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The three arts of poetry, calligraphy and painting are regarded in China as the Triple Excellence. Here they are brought together in a beautifully produced anthology of forty Chinese love poems ranging from the earliest known works in the famous Book of Songs to the work of Chairman Mao and other twentieth century poets, including poignant examples from the golden age of Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty (618-906).
Arranged chronologically, the subject of all the poems and extracts is love in all its variations: the love of husbands and wives, family and friends, times and places as well as courtship, passion and parting.
Authoritative English translations are each illustrated with a scene from a Chinese painting or print in the collection of the British Museum. Every poem is also illuminated by the original brushwork calligraphy of Qu Lei Lei. Jane Portal's introduction summarizes the history and development of Chinese poetry, and she provides brief biographical notes on the poets as well as suggestions for further reading.
About the Author
Jane Portal is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Asia in the British Museum. She writes extensively on Chinese and Korean art, is the author of Korea: Art and Archaeology and contributed to the award-winning British Museum Book of Chinese Art.
Qu Lei Lei is an artist and calligrapher who came to England from Beijing in 1985. He is the author of two books on Chinese calligraphy and regularly teaches and lectures on Chinese art. His work is exhibited internationally.
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Andre Munandar
reviewed Chinese Love Poetry on May 20, 2016
Chinese Love Poetry
Only got to read a little bit while staying at a vacation rental with a thick-stuffed bookshelf. I pulled this down because I've never sampled any old Japanese lit, and the editor's introduction drew me in with information like this:
. . . . the supreme masterpiece of Japanese literature was "The Tale of Genji" . . . . It is a work of genius, which may justifiably be included among the great novels of the world . . . . One of the unusual features of Heian(? can't read my note) literature is that such work as [The Tale of Genji] were written by women. The usual explanation for this curious fact is that the men considered writing in Japanese to be beneath them and devoted themselves to the composition of poetry and prose in Chinese, leaving the women to write masterpieces in the native language.
I chowed down on that affirming information for just what it is, and as it applies to my own business of blogging and making autobiographical porn.
While the menfolk did a shitty job of trying to mimic someone else's fancy poetic language and wasted their time, the women used the words they (and the rest of the common people) had access to and made something beautiful.
Good reminders to use the words you know and tell good yarns regardless of trends or what the supremely ignorant literati say.
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