Taken to Heart: 70 poems from the Chinese

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Taken to Heart: 70 poems from the Chinese is a stunning anthology presenting seventy classical Chinese poems spanning over a millennium, from the Han Dynasty to the Qing. These masterpieces meld beauty and simplicity to evoke landscapes both intimate and vast. Originally used to teach Mandarin and introduce young learners to China's rich literary history, the translations stay true to the originals' emotional and musical essence, preserving the poems' structure line by line.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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An ideal selection for poetry enthusiasts, students of Chinese literature and language, and readers interested in exploring classical Eastern culture through accessible and faithful English translations.

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These seventy poems are masterpieces from over a thousand years of classical Chinese poetry. Beauty and simplicity meld to convey an astounding landscape with both enchanting details and breathtaking vastness. The poems constitute an anthology, given to Chinese school children as a text to aid their instruction in Mandarin, and to introduce them to China's rich literary history.

The poems are considered representative of China's highest poetic achievements from the Han Dynasty to the Qing. We have striven to mirror the emotional state and the musical values of the originals. We chose to translate line by line, and have eschewed jumbling lines within individual poems.

Taken to Heart: 70 Poems from the Chinese highlights the beauty and restrained elegance of these classic works, offering readers an engaging window into the literary traditions of China.

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Yun Wang, author of The Book of Mirrors, praises the collection as an inspiring journey of discovery and enrichment, highlighting the enchanting detail and breathtaking scope of the poems. Deng Ming-Dao, renowned author of 365 Tao, lauds the editors for their faithful yet beautifully crafted English translations, recommending the book as a timeless treasure to revisit year after year.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781945680588

Publisher: White Pine Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: White Pine Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Yanwen Xu
Translated by Gary Young

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 177.0mm

Height: 127.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 120

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Series: Companions for the Journey

About the Author

Gary Young is the author of several collections of poetry. His most recent books are That's What I Thought, winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award from Persea Books, and Precious Mirror, translations from the Japanese. His other books include Even So: New and Selected Poems; Pleasure; No Other Life, winner of the William Carlos Williams Award; Braver Deeds, winner of the Peregrine Smith Poetry Prize; Days; The Dream of a Moral Life, which won the James D. Phelan ward; and Hands. He has received a Pushcart Prize, and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, and the Vogelstein Foundation among others. In 2009 he received the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America. He teaches creative writing and directs the Cowell Press at UC Santa Cruz.

Yanwen Xu was born in Xuzhou, China. He now studies Computer Science and writes at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Taken to Heart: 70 poems from the Chinese