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Heart of Chinese Poetry Fifty-Seven of the Best Traditional Chinese Poems in a Dual-Language Edition

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ISBN-10: 038523967X

ISBN-13: 9780385239677

Edition: N/A

Authors: Greg Whincup, Greg Whincup

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Greg Whincup offers a varied and unique approach to Chinese translation in The Heart of Chinese Poetry. Special features of this edition include direct word-for-word translations showing the range of meaning in each Chinese character, the Chinese pronunciations, as well as biographical and historical commentary following each poem.
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Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/16/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.45" wide x 8.45" long x 0.42" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

The Heart of Chinese Poetry
Question and Answer in the Mountains
Traveling at Night
Thinking of Past Wanderings
The History of Chinese Poetry
In the Wilds There Are Creepers
The Autumn Wind
Expressing My Feelings
"Lady Night" Song of Spring
On a Tour of the Fields, I Climb the Mountain on Serpentine Island, at the Mouth of the Sea
Seeing Off a Friend
Southern Spring
Written on the Wall of North Tower after Snow
I Want to Go Out, but It's Raining
Three Poets of the Golden Age
Spring Sunrise
In the Evening of the Year, I Return to the Southern Mountains
Written for Old Friends in Yang-jou City While Spending the Night on the Tung-lu River
For Meng Hau-ran
At Yellow Crane Tower, Seeing Off Meng Hau-ran on His Way to Yang-jou
A Song of Heng-jyang
Amusing Myself
Setting Out Early from White Emperor City
Spring Prospect
Spending the Night at the Palace Chancellery in Spring
Thinking of My Younger Brothers on a Moonlit Night
Delighting in the Rain on a Spring Night
Poem
Autumn Meditation
Poems of War
The Fortress in Autumn
Horse Poem
Border Song
Wei City Song
Spring Longing
Ballad of the Northwest Frontier
Poems by and about Women
"Lady Night" Song of Autumn
Jade Stairs Resentment
He Does Not Come
The Farewell Feast
On Hearing the Lute
Hearing a Monk of Shu Play the Lute
Lyrics to the Tune "Tipsy in the Flowers' Shade"
Lyrics to the Tune "Spring in Wu-ling"
Lyrics to the Tune "Fairy Grotto"
The Temporary Palace
Hearing Jang Li-ben's Daughter Sing
Landscape/Enlightenment
An Invitation to My Friend Lyou
Roaming Chyen-tang Lake in Spring
Moored on the Chin-hwai River
Night Mooring at Maple Bridge
Visiting the Temple of Accumulated Fragrance
Seeing Off a Monk Returning to Japan
Going to Look for Master Chang of South Stream
Written after Drinking Wine
Dwelling by a Stream
Snowy River
Encountering Snow, I Spend the Night with a Host on Lotus Mountain
Night Rain
Deer Fence
Seeking the Recluse
Chinese Pronunciation
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