Chinese poetry by Li t’ai Bo and Wu fu
Poetry has always had a secure place in China and these two poets Li t’ai Bo and Wu fu lie at its heart. Translated in the early 20th century by an Englishwoman Florence Ayescough and worked over by the Americn poet Amy Lowell they bring to non Chinese speakers a distinctive flavour of China at its best. They are read here by Malcolm Hossick along with the texts in the Screenbook format. AM116SB21 Chinese Poems 2021 48’44”
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Chinese poems
Until very recently poetry was written and appreciated by a very tiny minority of people sufficiently educated to value it. The history of China is unique in the world in that for long stretches of time relative peace reigned in the land and in such a time poets flourished and as the Chinese have...
