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Overview
Wang An-shih (1021-1086 C.E.) was a remarkable figure—not only one of the great Sung Dynasty poets, but also the most influential and controversial statesman of his time. Although Wang had little interest in the grandeur of high office and political power, he took the responsibility of serving the people seriously. He rose to become prime minister, and in this position he instituted a controversial system of radically egalitarian social reforms to improve the lives of China’s peasants. Once those reforms were securely in place, Wang retired to a reclusive life of artistic and spiritual self-cultivation.
It was after his retirement, practicing Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism and wandering the mountains around his home, that Wang An-shih wrote the poems that made his reputation. Short and plainspoken, these late poems contain profound multitudes–the passing of time, rivers and mountains, silence and Buddhist emptiness. They won him wide acclaim in China and beyond across the centuries. And in Hinton's breathtaking translations, Wang feels like a major contemporary poet with deep ecological insight and a questioning spirit.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780811222631 |
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| Publisher: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
| Publication date: | 03/17/2015 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 128 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d) |
About the Author
DAVID HINTON’s original Selected Poems of Tu Fu was the first full-length verse translation of Tu Fu published in America. The author also of singular books of essays and poetry, Hinton has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous N.E.A. and N.E.H fellowships, both major awards given for poetry translation in the United States, and a lifetime achievement award by The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Table of Contents
Introduction xiii
Middle years 3
Sent to a Monk 3
Written on a Wall at the Monastery Where I've Stayed… 4
Sitting Still on a Spring Day 4
Visiting River-Serene 5
Written on a Wall at Samadhi-Forest Monastery 5
Steady-Shield Monastery 6
Thinking of a Dream 7
Wandering Bell Mountain 7
Written on a Window at Samadhi-Forest Monastery 8
I rollick 8
Here, Now 9
Autumn Night 10
Who's infusing 11
Here at Bell Mountain 11
Accord All-Gather Comes Through Snow to Visit 12
Following thoughts 12
Here at River-Serene 13
East Ridge 13
Wandering Out with a Full Moon to Eightfold-Integrity River 14
In My Words-Bright Library at Samadhi-Forest Monastery 15
East River 15
Self-Portrait 16
Self-Portrait 16
Death of My Horse 17
In bamboo forest 17
A Lone Kindred-Tree 18
Sent to Candor-Sky 19
At Manifest-Tao Spring 19
Across a thousand 20
Flourish Time-worn and I Wander Beguiled and Never Meet 20
Dream 21
Inviting Integrity-Met to Visit 21
Returning Home from Bell Mountain at Dusk, Sent to a Monk 22
Talking with Manifest Sky-Ascent 23
Early Autumn 23
At the Shrine-Tower of Ch'an Master Lumen-Serene 24
Pondering My Host at Orchid-Gift Creek 24
Following the Rhymes of Pattern-Unraveled's Poem … 25
Golden-Tomb City 26
Song for Grain 26
At the Palace Gardens in River-Serene, Sent to Origin-Across 27
In Jest on Bell Mountain, Given to adept Gather-Grain 28
River 28
Five willows 29
Sent to Jewel-Awake 29
Sent to Assistant Magistrate Guide-Bell 30
Sent to Abbot Whole-Quiet 30
Thinking of Golden-Tomb City Long Ago 31
Parting in River-Serene 33
On a Farewell Journey to Send off Mend-Source … 33
Climbing Up to Treasure-Master's Grave-Shrine 34
Drifting South Creek 35
Again at South-Creek Tower, Written on a Wall 35
On a moonlit island bridge 36
Written on Master Lake-Shadow's Wall 36
Napping at noon 37
Written on a Wall at Balance-Peace Post-Station 37
Spring Rain 38
Looking at a Painting of Lumen Island 38
Above the Yangtze 39
Leaving the City 39
After Clouds Limitless by a Monk at Nirvana-Radiant … 40
There's a Huge Pine Beside the Road, and People Think … 41
Sun west and low 41
Off-Hand Poem 42
Spirit creatures 42
Radiance-Hut 43
Life at Samadhi-Forest Monastery 44
Written on Eightfold-Integrity River 44
Farewell to Gaze-Arrive 45
With my goosefoot staff 45
Suddenly 46
Above the Yangtze 46
Wandering at Delight-Mind Pavilion … 47
Anchored on Abandon River 48
A Spring Day 48
Just to Say 49
After Elder-Ease's Poem Buddha-Wind Ch'in 49
Listening to Floodwater Past Midnight 50
On Tower Heights 50
Following Apricot-Blossom Rhymes 51
Spring Skies Clear 51
Sent to Abbot Whole-Repose 52
A Country Walk 53
Pure-Apparent Monastery 53
Cricket Weaving-Song 54
On this side, flood-strewn 54
Ninth Month, Yi Year of the Snake, on Climbing … 55
River Rain 56
Written on a Wall at Source-Aware Monastery's … 56
At Broken-Tomb Shores 57
Farewell to Candor-Achieve 58
Winter-Solstice Sacrifice 58
The Ancient Pine 59
Late Spring 60
In Jest, Sent to Abbot Empty-White 60
At Dragon-Spring Monastery's Stone Well 61
At the Shrine-Hut on Eightfold-Integrity River 62
Wandering Bell Mountain 62
Autumn Wind 63
Farewell at the River Tower 64
Bell Mountain 64
Meeting an Old Friend a Splendor-Hoard Monastery 65
A Moonlit Night in Mid-Autumn, Sent to Broad-Origin … 66
South of Town, Leaving 66
This Spirit-Vulture Mountain 67
Farewell to a Monk Leaving for Heaven-Terrace Mountain 67
Parting in River-Serene 68
Following Prosper Bright-Gather's Rhymes 68
Following the Rhymes of Abbot Elder-Guide's Poem … 69
Thoughts on Bell Mountain 70
Plum Blossoms Along the Canal 70
Skies Clearing 71
Hair white 71
Thoughts Sent on My Way Home from River-Serene … 72
Following the Rhymes of a Poem Sent by Encompass-Anew 73
A Friend in Mourning Visits River-Serene 73
Recognizing Myself 74
The Ancient Monastery 75
Sent to the Painter, Sage-Cloud, in River-Serene 75
Summer Night on a Boat, Chill in the Air 76
On mountain slopes 77
At the Mouth of Lumen River 77
Drifting Grain-Thresh River 78
Old now, tangled 78
Written on a Wall at Half-Mountain Monastery 79
Poking Fun at My White Hair 80
White Hair's Answer 80
Above the River 81
On the Terrace, for Mind-Source 83
Gazing North 83
I can't see anything of this autumn day 84
Reading History 85
Chants 86
Thoughts as I Lie Alone 87
Cut Flowers 88
Notes 89
Finding List 98
Sources 105