How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

112 t He Han Dy na s t y reverse is true in poem 17. There, all but two lines are devoted to the wife’s self- scrutiny. With nar ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : t He “ni ne t e e n ol D P oe m s ” 113 The transformation of the bi-xing construction f ...

114 t He Han Dy na s t y depends greatly on the use of repetition as his aide-mémoire and his cue for the continuation of his pr ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : t He “ni ne t e e n ol D P oe m s ” 115 mistakably bring into the scene the speaker’s ow ...

116 t He Han Dy na s t y We should note that the verse eye and metaphorical resonance each introduces alien elements into the bi ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : t He “ni ne t e e n ol D P oe m s ” 117 Culture: Studies in Chinese Cultural History, ed ...

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Nature has always been an integral aspect of traditional Chinese poetry and poet- ics, beginning with the Shijing (The Book of P ...

122 t He siX Dy na s t i e s sion for a literatus schooled in Confucian ethics, since his withdrawal would mean renouncing aspir ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : l anD s C a P e anD Fa rm s t e aD P oe m s 123 6 The pond’s fish thinks of its former d ...

124 t He siX Dy na s t i e s The poem concludes with an affirmation of the freedom gained by withdrawal. The term ziran in the l ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : l anD s C a P e anD Fa rm s t e aD P oe m s 125 C 6. 2 On Drinking Wine, No. 5 飲酒 其五 ...

126 t He siX Dy na s t i e s a transcendent state in which a mystical union between nature and poet has taken place, and the dis ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : l anD s C a P e anD Fa rm s t e aD P oe m s 127 Natural phenomena and the poet’s activit ...

128 t He siX Dy na s t i e s and neighbors. This should not be surprising, as reclusion was often a highly sociable practice dur ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : l anD s C a P e anD Fa rm s t e aD P oe m s 129 In addition to a description of rural li ...

130 t He siX Dy na s t i e s be sure, Xie’s landscape poems are based on physical and intimate contact with the subject at hand. ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : l anD s C a P e anD Fa rm s t e aD P oe m s 131 6 Bamboos glisten in frosted strength. 團 ...