Cloud Gate Song

The Verse of Tang Poet Zhang Ji

Translated by Jonathan Chaves

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First book of Zhang Ji (c.766 - 830), a major poet of the Tang dynasty, in any Western language

Full Description

Zhang Ji was a friend and poetic correspondent of such giants as Bai Juyi and Han Yu. In this book, three hundred poems are rendered in accurate, readable translation, demonstrating the remarkable range of Zhang’s stylistic choices: from atmospheric landscape quatrains, evoking vast scenes.

About the Author

Jonathan Chaves is professor of Chinese in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at The George Washington University. A renowned translator and scholar of Chinese poetry, his work has won the Japan-United States Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature (Chinese-language poetry in Japan), and been nominated for the National Book Award in the translation category. He is also a published original poet.

Specifications

Publisher: Floating World Editions
ISBN: 9781891640445
Published: 1st Jan 1980
Binding: Paperback / softback
Territory: USA & Canada
Size: 5.91 in x 9.11 in
Pages: 176 Pages

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