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Chinese Poetry

For a larger view of Chinese thought try a.s.kline, traditional history, R M-W Choy's Read and Write Chinese (1900), E. Eoyang's Translating Chinese Literature (1995), T. Hunter's Culture and State in Chinese History (1998), I.P. McGreal's Great Thinkers of the Eastern World (1995) and Fung Yu-Lan's A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (1948/76). Some of the many sites on Chinese poetry are: chinese poems, like water or clouds, journal2, chinese poetry, chinese literature in translation, poem hunter, columbia book of chinese poetry, tang shi, chinese poems and china page: the last has soundclips. Chinese readers should try xys classics and china the beautiful. Good listings on Chinese culture include medieval china, chinese links, chinese classics, chinese internet resources, node works, chinese poetry database, wikipedia and zhongwen. Bibliographies are given in the Chinese Poetry section of the The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, and here: chinese literature, creighton university, fact monster, traditional chinese literature, selected english bibliography, china poems and literature, east asian collection, renditions and history and culture of traditional china. Readable introductions to Chinese poetry include Neinhuaser, Hartman and Galer's The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (1998), J.J.Y. Liu's The Art of Chinese Poetry (1962). B.S. Miller's Masterworks of Asian Literature (1994), B. Watson's The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry (1984), S. Owen's The Great Age of Chinese Poetry (1977) W-L. Yip's Chinese Poetry (1997) and A.C. Graham's Poems of the Late T'ang (1965).

Du Fu

Readable introductions to Du Fu's poetry include Neinhuaser, Hartman and Galer's The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (1998), A. Cooper's Li Po and Tu Fu (1973), B.S. Miller's Masterworks of Asian Literature (1994), B. Watson's The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry (1984), S. Owen's The Great Age of Chinese Poetry (1977) and A.C. Graham's Poems of the Late T'ang (1965).

Li Bai

Works specifically on Li Bai include D. Young's Five Tang Poets (1990), A. Waley's The Poetry and Career of Li Po (1950), A. Cooper's Li PO and Tu Fu (1974) and J. Hightower's Topics of Chinese Literature: Poetry and Career of Li PO (1950/53) and S. Elegant's A Floating Life: The Adventures of Li PO (2000).

Wang Wei

Books specifically on Wang Wei include D. Young's Five Tang Poets (1990), Chang and Waimsley's Poems by Wang Wei (1958), Wai-lim Yip's Hiding the Universe (1972) and G. Robinson's Poems by Wang Wei (1973).

 

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