tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post5294839857200810943..comments2024-02-14T07:29:25.919-05:00Comments on Cook Ding's Kitchen: 300 Tang dynasty Poems: #22 After Missing the Recluse On The Western MountainRick Matzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-89258784700854314852007-03-27T22:18:00.000-04:002007-03-27T22:18:00.000-04:00Witter Bynner has been critized for not being enti...Witter Bynner has been critized for not being entirely accurate with his translations, while at the same time being applauded for capturing the feeling the original text would evoke to a native reader. It seems like a reasonable trade to me.Rick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-13976945870280159102007-03-27T22:04:00.000-04:002007-03-27T22:04:00.000-04:00I've got an August 1951 edition of 'The Jade Mount...I've got an August 1951 edition of 'The Jade Mountain: A Chinese Anthology, Being Three Hundred Poems of the T'ang Dynasty, 618-906' , translated by Witter Bynner, from the texts of Kiang Kang-Hu. <BR/><BR/>One of my favorites is Cooler Weather<BR/><BR/>Her jade-green alcove curtained thick with silk,<BR/>Her vermillion screen with its pattern of flowers,<BR/>Her eight-foot dragon-beard mat and her quilt brocaded in squares<BR/>Are ready now for nights that are neither warm nor cold.<BR/><BR/>--Han Wums_lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999098267891256848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-18838011963615593322007-03-27T21:58:00.001-04:002007-03-27T21:58:00.001-04:00can you tell that the wind is blowing this evening...can you tell that the wind is blowing this evening and the copper chimes are singing prettily with it?ms_lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999098267891256848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-19470390870295611782007-03-27T21:58:00.000-04:002007-03-27T21:58:00.000-04:00l love the Tang poem.the copper chimesoblivious to...l love the Tang poem.<BR/><BR/>the copper chimes<BR/>oblivious to my appreciation of them<BR/>sing prettily with the wind regardlessms_lilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03999098267891256848noreply@blogger.com