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Finding them gone : visiting China's poets of the past / Bill Porter/Red Pine.
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Red Pine, 1943-
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Language
English
Chinese
Published/Created
Port Townsend, Washington : Copper Canyon Press, [2016]
Description
viii, 387 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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East Asian Library - Western Languages
PL2277 .R43 2016
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Subject(s)
Poets, Chinese
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Chinese poetry
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History and criticism
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Literature and society
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China
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Summary note
Translator and independent scholar Bill Porter, also known by his Chinese name, Red Pine, takes a fast-paced pilgrimage to China during which he pays homage to dozens of China's greatest poets by visiting their graves, or trying to, and performing idiosynchractic rituals with small cups of Kentucky whiskey. Includes biographical informaton, history, travel writings, over 200 classical poems in Chinese with English translations, and over 100 photographs.
"Bill Porter has been one of the most prolific translators of Chinese texts, while also developing into a travel writer with a cult following."-The New York Times "Red Pine's out-of-the-mainstream work is canny and clearheaded, and it has immeasurably enhanced Zen/Taoist literature and practice."-Kyoto Journal "Red Pine's succinct and informative notes for each poem are core samples of the cultural, political, and literary history of China." -Asian ReporterTo pay homage to China's greatest poets, renowned translator Bill Porter-who is also known by his Chinese name "Red Pine"-traveled throughout China visiting dozens of poets' graves and performing idiosyncratic rituals that featured Kentucky bourbon and reading poems aloud to the spirits.Combining travelogue, translations, history, and personal stories, this intimate and fast-paced tour of modern China celebrates inspirational landscapes and presents new translations of classical poems.An entertaining storyteller who is deeply knowledgeable about Chinese culture, both ancient and modern, Porter brings the reader into the journey-from standing at the edge of the trash pit that used to be Tu Mu's grave to sitting in Han Shan's cave where the Buddhist hermit "Butterfly Woman" serves tea.Illustrated with over one hundred photographs and two hundred poems, Finding Them Gone combines the love of travel with an irrepressible exuberance for literature.Bill Porter (a.k.a. "Red Pine") is widely recognized as one of the world's finest translators of Chinese religious and poetic texts. His best-selling books include Lao-tzu's Taoteching and The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. He lives near Seattle, Washington"-- Provided by publisher.
Language note
Poem texts in English and Chinese; commentary in English.
Contents
Ch'en Tzu-ang, Confucius, anonymous (Book of poetry), Li Pai, Tu Fu
Li Ch'ing-chao, Hsin Ch'i-chi
Ts'ao Chih
Juan Chi, Ch'eng Tzu-an, Pai Chu-yi, Ou-yang Hsiu, Su Tung-p'o
Wei Ying-wu, Meng Chiao, Han Yu, Tu Fu, Pai Chu-yi
Lao-tzu, Li Shang-yin, Wnag Wei, Juan Chi, Liu Yu-hsi
Wang Wei, Shih-wu (Stonehouse), Liu Tsung-yuan, Tu Fu, Han Yu, Tu Mu
Wei Ying-wu
Li Pai, Tu Fu
Huseh T'ao
Tu Fu, Ch'en Tzu-ang
Chia Tao, Wu-k'o
Tu Fu, Li Pai
Ch'u Yuan, Saotan Poetry Society
Pai Chu-yi, Su Tung-p'o, Ou-yang Hsiu
Meng Hao-jan, Wang Wei, Li Pai
Li Pai
Su Tung-p'o
Tu fu, Ch'u Yuan
Hsieh Ling-yun, Huang T'ing-chien, Han-shan, Wang Wei
Wei Ying-wu, Pai Chu-yi, T'ao Yuan-ming
Wang An-shih, Hsin Ch'i-chi
Hsieh T'iao, Li Pai
Wang An-shih, Fan Ch'eng-ta
Chiao-jan, Shih-wu (Stonehouse)
Meng Chiao, Chu Shu-chen
Su Tung-p'o, Pai Chu-yi, Lin Ho-ching
Lu You
Li Pai, Hsieh Ling-yun
Han-shan, Feng-kan, Shih-te (Cold Mountain & friends)
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Visiting China's poets of the past
ISBN
9781556594892 ((paperback))
1556594895 ((paperback))
LCCN
2015017126
OCLC
907652935
Other standard number
40025682522
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