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—from "Early Autumn, Miserable Heat, Papers Piling Up"; translation by William Hung. He moved on in the summer of 759; this has traditionally been ascribed to famine, but Hung believes that frustration is a more likely reason. He next spent around six weeks in Qinzhou (now Tianshui, Gansu province), where he wrote more than sixty poems. Chengdu In December 759, he briefly stayed in Tonggu ...
The Selected Poems of Du Fu is a collection of English translations of Chinese poetry by the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, translated by Burton Watson. [1] Published in 2002, the book includes an introduction to the poet and his work and an extensive bibliography.
Facing the Moon: Poems of Li Bai and Du Fu is a collection of English translations of Chinese poetry by the Tang dynasty poets Li Bai and Du Fu, translated by Keith Holyoak. [1] Published in 2007, this bilingual collection includes an introduction to the poets and their work, and a bibliography.
Chunwang" (Chinese: 春望; pinyin: Chūnwàng) is a poem by Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, written after the fall of Chang'an to rebel forces led by An Lushan, as part of the civil war that began in 755. Literary critics have recognised it as one of Du's best and best-known works.
The title of the anthology originates from the poem "A letter from Li Po" by Conrad Aiken.The book uses a section of this poem as an epigraph.D. Holzman, a book reviewer for T'oung Pao, wrote that the choice of the title of the anthology was inappropriate because while, in 1978, sunflowers grew in Beijing and Chinese provinces in the late summer period, sunflowers had been introduced to China ...
Du Mu (Chinese: 杜牧; pinyin: Dù Mù; Wade–Giles: Tu 4 Mu 4; 803–852) was a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and politician who lived during the late Tang dynasty. His courtesy name was Muzhi (牧之), and art name Fanchuan (樊川). [1] He is best known for his lyrical and romantic quatrains. [2]
A light rain continued falling for 10 or 15 minutes. People pulled on ponchos. There was most likely a napkin shortage, too, as fans used fistfuls of them to wipe down seats.
His earliest known fu is "Fu on the Hot Springs" (Chinese: 溫泉賦; pinyin: Wēnquán fù), which describes the hot springs at Mount Li that famously later became a favorite of Imperial Concubine Yang during the Tang dynasty. [19] "Fu on the Two Metropolises" (Chinese: 二京賦; pinyin: Èr jīng fù) is considered Zhang's masterpiece. [20]