The Poetry of Hanshan (Cold Mountain), Shide, and Fenggan
Due to their popularity with the American counterculture, the poems attributed to Hanshan, Shide and Fenggan have been translated several times in recent decades. However, previous translations have either been broadly popular in nature or have failed to understand fully the colloquial qualities of...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Germany
De Gruyter
2016
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| Series: | Library of Chinese Humanities
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | Due to their popularity with the American counterculture, the poems attributed to Hanshan, Shide and Fenggan have been translated several times in recent decades. However, previous translations have either been broadly popular in nature or have failed to understand fully the colloquial qualities of the originals. This new version provides a complete Chinese/English edition of the poems, aimed at combining readability with scholarly accuracy. It will prove useful to students of Chinese poetry and of Chinese religion, as well as anyone interested in a better understanding of works that have proved so influential in the history of East Asian Buddhism and in world literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (423 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781501501913 9781501510564 |
| Access: | Open Access |