Poems of Wang Wei
by:
Wang Wei (author)
G. W. Robinson (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140442960 (0140442960)
ASIN: 140442960
Publish date: 1973
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 144
Edition language: English
Wang Wei (699/701 - 761) is often held up as a model for Chinese scholar-artists. He was an office holder in the T'ang dynasty administration, a poet, musician, calligrapher and painter. He is considered to be the father of the Southern School of Chinese landscape painting (unfortunately, it appears...
I usually do not read poetry in translation, unless (a)it's a narrative poem or (b)it's translated by a poet who has essentially recreated the poem, rather than faithfully translating word by word. In my opinion, poetry owes its beauty to the cadence of the language, a kind of rhythmic beat as the ...
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