Peter Harris

Three Hundred Tang Poems Peter Harris

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-288). Biographical Note: Peter Harris is the founder of the Asian Studies Institute at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand, and the editor of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets anthology "Zen Poems."Table of Contents: "Foreword" Bai Juyi (772-846) Cen Shen (715-770) Chang Jian Chen TaoChen Ziang (661-702) Cui Hao (?-754) Cui Shu (?-739?) Cui Tu Dai Shulun (732-789) Du Fu (712-770) Du Mu (803-852) Du Qiuniang (?-825?) Du Shenyan (648?-708) Du Xunhe (846-904) Emperor Xuanzong (685-761) Gao Shi (716?-765) Gu Kuang (725?-814?) Han Hong Han Wo (842?-923) Han Yu (768-824) He Zhizhang (659?-744?) Huangfu Ran (716?-770) Jia Dao (779-843) Jiaoran (730?-799) Jin ChangxuLi Bai (701-762) Li Bin (?-876) Li Duan Li Qi Li Shangyin (813?-858?) Li Yi (748-827?) Liu Changqing (710?-789?) Liu Fangping Liu Shenxu Liu Yuxi (772-842) Liu Zhongyong Liu Zongyuan (773-819) Lu Lun (737?-798?) Luo Binwang (640?-684?) Ma Dai Meng Haoran (689-740) Meng Jiao (751-814) Pei DiQian Qi (722?-780?) Qin Taoyu Qiu Wei Qiwu Qian (692?-755?) Quan Deyu (759-818) Shen Quanqi (650?-713) Sikong Shu Song Zhiwen (?656-?712) Wang Bo (649?-676) Wang Changling (690?-756?) Wang Han Wang Jian (751?-830?) Wang Wan Wang Wei (701-761) Wang Zhihuan (688-742) Wei Yingwu (737?-792?) Wei Zhuang (836?-910) Wen Tingyun (?-866) Xu Hun Xue FengYuan Jie (719-772) Yuan Zhen (779-831) Zhang BiZhang Hu (785?-852?) Zhang Ji (1) (776?-829?) Zhang Ji (2) Zhang Jiuling (678-740) Zhang QiaoZhang Xu Zheng Tian (824?-882?) Zhu Qingyu Zu Yong "Notes" "*Dates not given if not known."Publisher Marketing: A new translation of a beloved anthology of poems from the golden age of Chinese culture--a treasury of wit, beauty, and wisdom from many of China's greatest poets. These roughly three hundred poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907)--an age in which poetry and the arts flourished--were gathered in the eighteenth century into what became one of the best-known books in the world, and which is still cherished in Chinese homes everywhere. Many of China's most famous poets--Du Fu, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, and Wang Wei--are represented by timeless poems about love, war, the delights of drinking and dancing, and the beauties of nature. There are poems about travel, about grief, about the frustrations of bureaucracy, and about the pleasures and sadness of old age. Full of wisdom and humanity that reach across the barriers of language, space, and time, these poems take us to the heart of Chinese poetry, and into the very heart and soul of a nation. Contributor Bio:  Harris, Peter Born in Durban, grew up in Eastern Cape, educated at Michaelhouse, Rhodes and Warwick(UK). Practised law at JNB Bar for 15 years. Legal counsel to Cosatu. Involved in Peace Accord in the early 90s. Head of Monitoring Directorate of IEC in 1994. International consulting for UN as election operations expert in Mexico, Haiti and other places. Director of Programmes at International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Sweden. Back in SA, co-founder and Executive Chair of the Resolve Group (management consultancy).