Chinese poetry, calligraphy and painting are linked as the “Three Perfections”.  These websites & books give the original Chinese characters as well as translations:

• Award-winning translator David Hinton  – Includes Tang greats Li Po, Du Fu and Wang Wei.  (Uses Wade-Giles romanisation).
  • His revised translation of Du Fu.
• Du Fu’s ‘Spring in the Ruined City: Selected Poems’ translated by Jonathan Waley.
• Chinese Poems -Traditional & Simplified Chinese characters, pinyin and translation.  The FAQs offer an introduction to Chinese poetry.
• 300 Tang Poems – Traditional Chinese characters and translation (Downloadable file)
• Find out more about famous Chinese Song dynasty poetess Li Qingzhao.
• Calligraphy poems recited.
• Books about Chinese Poetry:
  • How to read Chinese poetry
  • The Art of Chinese Poetry
  • The Heart of Chinese Poetry
• Sinolingua Abridged Chinese Classic series 100 Ancient Chinese Poems.  Original Chinese, pinyin and translations, mostly Tang Dynasty, plus CD.