The Selected Poems of Li Po [Paperback]

Li Po (Author), Bo Li (Author), Po Li (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1996 | ISBN-10: 0811213234 | ISBN-13: 978-0811213233

by acclaimed translator of Tu Fu

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9/10 Goings-on
After An Ancient Poem
After An Ancient Poem
After Climbing Pa-ling Mountain, In The West Hall
Anchored Overnight At Niu-chu, Thinking Of Ancient Times
At Chin-ling
At Ching-men Ferry, A Farewell
At Fang-ch'eng Monastery, Discussing Ch'an With Yuan-tan-ch'
At Hsieh T'iao's House
At Hsuan-chou, I Climb Hsieh T'aio's North Tower In Autumn
At Lung-hsing Monastery, Chia And I Cut Branches
At Sha-ch'iu, Farewell To Wei Pa Who's Leaving
At Sha-sh'iu, Sent To Tu Fu
At Yuan Tan-chi'iu's Mountain Home
Autumn River Songs
Avoiding Farewell In A Chin-ling Wineshop
Before My Boat Enters Ch'u-t'ang Gorge And I Leave Eastern
Ch'ang-kan Village Song
Ch'ing P'ing Lyrics
Ching-t'ing Mountain, Sitting Alone
Clear Creek Chant
Drinking Alone
Drinking Alone Beneath The Moon
Drinking Alone On A Spring Day
Drinking In The Mountains With A Recluse
Drinking With Shih Lang-chung, I Hear A Flute On Yellow
Drunk On T'ung-kuan Mountain, A Quatrain
Facing Wine
Farewell To A Visitor Returning East
Farewell To Han Shih-yu Who's Leaving For Huang-te
Farewell To Yin Shu
A Friend Stays The Night
Frontier-mountain Moon
Gazing At Crab-apple Mountain
Gazing At The Lu Mountain Waterfall
Gazing Into Antiquity At Su Terrace
Gazing Into Antiquity In Yueh
Going To Visit Tai-t'ien Mountains's Master Of The Way
Heaven's-gate Mountain
Hsiang-yang Songs
Impromptu Chant
In The Stone Gate Mountains, Gone Looking For Yuan Tan-ch'iu
Jade-staircase Grievance
Leaving K'uei-chou City Early
Lines Three, Five, Seven Words Long
Listening To A Monk's Ch'in Depths
Listening To Lu Tzu-hsun Play The Ch'in On A Moonlit Night
Looking For Yung, The Recluse Master
Making My Way Toward Yeh-lang In Exile, I Remember Walking
Mountain Dialogue
Mourning Chao
Mourning Old Chi, Hsuan-chou's Master Winemaster
Night Thoughts At Tung-lin Monastery On Lu Mountain
O-mei Mountain Moon
On Autumn River At Clear Creek, Facing Wine In The Snowy
On Autumn River, Along Po-ko Shores
On Hsieh T'iao's Tower In Hsuan-chou: A Farewell Dinner
On Hsin-p'ing Tower
On Phoenix Tower In Chin-ling
On Yellow-crane Tower, Farewell To Meng Hao-jan Who's
Out Drinking On Dragon Mountain
Seeing That White-haired Old Man Legend Describes In Country
Sent To My Two Children In Sha-ch'iu
Shang Mountain, Four-recluse Pass
Something Said, Waking Drunk On A Spring Day
Song Of The Merchant
South Of The Yangtze, Thinking Of Spring
Spending The Night Below Wu-sung Mountain, In Old Mrs.
Spring Grievance
Spring Thoughts
Spur Of The Moment
Starting Up Three Gorges
A Summer Day In The Mountains
Sunflight Chant
Teasing Tu Fu
Thinking Of East Mountain
Thoughts In Night Quiet
Thoughts Of You Unending
To Send Far Away
To Send Far Away
To Send Far Away
Traveling South To Yeh-lang, Sent To My Wife In Yu-chang
Traveling Tung-t'ing Lake With Chia Chih And My Uncle, Li
Visiting A Ch'an Master Among Mountains And Lakes
Visiting Shui-hsi Monastery
Wandering Ch'ing-ling Stream In Nan-yang
Wandering T'ai Mountain
Wandering Up Lo-fu Creek On A Spring Day
War South Of The Great Wall
War South Of The Great Wall
Watching A White Falcon Set Loose
Written On A Wall At Hsiu-ching Monastery In Wu-ch'ang
Written On A Wall At Summit-top Temple
Written On The Wall While Drunk At Wang's House North
Written While Wandering The White River In Nan-yang, After
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese

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Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811213234
• ISBN-13: 978-0811213233
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • #31 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > Chinese
  • #77 in Books > History > Ancient > China

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24 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Tang Dynasty Dylan Thomas, August 10, 2002

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This review is from: The Selected Poems of Li Po (Paperback)

A good book that could have been better. It does not provide a Chinese text. Besides this, more extensive notes would have been useful. For example, in "Ch'ang-Kan Village Song," the wife says, "I'm not saying I'd go far to meet you, no further than Ch'ang-feng Sands." It would have been nice to know that Ch'ang-Kan was about two hundred miles downstream from Ch'ang-feng Sands. More serious is that note to the poem that states Ezra Pound "translated" this poem. Actually, Ezra Pound could not read Chinese when he wrote his version of the poem, but relied upon the writings of Ernest Fenollosa, who also could not read Chinese and relied upon Japanese scholars. Despite all this, the book does provide an enjoyable glimse of a Tang dynasty Dylan Thomas (at least as far as wine goes).

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST For Poetry Fans, May 4, 2001

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"0pticnerv3" (Fresno, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Selected Poems of Li Po (Paperback)

This review is meant for those who may not read a lot of poetry or are still wondering about this book after reading other reviews.

Simply put, Li Po was so good, that he was even thought of as god like. He and Tu Fu are thought of as the greatest eastern poets that have ever lived, and being that they both lived around 700 AD that is very high praise. His words are moving and deeply stirring, and though he lived in such an isolated area so very long ago, his words still have great meaning now, no matter where your from or what your culture.

Filled with Zen and philosophy, this book is a great way of spending the day.

"The birds have vanished from the sky, and now the last clouds slip away. We sit alone, the mountain and I, until only the mountain remains."

A great painter, that leaves you thinking. Get this book!

22 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TRULY THE MOST POWERFUL CHINESE POET OF THE LAST 1000 YEARS, May 22, 2000

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This review is from: The Selected Poems of Li Po (Paperback)

Li Po( a.k.a. Le Pih, Ly Pe, Li Tai-pe) brandishes a simple albeit powerful elegance with his gift of the written word.Bringing to mind the vast panoramic expanses and the soothing beauty of ancient China he will transport you to a splendid land of dreams.In his verse you will be reminded that mankind of all nationalities still relive the same emotions, the same issues over 1000 years later.Delicate and fragile as the cherry blossom in places, tainted and grotesque as a Foo dog in others. I don't own this particular copy. My copy was published in 1928 and translated by Shigeyoshi Obata. It also is more inclusive of Li Po's work. Reading from it always sends an electric thrill through my nerves. Truly one of the Earth's greatest poets ever to breath. "I saw the moonlight before my couch, And wondered if it were not the frost on the ground. I raised my head and looked out on the mountain moon; I bowed my head and thought of my far-off home."