Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry
A China, Cultural, Business book. Of all the anthologies of Chinese poetry, this is one of the best...
A comprehensive anthology of Chinese poetry from the 12th century B.C. to the present."This magnificent collection has the effect of a complete library rather than of an anthology of poetry.... A lyric quality comes through into our own language... Every page is alive with striking and wonderful things, immediately accessible." --Publishers Weekly"Sunflower Splendor is the largest and, on the whole, best anthology of translated Chinese poems to have appeared in...
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- Pages: 704 pages
- ISBN: 9780253206077 / 253206073
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This is an amazing collection that is, sadly, out of print. I've been enjoying these beautiful Chinese poems for many months now. I'm sure I'll return to them often. At the end of the poetry section there is a large biographical section with information on each of the poets that is really valuable. 3,000 years of Chinese poems, what... Drinking Alone Beneath the MoonA pot of wine among the flowers:I drink alone, no kith or kin near.I raise my cup to invite the moon to join me;It and my shadow make a party of three.Alas, the moon is unconcerned about drinking, And my shadow merely follows me around.Briefly I cavort with the moon and my shadow:Pleasure must be sought... Of all the anthologies of Chinese poetry, this is one of the best with precise, impeccable translations. This is a book to have and hold your whole life long.
