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I've prepared a new edition of the book of Du Fu
translations, which you can buy by clicking on the cover (right). The book
contains all four texts of each poem (simplified Chinese, pinyin, gloss and
translation). The printing from the new publisher (lulu) is good quality, and
larger pages compared to the previous edition allow improvements in the
layout - most poems fit on to two facing pages for comparison of the texts.
It costs £7.99 (currently just over $12), and lulu deliver more or less
worldwide. Most of the changes from the previous edition are corrections of
errors, a few more notes, and more cross-referencing with other translations.
Read: reviews of Burton
Watson's Selected Poems of Du Fu, Kenneth
Rexroth's One Hundred Poems from the Chinese, Arthur
Cooper's Li Po and Tu Fu and Wai-lim
Yip'sChinese Poetry, or buy recommended books on Chinese
poems, literature, language and culture from Amazon in The
Bookstore.
Featured poets:
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[772- 846] uses very simple
language, and is therefore particularly accessible for the beginner. (17
poems).
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[712- 770] is widely
acknowledged as the finest of the classical Chinese poets. His poems have a
particularly sensitive feeling for humanity. (56 poems).
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[803- 852] was one of the
foremost writers of the late Tang period. (9 poems).
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[768- 824] was a founder of
Neo-Confucianism as well as a poet, and was exiled for his views. (3
poems).
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[701- 762] is the most popular
Chinese poet, with a distinctively Romantic style. (21 poems).
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[813- 858] wrote verse which was
allusive, but which nevertheless dealt with readily accessible themes of
loss and parting. (3 poems).
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[937- 978] was the last emperor
of the Southern Tang dynasty, deposed in 975. His works focus on the memory
of lost pleasures. (12 poems).
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[773-819] was a Mid-Tang
politician and another victim of political intrigues. (3 poems).
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[1002-1060] lived in the Song
dynasty, and wrote simple, moving poems of everyday life and of mourning
for his family. (6 poems).
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[689- 740] was associated with
Wang Wei, and was himself one of the greatest poets of the High Tang. (11
poems).
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[1007- 1072] was one of the
pioneers of serious ci poetry in the Song dynasty. A
self-taught polymath, his works express a warm, self-deprecatory persona
(10 poems).
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[1037- 1101], also known as Su
Dongpo, was the most important of the Song dynasty poets. (8 poems).
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[365- 427] wrote about his
decision to abandon public life and return to live among nature. He was a
major influence on Wang Wei. (3 poems).
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[701- 761] is one of the three
most admired Tang dynasty poets, alongside Du Fu and Li Bai. A painter as
well as a poet, he is known above all for his miniaturist celebrations of
nature. (20 poems).
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19 poems by Cao Cao, Cui Hao and
others, plus anonymous Yue Fu folk songs.
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