Selected Tang Dynasty Poems of Li Bai
Author | : |
Publisher | : Derek Lee |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2015-03-03 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : |
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Li Bai is one of China’s most famous Tang Dynasty poets; affectionately known as the ‘drunken poet’. However, his drunkenness was not of the bacchanalian type, but rather, a good-natured form of intoxication, which gave rise to a sensitive appreciation of the beauties of nature, as well as the frailties and vulnerabilities of the human condition. There can never be a definitive translation of his poetry, but hopefully the translations presented here might possibly capture something of the original which the reader might appreciate, and which, at least, might serve as a reasonable introduction to the original Chinese, which is presented together with the translation. In the end, when we read the work of Li Bai, in the original or in translation, we find no real difficulty in appreciating his outlook on life, whilst his themes still find resonance with us today, either in China or elsewhere.