A little book of Wang Wei /
A little book of Wang Wei /
Veses traslated by Albert Faurot ; Calligraphy by Martin Liu ; drawing by Augusto Ang Barcelona.
- [S.l.] : Philippine Literary Arts Council, [1980].
- 55 pages : illustrations 22 cm.
[With Chinese translation text].
Contains the poems of Wang Wei, the poet field and garden,mountain and river.Wang Wei sought out the beauty of country scenes, of rivers,lakes,mountains and captured them in his verse.Court life involved many partings with friends,as favor smiled or frowned each farewell was the occasion of an exchange poems.A common past time of the day was that of capping or matching a poem and many of WangWei short poems were the result of this sport.Some poems are replies to poems written by the emperor or some court official.Wang Wei's thought is seldom profound or concealed.He is for the most part highly objective,simply recording sights,sounds,impressions as they occur to him,without analysis or interpretation.It is the poet's keen eye and fine sensitivity that their special quality.
Poetry
PL 2676 / .L721 1980
[With Chinese translation text].
Contains the poems of Wang Wei, the poet field and garden,mountain and river.Wang Wei sought out the beauty of country scenes, of rivers,lakes,mountains and captured them in his verse.Court life involved many partings with friends,as favor smiled or frowned each farewell was the occasion of an exchange poems.A common past time of the day was that of capping or matching a poem and many of WangWei short poems were the result of this sport.Some poems are replies to poems written by the emperor or some court official.Wang Wei's thought is seldom profound or concealed.He is for the most part highly objective,simply recording sights,sounds,impressions as they occur to him,without analysis or interpretation.It is the poet's keen eye and fine sensitivity that their special quality.
Poetry
PL 2676 / .L721 1980
