Cranmer-Byng renders poems from the great ages of Chinese verse into rhymed English stanzas, with an introduction on the poets and their times. Ch’u Yuan, Meng Hao-jan, Li Po, Tu Fu and Po Chu-i appear, writing of wine, friendship, exile, spring and parting.
An Edwardian doorway into Chinese poetry from the Wisdom of the East series, made for readers new to the tradition. Download the free EPUB.