Bright Moon White Clouds

Author : Li Po
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834827786
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bright Moon, White Clouds written by Li Po and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Po (701-762) is considered one of the greatest poets to live during the Tang dynasty—what was considered to be the golden age for Chinese poetry. He was also the first Chinese poet to become well known in the West, and he greatly influenced many American poets during the twentieth century. Calling himself the "God of Wine" and known to his patrons as a "fallen immortal," Li Po wrote with eloquence, vividness, and often playfulness, as he extols the joys of nature, wine, and the life of a wandering recluse. Li Po had a strong social conscience, and he struggled against the hard times of his age. He was inspired by the newly blossoming Zen Buddhism and merged it with the Taoism that he had studied all his life. Though Li Po's love of wine is legendary, the translator, J. P. Seaton, includes poems on a wide range of topics—friendship and love, political criticism, poems written to curry patronage, poems of the spirit—to offer a new interpretation of this giant of Chinese poetry. Seaton offers us a poet who learned hard lessons from a life lived hard and offered his readers these lessons as vivid, lively poetry—as relevant today as it was during the Tang dynasty. Over one thousand poems have been attributed to Li Po, many of them unpublished. This new collection includes poems not available in any other editions.

Author : Bai Li
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781590307465
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bright Moon, White Clouds written by Bai Li and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of definitive works attributed to the Tang dynasty master includes poems previously unpublished in English and offers insight into his strong social conscience, reclusive life and influence by Taoism and a nascent Zen Buddhism. Original.

Author : Joan Qionglin Tan
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1837642567
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Han Shan, Chan Buddhism and Gary Snyder's Ecopoetic Way written by Joan Qionglin Tan and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a comparative study of the ninth-century Chinese poet and recluse Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and Gary Snyder, an American poet and environmental activist. This book explains how Chan Buddhism has the potential to be recognized as an important voice in contemporary ecopoetry.

Author : Zong-qi Cai
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231546122
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context written by Zong-qi Cai and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context is an introduction to the golden age of Chinese poetry, spanning the earliest times through the Tang dynasty (618–907). It aims to break down barriers—between language and culture, poetry and history—that have stood in the way of teaching and learning Chinese poetry. Not only a primer in early Chinese poetry, the volume demonstrates the unique and central role of poetry in the making of Chinese culture. Each chapter focuses on a specific theme to show the interplay between poetry and the world. Readers discover the key role that poetry played in Chinese diplomacy, court politics, empire building, and institutionalized learning; as well as how poems shed light on gender and women’s status, war and knight-errantry, Daoist and Buddhist traditions, and more. The chapters also show how people of different social classes used poetry as a means of gaining entry into officialdom, creating self-identity, fostering friendship, and airing grievances. The volume includes historical vignettes and anecdotes that contextualize individual poems, investigating how some featured texts subvert and challenge the grand narratives of Chinese history. Presenting poems in Chinese along with English translations and commentary, How to Read Chinese Poetry in Context unites teaching poetry with the social circumstances surrounding its creation, making it a pioneering and versatile text for the study of Chinese language, literature, history, and culture.

Author : Ming Dong Gu
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791483479
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chinese Theories of Reading and Writing written by Ming Dong Gu and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking work that uncovers an implicit system of hermeneutics in traditional Chinese thought and aesthetics.

Author : Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
Publisher : Sanctum Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Zen Buddhism written by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and published by Sanctum Books. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manual of Zen Buddhism's main object is to inform the readers to various literary materials relating to the monastery life. It also tells us about those edicts which the Zen monks read before the Buddha in daily service in the different quarters of institution.

Author : Wo ZiDuiTianXiao
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649915640
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier King of Life written by Wo ZiDuiTianXiao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-22 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenary King Chen Qingyang returned to the city to protect his comrade's sister. the goddess. In the bustling city, Chen Qingyang was like a fish in water, carefree and at ease. And to see how the previous generation's soldiers would use their iron fists and wits to build a business empire...

Author : Jonathan O. Pease
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004469257
Total Pages : 677 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book His Stubbornship: Prime Minister Wang Anshi (1021--1086), Reformer and Poet written by Jonathan O. Pease and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s most controversial prime minister, path-breaking reformer, and an iconic Song-dynasty poet, Wang Anshi (1021—1086) is fully chronicled in English for the first time in almost a century, with a new emphasis on his luminous late verse.

Author : Simone Marnier
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595390595
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Tortoise, Red Raven written by Simone Marnier and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Tortoise, Red Raven, the compelling sequel to the novel White Tiger, Green Dragon, continues to weave a captivating tale as it follows the courageous pilgrimage of a young woman scholar as she travels the length of the Yangtze River. Scholar Li, the daughter of Tu Ming and Shen Tao, flees a revolution in eastern China and travels west with a caravan of rug merchants. A Taoist intellectual and master of the tantric arts, the teenager encounters spiritual masters from unfamiliar traditions during her 1,500-mile expedition toward the foothills of the Himalayas. As she journeys to the Red Raven Temple, her spiritual understanding grows and she learns important life lessons from yogis, "crazy Zen" practitioners, Muslims, Buddhists, and Jews. Just as she is about to reach her final destination, Li's life is forever changed when she encounters an extraordinary stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to a historical figure. Black Tortoise, Red Raven not only opens the doors to personal growth and spiritual understanding for Li; it will also lead anyone who has a receptive spirit, open mind, and loving heart on the same journey to finding their true purpose in life.

Author : Young Ho Lee
Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0895819686
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ch'oui Uisun written by Young Ho Lee and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars of Choson Korea tend to view Buddhism negatively, or at best ignore it, and at present there is a lack of research on this crucial topic. Through appreciation of the life and thought of Ch'oui Uisun (1786-1866), this study is an attempt to recover and supplement the intellectual history of religious culture in Korea, focusing on late-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century Buddhism, which is the direct root of modern Korea's traditional spirit. Ven. Jinwol has given us the most complete study yet to be presented in English regarding the extraordinary Buddhist teacher Ch'oui Uisun. As the Confucian dominated Choson dynasty weakened in the face of European and North American cultural and political expansions, the long suppressed Buddhist tradition of Korea became more visible. It was Ch'oui Uisun who best shows the strength of the religion, even after centuries of repression. Known as the "Master of Tea" he surprisingly conjoined the image of "one taste" of tea with meditation and enlightenment. Through his teachings, poetry, and example, Ch'oui Uisun became an exemplar for a Buddhist monastic in the changing world of the early 19th century that we often refer to as "Modern". Maintaining a firm stance within his understanding of the nature of the world, he lived a life that turned away from dualism and sectarian debate. His reminder of this ability to interconnect with all facets of experience, has been often used as a guiding principle by those who came after him. Scholars of Choson Korea tend to view Buddhism negatively, or at best ignore it, and at present there is a lack of research on this crucial topic. Through appreciation of the life and thought of Ch'oui Uisun (1786-1866), this study is an attempt to recover and supplement the intellectual history of religious culture in Korea, focusing on late-eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century Buddhism, which is the direct root of modern Korea's traditional spirit. Ven. Jinwol has given us the most complete study yet to be presented in English regarding the extraordinary Buddhist teacher Ch'oui Uisun. As the Confucian dominated Choson dynasty weakened in the face of European and North American cultural and political expansions, the long suppressed Buddhist tradition of Korea became more visible. It was Ch'oui Uisun who best shows the strength of the religion, even after centuries of repression. Known as the "Master of Tea" he surprisingly conjoined the image of "one taste" of tea with meditation and enlightenment. Through his teachings, poetry, and example, Ch'oui Uisun became an exemplar for a Buddhist monastic in the changing world of the early 19th century that we often refer to as "Modern". Maintaining a firm stance within his understanding of the nature of the world, he lived a life that turned away from dualism and sectarian debate. His reminder of this ability to interconnect with all facets of experience, has been often used as a guiding principle by those who came after him.