


b. Burton Watson, Selected Poems of Du Fu.


c. David Hawkes, A Little Primer of Tu Fu.


d. David Hinton, Awakened Cosmos.


e. David Young, Du Fu: A Life in Poetry.

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9. d?. Han Shan, Hanshan, Cold Mountain.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanshan_(poet) 


a. Gary Snyder, Cold Mountain Poems.


b. Burton Watson, Cold Mountain.


c. Red Pine, The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain.


d. Kazuaki Tanahashi, The Complete Cold Mountain.


e. Robert Henricks, The Poetry of Han-Shan.

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10. d792, Wei Ying-Wu, Wei Yingwu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Yingwu


a. Red Pine, In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-wu.

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11. d814. Meng Chiao, Meng Jiao.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meng_Jiao 


a. David Hinton, The Late Poems of Meng Chiao.


b. Stephen Owen, The poetry of Meng Chiao and Han Yü.

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12. d817. Li Ho, Li He.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_He


a. J. D. Frodsham, The Collected Poems of Li He.

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13. d819. Liu Tsung-Yuan, Liu Zongyuan.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zongyuan


a. Red Pine, Written in Exile: The Poetry of Liu Tsung-yuan.

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14. d824. Han Yu, Han Yu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Yu


a. Charles Hartman, Han Yu and the T'ang Search for Unity.


b. Stephen Owen. The poetry of Meng Chiao and Han Yü.

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15. d846 Po Chu-i, Bai Juyi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Juyi


a. Burton Watson, Po Chü-i: Selected Poems.


b. David Hinton, The Selected Poems of Po Chü-i.


c. Arthur Waley, The Life And Times Of Po Chu-I 772-846 A.D.

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16. d843. Chia Tao, Jia Dao.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jia_Dao


a. Mike O'Connor, When I Find You Again, It Will Be in Mountains.

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17. d858. Li Shang-lin, Li Shangyin.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Shangyin


a. Chloe Garcia Robert, Li Shangyin (NYRB Poets).


b. James J. Y. Liu, The Poetry of Li Shang-yin: Ninth-Century Baroque Chinese Poet.

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18. d1060. Mei Yao-chen,Mei Yaochen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mei_Yaochen


a. Jonathan Chaves, Mei Yao Chen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry.

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19. d1072. Ou-Yang Hsiu, Ouyang Xiu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouyang_Xiu


a. J. P. Seaton, Love and Time: The Poems of Ou-Yang Hsiu


b. Ronald C. Egan, The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsui. (1007–72).


c. James T. C. Liu, Ou-yang Hsiu: An eleventh-century neo-Confucianist.

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20. d1086. Wang An-shih, Wang Anshi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Anshi


a. David Hinton, The Late Poems of Wang An-Shih.


b. Jan Walls, Bird Tracks in the Air: Selected Poems of Wang Anshi.

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21. d1102. Su Tung-po, Su Shi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su_Shi


a. Burton Watson, Selected Poems of Su Tung-P'o.


b. Yun Wang, Dreaming of Fallen Blossoms: Tune Poems of Su Dong-Po.


c. Lin & Young, Listening All Night to the Rain: Selected Poems of Su Dongpo (Su Shi)

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22. d.1155. Li Ch'ing-chao, Li Qingzhao.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Qingzhao

a. Ronald Egan, Li Qingzhao: China's Foremost Woman Poet.

b. Kenneth Rexroth, Complete Poems of Li Ch'ing-chao.


23. d1206. Yang Wan-li, Yang Wanli.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Wanli

a. Jonathan Chaves, Heaven My Blanket, Earth My Pillow: Poems from Sung Dynasty China by Yang Wan-Li.


24. d1209. Lu You, Lu Yu.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_You

a. Burton Watson, Late Poems of Lu You, The Old Man Who Does As He Pleases.

b. David M. Gordon, The Wild Old Man: Poems of Lu Yu."




















Saturday, April 3, 2021

Star Maker Machinery

Dear diary, it’s nautical twilight again. Look to the horizon while you can.

For at the dawn of astronomical twilight, the star of intuition shall appear.

Your mileage may vary in the city where science is hiding the unknown sky from interfering with its knowledgeable empire.

Another name for intuition is muse, angel, feeling, intentional enlightenment of self-awareness.

She shall sing to you in ocean moonlight whispers and one shall be in harmony like the beach boys.

You shall write the following lines. Saturday is backwards day. Turn, turn, turn. 

You should know this one by now. It’s written in every popular song.

You do not have consciousness. Mirror mirror on the wall, love has you.





footnotes

marketing the muse. take one.

no teacher can take you where you do not want to go. this is hard to understand. nothing is wrong.

are we there yet?

i want to say something about pandemic and pantheism here. so fill in the blanks.

do they still teach beach boys in the schools these days?

why will sunday never be the same?

all my shakespeares have been singer/songwriters

Oh, the water

Oh, the water

Oh, the water

Hope it don't rain all day

even consciousness has to sleep

and consciousness so loved its dream, the gods turned mortal