100 Ancient Poems

Author: Zhang Fan
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book selects one hundred outstanding works from the pre-Qin to the Sui Dynasty, including fifty-five poets and some anonymous authors. Each poem is accompanied by a modern translation, concise annotations, and comments. If it helps readers understand and appreciate the works, and further enhances their interest in reading classical Chinese poetry, it will be our great satisfaction. Western literary theory holds that poetry is propelled in translation, emphasizing that the essence of poetry cannot be translated and that the untranslatable parts are precisely where the essence of poetry lies. This book includes one hundred classical poems, such as: "Happy Rain on a Spring Night," "Poem of Seven Steps," "Long Song," "Boating at Guazhou," "Disappointed Visit to the Garden," and others.