Tao Yuan-ming

Tao Yuan-ming was China’s first great lyric poet, and a beloved grandfather figure to the great Tang dynasty poets who followed him: Li Po, Tu Fu, and Wang Wei. Though less well known than his “grandchildren” in the West, Tao may well be China’s greatest and most personally engaging poet.

Bitter cold, the twilight of the year Clutching my coat, I seek out the sun on […]

The Bitter Cold Year by Tao Yuan-ming – translated by ...

March 14, 2019 in Translation tagged Dan Veach / Tao Yuan-ming by Kristina Marie Darling

Early summer, grass and trees are growing Around my house in carefree disarray Flocks of birds […]

Reading The Classic of Mountains and Seas by Tao Yuan-ming ...

March 14, 2019 in Translation tagged Dan Veach / Tao Yuan-ming by Kristina Marie Darling

A clear wind in the flute, a singing zither Touched by those beneath the cypress trees […]

Enjoying Ourselves Under the Cypresses at the Chou Family Tombs ...

March 14, 2019 in Translation tagged Dan Veach / Tao Yuan-ming by Kristina Marie Darling

The ancient master left us a teaching: “Care for the Way, care not about poverty” I […]

Spring at my farm, thinking of the ancients by Tao ...

March 14, 2019 in Translation tagged Dan Veach / Tao Yuan-ming by Kristina Marie Darling