About the Book: Classical Chinese Poetry
With this groundbreaking collection, translated and edited by the renowned poet
and translator David Hinton, a new generation will be introduced to the work
that riveted Ezra Pound and transformed modern poetry. The Chinese poetic
tradition is the largest and longest continuous tradition in world literature,
and this rich and far-reaching anthology of nearly five hundred poems provides a
comprehensive account of its first three millennia (1500 BCE-1200 CE), the
period during which virtually all of its landmark developments took place.
Unlike earlier anthologies of Chinese poetry, Hintons book focuses on a
relatively small number of poets, providing selections that are