Book Review | Classical Chinese Poetry An Anthology | Translated and Edited By David Hinton
Classical Chinese Poetry An Anthology is 475 pages stuffed cover to cover with poems from 1500 B.C.E. to 1200 C. E. If you enjoy reading Chinese…
Book Review-The Clouds Should Know Me By Now Buddhist Poet Monks of China Edited By Red Pine and Mike O’ Connor-Introduction By Andrew Schelling and Translations by: Paul Hansen, Mike O’ Connor, Red Pine, James Sanford, J.P. Seaton, Burton Watson
The Clouds Should Know Me By Now contains poems from Chinese Buddhist poet monks between 779 and 1912. The poets in this 211 page book…
Book Review-Mountain Home The Wilderness Poetry Of Ancient China Translated By David Hinton
Mountain Home The Wilderness Poetry Of Ancient China is a smorgasbord of ancient Chinese rivers and mountains poetry. The book is 295 pages and covers Chinese…
Book Review-The Zen Works Of Stonehouse Translated By Red Pine
Stonehouse was a Zen Buddhist hermit poet as well as a temple abbot. He was born in 1272, during the Yuan dynasty, and spent around…
Book Review-The Collected Songs Of Cold Mountain Translated By Red Pine
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain contains 307 poems of the Chinese poet Han Shan (Cold Mountain). He was a 9th century hermit poet who lived…
Book Review-The Selected Poems of Po Chu-I Translated By David Hinton
Po Chu-I (772-846 C. E.) was a Chinese Ch’an (Zen) poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty. He grew up in poverty as a child and…
Book Review-Zen Poems Selected And Edited By Peter Harris
This book is a special treat full of Zen poems written by numerous poets from China, Japan, and Korea. The book is 256 pages with…
Book Review-One Robe, One Bowl The Zen Poetry of Ryokan Translated and Introduced By John Stevens
One Robe, One Bowl The Zen Poetry of Ryokan is an eighty-five page book that is the perfect size to put into a backpack or small…