Category Archives: Chinese poets

Kortney Shelley

Posted on August 24, 2010 by kukookoko

Hinton, Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China (Tu Mu 189-199) Tu Mu, the man who claimed himself a part from the other poets within the rivers-and-mountains classification, wrote remarkable poetry based on nature and the relationship it has … Continue reading →

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Mountain Town Travels: Thinking of Byron

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Leon

Leon Payne, Po Chu-i, 8-24-2010 This poem reflects the bittersweet life that was poet Byron Herbert Reece. An echo in the wind, A tear in the Earth, Enchanted Valley rhythms, Blessed poet’s birth. Broken Byron’s silence, Most have forgotten, But … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 24, 2010 by mutantbishop

Linda Budd Wang  An-Shih, Mountain Home (pages 210-220) According to the introduction of these poems, Wang An-Shih lived during the Sung Dynasty in the eleventh century.  He followed Confucian and Taoist ideologies, and both his life and his poetry reflected … Continue reading →

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Lu Yu’s poetry

Posted on August 24, 2010 by janbun09

Janelle Morris Blog 1 “Light Rain” by LuYu In the last 20 years of his life, Lu Yu spent his time on a farm at his ancestors village in Shaow-hsing. While living here, he kept a journal and wrote a … Continue reading →

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Li Po

Posted on August 24, 2010 by lisaboo09

Ja’lessa Morris Blog 1 Hinton’s Mountain Home: Li Po pg. 74-95 Li Po was a man known for his traveling days, drunken moments, and an attitude of disdain for authority. He is connected to the wild side of the natural … Continue reading →

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A Cold Mountain Spirit

Posted on August 24, 2010 by klcowart

Kendra Cowart  Hinton, Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of Ancient China (Cold Mountain, or Han Shan, 128 – 141)  Cold Mountain, or Han Shan, utilizes poetry to represent nature as an almost omnipotent and spiritual force. Nature in his poems … Continue reading →

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Our Pendulum

Posted on August 24, 2010 by babyhouse89

Jessica Keaton Hinton, Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of China, Mei Yao-ch’en (203-209) Creative Assignment #1: Poem Our Pendulum It’s nothing special, just some extra timbers, That were probably left over from a house. Feeling rejected, they were loaded onto … Continue reading →

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Wei Ying-wu’s View of the Invasion of China

Posted on August 24, 2010 by ashleyleann

Ashley McClure Dr. Bishop Hinton (116-127) 8-24-10 The poet Wei Ying-wu had to adjust from an early life of wealth to a life of secluded poverty.  Through this poet’s work, one can tell that the author misses parts of his … Continue reading →

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Meng Chiao

Posted on August 24, 2010 by jigarcia10

Jessica Garcia Hinton, Mountain Home, Meng Chiao, Laments of the Gorges 142-149 Meng Chiao is a poet that lived a while in the south of china but later moved to the north where he established himself there. Hinton describes Meng … Continue reading →

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Jordan’s Blog 8/24

Posted on August 24, 2010 by jordanbstanley

Jordan Stanley Hinton, Mountain Home: The Wilderness Poetry of China, pages 41-56 (Meng Hao-jan) In David Hinton’s Mountain Home, some of Meng Hao-jan’s greatest poems are collected and translated for the English reader.  Meng Hao-jan represents the natural world as … Continue reading →

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