The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-jan (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Haoran Meng
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Time of Work: Eighth century
- Setting: China
- Principal Characters: The Persona, Wang Wei, Chang Chiu-ling, Various Zen monks, Woman picking an orange
- Genres: Poetry, Translation
- Subjects: Nature, Friendship, Poetry or poets, Mountain life, China or Chinese people, Mountains, Eighth century, Seasons, Zen Buddhism, Seventh century
- Locales: China
With The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-jan, accomplished translator and poet David Hinton has made available in English a significant selection of the poems of the classical Chinese poet Meng Haoran. More than twelve hundred years after Meng composed them, his mountain poems still inspire a modern reader. This is accomplished by the poems’ clear vision of the cyclical character of all life. The seasons come and go in Meng's beautiful mountain landscape, and humans feel like guests participating in the endless cycle of birth, blossoming, ripening, death, and rebirth.
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