Description
An Anthology of Popular Ancient Chinese Poems
汉英对照《千家诗》
Author: Translated by Guo Zhuzhang
Order No. 6135
ISBN-13: 9787307038165
ISBN-10: 7307038161
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wuhan University Press
Pub Year: 2005
Language: Simplified Chinese-English
Size: 4.5 x 7.25
Page: 541
Price: $16.95
The source book of this English translation is Qian Jia Shi (Poems by a Thousand Poets.) The word “thousand” in the title is used in its literary sense –many. In fact, there are only 226 poems in the book by 126 renowned poets, mostly in the Tang and Song dynasties,
The book is arranged by the verse form: seven-character jueju (four-line verse); seven-character lushi (eight-line verse); five-character jueju (four-line verse); and five-character lushi (eight-line verse).
For the convenience of readers and their better understanding of the original poems and the translations, the book contains two appendices in English: The Biographies of the Poets and The Biographies of the Translators.