{"product_id":"three-hundred-tang-poems-hardcover","title":"Three Hundred Tang Poems - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new translation of a beloved anthology of poems from the golden age of Chinese culture--a treasury of wit, beauty, and wisdom from many of China's greatest poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese roughly three hundred poems from the Tang Dynasty (618-907)--an age in which poetry and the arts flourished--were gathered in the eighteenth century into what became one of the best-known books in the world, and which is still cherished in Chinese homes everywhere. Many of China's most famous poets--Du Fu, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, and Wang Wei--are represented by timeless poems about love, war, the delights of drinking and dancing, and the beauties of nature. There are poems about travel, about grief, about the frustrations of bureaucracy, and about the pleasures and sadness of old age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of wisdom and humanity that reach across the barriers of language, space, and time, these poems take us to the heart of Chinese poetry, and into the very heart and soul of a nation.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePETER HARRIS graduated from Oxford in classical Chinese and has a Ph.D. in Asian history from Monash. He lived and worked for many years in different parts of Asia including China, where he was representative of the Ford Foundation and a visiting professor at Nanjing University. He is now a Senior Fellow in the China Research Centre at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Volumes he edited for Everyman's Library include \u003ci\u003eThe Travels of Marco Polo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of War, Zen Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThree Hundred Tang Poems, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHanshan: Cold Mountain Poems.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 6.44 x 4.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52842731634912,"sku":"9780307269737","price":22.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/hXxA6iMBmf9780307269737.webp?v=1781212361","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/three-hundred-tang-poems-hardcover","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}