Red Pine: In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-Wu

In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-Wu


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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. "

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Author: Red Pine
Number of Pages: 365 pages
Published Date: 01 Jul 2009
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication Country: United States
Language: English, Chinese
ISBN: 9781556592799
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