The Poetic Garden of Liu Zongyuan
By Liu Zongyuan
2023
First Published
4.50
Average Rating
112
Number of Pages
Written in exile, Liu Zongyuan's remarkable poetry reflects the experience of banishment, flickering political ambition, and landscape, deeply imbued with the landscapes of South China. The Poetic Garden of Liu Zongyuan introduces poems by the Chinese writer, which he wrote while in exile on the Chinese empire’s southern margins. In these remarkable pieces, Liu intertwines South China’s landscapes and plants―such as scarlet canna, banyan, and white myoga ginger―with reflections on honor, duty, banishment, and belonging in ways unique in the history of Chinese poetry. The two translators, Dolton-Thornton and Yu Yuanyuan, one American and one Chinese, preserve the unique beauty of Liu's poetic garden and introduce it to the English-speaking world.
Avg Rating
4.50
Number of Ratings
6
5 STARS
67%
4 STARS
17%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
0%
1 STARS
0%
goodreads
Author
Liu Zongyuan
Author · 2 books
Liu Zongyuan (773 – November 28, 819) was a Chinese writer and poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Liu was born in present-day Yongji, Shanxi. Along with Han Yu, he was a founder of the Classical Prose Movement. He has been traditionally classed as one of the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song". His courtesy name was Zihou.
