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The Selected Poems of Li Po by Bai Li, David Hinton and Li Po (1996, Trade Paperback)

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Selected Poems of Li Po, Paperback by Li, Bai; Hinton, David (TRN); Li, Po; Po, Li, ISBN 0811213234, ISBN-13 9780811213233, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Gathers poems written by the eighth-century Chinese poet, and briefly discusses his life and influence on Asian poetry

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There is a set-phrase in Chinese referring to the phenomenon of Li Po: "Winds of the immortals, bones of the Tao." He moved through this world with an unearthly freedom from attachment, and at the same time belonged profoundly to the earth and its process of change. However ethereal in spirit, his poems remain grounded in the everyday experience we all share. He wrote 1200 years ago, half a world away, but in his poems we see our world transformed. Legendary friends in eighth-century T'ang China, Li Po and Tu Fu are traditionally celebrated as the two greatest poets in the Chinese canon. David Hinton's translation of Li Po's poems is no less an achievement than his critically acclaimed The Selected Poems of Tu Fu, also published by New Directions. By reflecting the ambiguity and density of the original, Hinton continues to create compelling English poems that alter our conception of Chinese poetry.