| About the Author | About the AuthorEarly fifth-century poet Tao Yuanming (d. 427) was known for his love of rice wine and chrysanthemums, as well as for his disdain of official position. His hometown is Shahe, where the Tao Yuanming Memorial Hall is also located.About the TranslatorBill Porter, under the pen name Red Pine, is the renowned translator of classic Chinese poetry. His translations have been honored with two NEA translation fellowships, a PEN Translation Prize, and the inaugural Asian Literature Award from the American Literary Translators Association. A Guggenheim Fellow, Porter also received the 2018 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation bestowed by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A full-length film documentary Dancing with the Dead: The Life and Times of Red Pineis forthcoming in 2023. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 4. Held Up at Guilin by Winds While Returning from the Capital in the Fifth Month of 400IIPeople sigh about the hardships of travel I’m just learning about them nowabout the size of mountains and rivers and the unexpected dangers of bothabout crashing waves that echo across the skyand relentless winds that never ceasethe more I travel the more I long for homewhy am I stuck where I am I’ve been thinking how much I love my garden and why haven’t I said goodbye to the world how long will my good years last And why did I ever question my heart 7. Stopping DrinkingThe place I live stops next to a village I wander then stop to relaxmy seat stops beneath tall trees my steps stop inside my old gate my favorite smell stops at the sunflowersmy greatest joy stops with my sonsmy entire life I have never stopped drinkingif I stopped I wouldn’t be happy if I stopped in the evening I wouldn’t sleep wellif I stopped in the morning I couldn’t get upday after day I thought about stoppingif I stopped my circulation might suffer I only know stopping wouldn’t be funI didn’t know stopping could be beneficial once I realized stopping could be goodthis morning I actually stoppedfrom now on if I can keep stoppingI’ll end up stopping on the shores of Fusang where unblemished looks will stop on my faceand why should I stop with a million years Read more |
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