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Author(s): Ha Poong Kim
ISBN(s): 9781782844297, 1782844295
Edition: 1
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Year: 2022
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1782844295 
ISBN 13: 9781782844297
Author: Ha Poong Kim 

This collection of nature poems of China includes nearly 250 poems by thirty-three poets over two millennia. Part One provides selections from the two oldest anthologies: the Shi Jing (Classic of Songs) and the Chu Ci (Songs of the South). Included in this part are folk songs of ancient China as well as two long poems by Qu Yuan (340?-278? BCE), the first known poet of China. Part Two begins with Tao Yuanming of the Eastern Jin (317-420), and includes not only the well-known poets of the Tang (618-906) and Song (960-1279) periods, such as Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Su Shi and Lu You, but also over twenty lesser known poets. Traditionally, there are two genres of nature poems in China: tianyuan shi (field/garden poems) and shan shui shi (mountain/water poems). These poems are often read in light of the Daoist philosophy. However, no philosophical understanding of nature is necessary to appreciate what our nature poets sing. Anyone who has seen Chinese landscape paintings should be able to enjoy it. But most of the poems in this collection are not ordinary lyrical songs but more often than not songs of longing, in which the reader may hear also the life spirits protest against the oppression of human civilisation. In his long poem ‘Oh, Let Me Return,’ Tao Yuanming is singing his longing for return to nature, away from the net of dust.

Oh Let Me Return Nature s Poets Chinese Poetry of Two Millennia 1st Table of contents:

Part I: The Early Poets (Pre-Tang)

  • Early Classical Poems

  • The Shijing (Book of Songs)

  • The Chu Ci (Songs of the South)

  • Themes of Nature and the Cosmos

Part II: The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE)

  • Li Bai: The Immortal Poet of the Mountains and Rivers

  • Du Fu: Nature’s Observer and the Human Condition

  • Wang Wei: The Quiet Beauty of Nature

  • Nature in the Context of Tang Dynasty Philosophy and Culture

Part III: The Song Dynasty (960–1279 CE)

  • Su Shi (Su Dongpo): The Poetic Landscape

  • Li Qingzhao: Nature Through the Eyes of a Woman Poet

  • The Nature of Calligraphy and Painting in Song Poetry

Part IV: The Yuan and Ming Dynasties (1271–1644 CE)

  • The Mongol Influence on Chinese Poetry

  • Ming Poets and Their Return to Classical Nature Themes

Part V: The Qing Dynasty (1644–1912 CE) and Modern Revisions

  • Nature in the Poetry of the Qing Dynasty

  • The Impact of Western Thought on Chinese Poets

  • Modern Nature Poets in China

Part VI: Themes of Nature in Chinese Poetry

  • The Four Seasons

  • Mountains, Rivers, and the Immensity of the Universe

  • Animals and the Natural World

  • The Influence of Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism

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