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portada Moon As Bright As Water: Seventeen Poems By Qin Guan
Type
Physical Book
Author
Translated by
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
38
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.2 cm
Weight
0.05 kg.
ISBN13
9781543085501
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Moon As Bright As Water: Seventeen Poems By Qin Guan

David Young (Author) · William McNaughton (Translated by) · Createspace · Paperback

Moon As Bright As Water: Seventeen Poems By Qin Guan - McNaughton, William ; Young, David

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Synopsis "Moon As Bright As Water: Seventeen Poems By Qin Guan"

Translated by William McNaughton, former chair at Hong Kong University, and poet David Young at Oberlin College, these poems showcase Qin Guan, a relatively unknown 11th -century master of Chinese verse whose company could include the likes of the esteemed Li Po (Li Bai) and Du Fu. Praised by the illustrious Wang An-shih, Guan was a disciple of Su Shih (Su Dongpo) one of China's masters of multiple literary forms, and who strived to loosen the poetic conventions of the day. As an acolyte would, Qin Guan blew out the conventional even more by writing about his encounters with courtesans, a subject considered to be a major indiscretion by Chinese society in Keifing. He wrote is a style called t'zu, a lyrical form that McNaughton likens to "cabaret songs" or "words to music" often chosen by the courtesans to sing during their professional entertainments. Quong lived a tumultuous life during the Northern Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1127) Political clashes led to a string of banishments and exiles, his poetry was shunned for its sensuality, and he suffered from the vicissitudes of love-all of which moved him to write these brief, incandescent poems of departure and "long goodbyes."

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