Research Catalog

Title

Cold mountain poems : Zen poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih / translated by J. P. Seaton.

Author

Hanshan, 1546-1623.

Publication

Boston : Shambhala, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Shide, active 627-649.
• Wang, Fanzhi, approximately 590-approximately 660.
• Seaton, Jerome P.

Description

vii, 126 pages; 18 cm.

Summary

"The incomparable poetry of Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and his sidekick Shih Te, the rebel poets who became icons of Chinese poetry and Zen, has long captured the imagination of poetry lovers and Zen aficionados. These legendary T'ang era (618-907) figures are portrayed as the laughing, ragged pair who left their poetry on stones, trees, farmhouses, and the walls of the monasteries they visited. Their poetry expressed in the simplest verse, but in a completely new tone, the voice of ordinary people." "Here premier translator J. P. Seaton takes a fresh look at these captivating poets, along with Wang Fan-chih, another "outsider" poet who lived a couple centuries later and who captured the poverty and gritty day-to-day reality of the common people of his time. Seaton's comprehensive introduction and notes throughout give a fascinating context to this vibrant collection."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Shambhala library

Uniform Title

Shambhala library.

Alternative Title

Zen poems of Han Shan, Shih Te, and Wang Fan-chih

Subject

Zen poetry, Chinese > Translations into English

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Chinese.

Contents

1. Cold Mountain: Poems of Master Han Shan -- 2. The Foundling's Poems: Poems of Master Shih Te -- 3. Cold City Streets: Poems of Wang Fan-chih, The Buddhist Layman.

ISBN

• 9781590306468 (alk. paper)
• 1590306465 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008049301
• 40016969230

OCLC

• ocn259265996
• 259265996
• SCSB-5483284

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries