Michael Wood has a new book out, about famous Tang Poet Du Fu,
Watch the launch video and British Council video.
Watch the launch video and British Council video.
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).
- 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:
- Sinolingua Abridged Chinese Classic series 100 Ancient Chinese Poems. Original Chinese, pinyin and translations, mostly Tang Dynasty, plus CD.