In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-Wu Ying-Wu Wei
"Wei Ying-Wu was undoubtedly one of the great T'ang poets, yet his work is much less well known in the West than that of Li Po, Tu Fu, and Po Chu-i. Now Red Pine (the lovely pen name that the American…
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"Wei Ying-Wu was undoubtedly one of the great T'ang poets, yet his work is much less well known in the West than that of Li Po, Tu Fu, and Po Chu-i. Now Red Pine (the lovely pen name that the American poet and Chinese scholar Bill Porter assumes for his translation work) celebrates Wei's life and achievement in a big new anthology, In Such Hard Times...Reading him is like listening to Mozart, there's something healing about the calm profundity with which he spins pain and disaster."--Los Angeles Times "[Translator] Red Pine's out-of-the-mainstream work is uncanny and clearheaded."--Kyoto Journal "Red Pine's succinct and informative notes for each poem are core samples of the cultural, political, and literary history of China."--Asian ReporterWei Ying-wu (737-791) is considered one of the great poets of the T'ang Dynasty, ranked alongside