Cold Mountain - (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European) (Paperback)
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Highlights
- This collection is one of the earliest and most important works of Chinese Buddhist poetry and is especially influential in the later literature of the Zen Sect of Buddhism, which looked back to these poems as a classic of Zen literature.
- About the Author: Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese.
- 118 Pages
- Poetry, Asian
- Series Name: UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European
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Book Synopsis
This collection is one of the earliest and most important works of Chinese Buddhist poetry and is especially influential in the later literature of the Zen Sect of Buddhism, which looked back to these poems as a classic of Zen literature. The poems cover a wide range of subjects: the conventional lament on the shortness of life, bitter complaints about poverty, avarice, and pride, accounts of the difficulty of official life under a bureaucratic system, attacks on the corrupt Buddhist clergy and the foolish attempts by Taoists to achieve immotal life, and incomparable descriptions of the natural world in a mountain retreat. These poems represent the largest number so far made available in English and are important both as vivid descriptions of the wild mountain scenery in Han-shan's home, Cold Mountain, and as metaphors of the poet's search for spiritual enlightenment and peace.From the Back Cover
This collection is one of the earliest and most important works of Chinese Buddhist poetry and is especially influential in the later literature of the Zen Sect of Buddhism, which looked back to these poems as a classic of Zen Literature.Review Quotes
"Burton Watson... possesses all the qualities which distinguish a master translator. As a craftsman and as a poet, he has inspired and challenged two generations." -- "Asian Affairs"
"Burton Watson... possesses all the qualities which distinguish a master translator. As a craftsman and as a poet, he has inspired and challenged two generations." -- Asian Affairs
"Burton Watson... possesses all the qualities which distinguish a master translator. As a craftsman and as a poet, he has inspired and challenged two generations." -- "Asian Affairs"
About the Author
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by ColumbiDimensions (Overall): 8.26 Inches (H) x 4.71 Inches (W) x .35 Inches (D)
Weight: .28 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 118
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Asian
Series Title: UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Street Date: October 22, 1970
TCIN: 82975173
UPC: 9780231034500
Item Number (DPCI): 247-21-6705
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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