Gary Snyder brought the Chinese
Zen poet Han-Shan Cold
Mountain to prominence through translations
that struck a cord with Zen enthusiasts and back-to-nature mystics
alike. Now Red Pine, Mike O''Connor, and four other translators have
breathed life into the literary descendants of Han-Shan, poet monks
who are most at home in misty hills, contemplating "crimson leaves"
and "azure depths." Like its Japanese cousin, the haiku, Chinese
Zen poetry conveys pregnant images in spare structures th
內容簡介:
This unique collection presents the verses, much of it
translated for the first time, of fourteen eminent Chinese Buddhist
poet monks. Featuring the original Chinese as well as English
translations and historical introductions by Burton Watson, J.P.
Seaton, Paul Hansen, James Sanford, and the editors, The Clouds
Should Know Me By Now provides an appreciation and
understanding of this elegant and traditional expression of
spirituality
關於作者:
: Red Pine Bill Porter won the 1996 PEN West Award for Guide
to Capturing a Plum Blossom, and is a well-known translator of
classical Chinese philosophy and poetry. Mike O''Connor has
published three volumes of his own poetry in addition to
translating two volumes of the work of Buddhist poet Chia Tao.