![]() Read: reviews of Burton Watson's Selected Poems of Du Fu, Kenneth Rexroth's One Hundred Poems from the Chinese, Arthur Cooper's Li Po and Tu Fu and Wai-lim Yip's Chinese Poetry, or buy recommended books on Chinese poems, literature, language and culture from Amazon in The Bookstore. Most of the changes from the previous edition are corrections of errors, a few more notes, and more cross-referencing with other translations. It costs £7.99 (currently just over $12), and lulu deliver more or less worldwide. The printing from the new publisher (lulu) is good quality, and larger pages compared to the previous edition allow improvements in the layout - most poems fit on to two facing pages for comparison of the texts. ![]() ![]() The book contains all four texts of each poem (simplified Chinese, pinyin, gloss and translation). I've prepared a new edition of the book of Du Fu translations, which you can buy by clicking on the cover (right). ![]() For further information about Chinese poems and about this site, read the FAQ or try the external links. Poems are listed by author below, or use the Subject Index. Most of the featured authors are from the Tang dynasty, when culture in China was at its peak, but writers from other periods are also included. This site presents Chinese, pinyin and English texts of poems by some of the greatest Chinese poets. ![]()
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