How to Read Chinese Literature How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology, (Paperback)

from A_musing

Robert Frost called poetry that which is "lost in translation", but this marvelous volume does its best to remedy that situation. Zong-qi Cai assembles an intense band of absolutely passionate scholars to delve deeply into over 140 examples of classic Chinese poetry. Each poem is part of a chapte...

from mvrdrk

Audio files for many of the poems are provided on the columbia.edu web site. The full address is given in the Preface. -- My father loved this book! He opened it before the winter holiday (I forgot to label it "do not open") and tells me that a 40 year old would not be knowledgeable enough to rea...

from A_musing

Robert Frost called poetry that which is "lost in translation", but this marvelous volume does its best to remedy that situation. Zong-qi Cai assembles an intense band of absolutely passionate scholars to delve deeply into over 140 examples of classic Chinese poetry. Each poem is part of a chapte...

from mvrdrk

Audio files for many of the poems are provided on the columbia.edu web site. The full address is given in the Preface. -- My father loved this book! He opened it before the winter holiday (I forgot to label it "do not open") and tells me that a 40 year old would not be knowledgeable enough to rea...