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Book Description: Copper Canyon Press,U.S., United States, 2003. Paperback. Book Condition: New. 228 x 150 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Poetry is China's greatest art, and for the past eight centuries "Poems of the Masters" has been that country's most studied and memorized collection of verse. For the first time ever in English, here is the complete text, with an introduction and extensive notes by renowned translator, Red Pine. Over one hundred poets are represented in this bilingual edition, including many of China's celebrated poets: Li Pai, Wang Wei, Tu Fu, Wang Po, and Ou-yang Hsiu."Poems of the Masters" was compiled during the Sung dynasty (960-1278), a time when poetry became the defining measure of human relationships and understanding. As Red Pine writes in his introduction: "Nothing was significant without a poem, no social or ritual occasion, no political or personal event was considered complete without a few well-chosen words that summarized the complexities of the Chinese vision of reality and linked that vision with the beat of their hearts . . . [Poetry's] greatest flowering was in the T'ang and Sung, when suddenly it was everywhere: in the palace, in the street, in every household, every inn, every monastery, in every village square." "Chiupu River Song" by Li PaiMy white hair extends three milesthe sorrow of parting made it this longwho would guess to look in a mirrorwhere autumn frost comes fromRed Pine (the pen name of writer and independent scholar Bill Porter) is one of the world's most respected translators of Chinese literature, bringing into English several of China's central religious and literary texts: "Taoteching, The Diamond Sutra, Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma," and "Collected Songs of Cold Mountain." He lives near Seattle, Washington. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9781556591952

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Book Description: Copper Canyon Pr 2003-09-01, 2003. Book Condition: NEW. NEW PAPERBACK // // Condition: NEW. Binding/format is: Paperback. xx, 474 p. : 10.00 H x 1.25 D x 6.00 W inches 1.58 lbs. Language: English. ISBN 9781556591952. Bookseller Inventory # 1481581

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Book Description: Copper Canyon Press,U.S. Paperback / softback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW, Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'Ang and Sung Dynasty Verse, Red Pine, Poetry is China's greatest art, and for the past eight centuries "Poems of the Masters" has been that country's most studied and memorized collection of verse. For the first time ever in English, here is the complete text, with an introduction and extensive notes by renowned translator, Red Pine. Over one hundred poets are represented in this bilingual edition, including many of China's celebrated poets: Li Pai, Wang Wei, Tu Fu, Wang Po, and Ou-yang Hsiu."Poems of the Masters" was compiled during the Sung dynasty (9601278), a time when poetry became the defining measure of human relationships and understanding. As Red Pine writes in his introduction: "Nothing was significant without a poem, no social or ritual occasion, no political or personal event was considered complete without a few well-chosen words that summarized the complexities of the Chinese vision of reality and linked that vision with the beat of their hearts . . . [Poetry's] greatest flowering was in the T'ang and Sung, when suddenly it was everywhere: in the palace, in the street, in every household, every inn, every monastery, in every village square." "Chiupu River Song" by Li PaiMy white hair extends three milesthe sorrow of parting made it this longwho would guess to look in a mirrorwhere autumn frost comes fromRed Pine (the pen name of writer and independent scholar Bill Porter) is one of the world's most respected translators of Chinese literature, bringing into English several of China's central religious and literary texts: "Taoteching, The Diamond Sutra, Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma," and "Collected Songs of Cold Mountain." He lives near Seattle, Washington. Bookseller Inventory # B9781556591952

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Book Description: Copper Canyon Press, 2003. Paperback. Book Condition: New. \N. 8.98 by 6 inches. (00480 pages) [ships from USA takes 8-14 days to Europe] Lang=English accessory:NO ACCESSORY (Paperback ). Bookseller Inventory # AF1556591950

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Book Description: Copper Canyon Pr, 2003. Paperback. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 480 pages. 10.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # z-1556591950

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