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Format:
Book
Title:
A thousand peaks : poems from China
ISBN:
9781881896241
Publication Information:
Berkeley, Calif. : Pacific View Press, ©2002.
Physical Description:
52 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Contents:
Pity the farmer: social structure: Pity the farmer / Li Shen -- Passing Huaqing palace / Du Mu -- Clouds / Lai Hu -- Chrysanthemum song / Huang Chao -- Poem of my lost country / Lady Huarui -- Presented to Premier Kou / Qian Tao -- Poem in seven paces / Cao Zhi -- Clothes made of gold thread / Du Qiuniang -- Song of a tung tree by a well / Xue Tao -- Traveling in Long Xi / Chen Tao -- Passing the jinshi exam: scholar-officials: Passing the jinshi exam / Meng Jiao -- Horse poem / Li He -- I see the signatures o those who passed / Yu Xuanji -- On failing the jinshi exam / Huang Chao -- Painting a rooster / Tang Yin -- Song of a traveling son / Meng Jiao -- Remembering my brothers / Wang Wei -- Bamboo rock / Zheng Banqiao -- River snow / Liu Zongyuan -- Leaving Baidi City in the morning / Li Bai -- In the emerald willows / Du Fu -- Song of a well in a small yard / Mao Zedong -- Thousand peaks: embracing nature: Storm at Lakeview Tower / Su Shi -- White gibbons in autumn cove / Li Bai -- Watching Lushan Waterfall / Li Bai -- Lodging in the monk's hut / Zeng Gongliang -- Willow song / He Zhizhang -- Spring snow / Han Yu -- Flower shadows / Su Shi -- Freezing fly / Yang Wanli -- Song of the geese / Luo Binwang -- Wind / Li Qiao -- Grass on an ancient field / Bai Juyi -- Rosy cloud / Wang Zhou -- Climbing stork tower / Wang Zhihuan.
Summary:
A collection of thirty-five poems spanning nineteen centuries, representing both famous and lesser-known poets, including both the Chinese text and a literal translation.
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