{"product_id":"returning-home-poems-of-tao-yuan-ming-paperback","title":"Returning Home: Poems of Tao Yuan-Ming - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTao Yuan-Ming\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Veach\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTao Yuan-ming stands first in the line of China's great lyric poets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTao Yuan-ming, who lived around 400 A.D., stands first in the line of China's great lyric poets. Just as the Impressionists taught us to see in a new way, Tao taught the Chinese a lyrical attitude toward life. Creator of an intimate, honest, plain-spoken style, Tao was a man whose life spoke as eloquently as his art. Indeed, no poet's life and art have ever been more of a piece. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn into corrupt and turbulent times, Tao resigned his post as Magistrate, choosing to live the humble and difficult life of a farmer. He and his family would pay dearly for this choice, enduring hunger, cold and poverty. But he never wavered from it, holding steadfastly to the Confucian virtue of \"firmness in adversity.\" For a scholar to live this kind of reclusive life, giving up wealth and power, represented the highest moral virtue to the Chinese Tao was given the posthumous title \"Summoned Scholar of Tranquil Integrity.\" Integrity is certainly the first word that springs to mind in thinking of Tao.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Veach is the founding editor of the international poetry journal Atlanta Review. His translations from Chinese, Arabic, Spanish and Anglo-Saxon have won the Willis Barnstone Translation Prize and the Independent Publisher Book Award. His translations include Flowers of Flame: Unheard Voices of Iraq (Michigan State University Press, 2008), Beowulf \u0026amp; Beyond (Lockwood Press, 2021), Songs of The Cid (Stockcero, 2022), and Federico Garc? Lorca: Gypsy Romances and Poem of the Deep Song (Stockcero, 2022). Spanish Ballads: The Soul of Spain is forthcoming in 2023. His poetry collections are Elephant Water (Finishing Line Press, 2012) and Lunchboxes (Iris Press, 2019). Tao Yuan-ming, who lived around 400 A.D., stands first in the line of China's great lyric poets. Just as the Impressionists taught us to see in a new way, Tao taught the Chinese a lyrical attitude toward life. Creator of an intimate, honest, plain-spoken style, Tao was a man whose life spoke as eloquently as his art. Indeed, no poet's life and art have ever been more of a piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765339521312,"sku":"9781945680694","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6484ec0825bd286f68c46e00dba40953.webp?v=1780266432","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/returning-home-poems-of-tao-yuan-ming-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}