Red Pine: In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-Wu
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- Kustantaja: Copper Canyon Press
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781556592799
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'Wei Ying-Wu was undoubtedly one of the great T'ang poets, yet his work is much less well known in the West than that of Li Po, Tu Fu, and Po Chu-i. Now Red Pine (the lovely pen name that the American poet and Chinese scholar Bill Porter assumes for his translation work) celebrates Wei's life and achievement in a big new anthology, 'In Such Hard Times. '. . Reading him is like listening to Mozart, there's something healing about the calm profundity with which he spins pain and disaster. ''Los Angeles Times' Translator] Red Pine s out-of-the-mainstream work is uncanny and clearheaded. '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 Reporter'Wei Ying-wu (737791) is considered one of the great poets of the T ang Dynasty, ranked alongside such poets as Tu Fu, Li Pai, and Wang Wei. Strangely, though, only a handful of Wei Ying-wu s poems have ever been translated into English. True to his reputation as one of the world s leading translators of Chinese, Red Pine (a. k. a. Bill Porter) translates 175 of Wei s poems and demonstrates why he is one of the world s great poets. Presented in a bilingual Chinese-English format, with extensive notes and an informative introduction, 'In Such Hard Times' is a long-overdue world premiere. 'A courtyard of bamboo in the snow at midnight''a lone lantern a book on my table''if I hadn t encountered the teachings of inaction''how else could I have gained this life of leisure'Wei Ying-wu (737-791) is considered one of the great poets of the T ang Dynasty. Born into an aristocratic family in decline, Wei served in several government posts without distinction. He disdained the literary establishment of his day and fashioned a poetic style counter to the mainstream: one of profound simplicity centered in the natural world. Red Pine (a. k. a. Bill Porter) is one of the world s leading translators of Chinese literary and religious texts. '