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Tag: chinese poetry

March 8, 2021

Review: Tao Te Ching, Sean Michael Wilson

Rating: 4 out of 5 It’s difficult to really rate something as complex as ‘The Way’. It’s clear—having pondered what I read—that most of…

February 24, 2021

Review: The Story of China, Michael Wood

Rating: 4 out of 5 I found this a tremendous experience. Mr Wood’s summary of the millennia of Chinese history touched on both the…

April 29, 2020

Proverbs from the East

If you’ve got only two pennies left, buy a loaf of broad for one and a lily for the other. Chinese proverb Thunderclap from…

December 30, 2019

Review: Cold Mountain, Sean Michael Wilson & Hanshan

Rating: 4 out of 5 I am not sure I read this as I should have. Mine was a glancing look that often strayed,…

December 19, 2017

The Desolation of Chang’an, Wei Zhuang

Chang’an lies in mournful stillness: what does it now contain? — Ruined markets and desolate streets, in which ears of wheat are sprouting. Fuel-gatherers…

August 20, 2012

‘Short Song Style’, Cao Cao

I really enjoy this poem by Cao Cao. First that I saw it (literally, saw it) was in that great scene in Red Cliff…

January 15, 2011

‘Swimming’

I came across this poem when I was writing my essay about the Chinese Three Gorges Project.

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