The Anchor book of Chinese poetry - Tony Barnstone

Unmatched in scope and literary quality, this landmark anthology spans
three thousand years, bringing together more than six hundred poems by more than
one hundred thirty poets, in translations-many new and exclusive to the book-by an
array of distinguished translators.

Here is the grand sweep of Chinese poetry, from
the Book of Songs-ancient folk songs said to have been collected by Confucius himself-and
Laozi's Dao De Jing to the vividly pictorial verse of Wang Wei, the romanticism of
Li Po, the technical brilliance of Tu Fu, and all the way up to the twentieth-century
poetry of Mao Zedong and the post-Cultural Revolution verse of the Misty poets. Encompassing
the spiritual, philosophical, political, mystical, and erotic strains that have emerged
over millennia, this broadly representative selection also includes a preface on
the art of translation, a general introduction to Chinese poetic form, biographical
headnotes for each of the poets, and concise essays on the dynasties that structure
the book. The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry captures with impressive
range and depth the essence of China's illustrious poetic tradition.