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029 a poem to a taoist hermit chuanjiao mountain by wei yingwu hokkien
Wei Yingwu (traditional Chinese: 韋應物; simplified Chinese: 韦应物; pinyin: Wéi Yìngwù; Wade–Giles: Wei Ying-wu; 737?–791?) was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. Twelve of Wei's poems were included in the influential Three Hundred Tang Poems anthology.
Contents
- 029 a poem to a taoist hermit chuanjiao mountain by wei yingwu hokkien
- 029 a poem to a taoist hermit chuanjiao mountain by wei yingwu mandarin
- Biography
- Poetry
- Translations
- Works cited
- References
029 a poem to a taoist hermit chuanjiao mountain by wei yingwu mandarin
Biography
Wei Yingwu was born around 737.
According to John C. H. Wu, the turbulence and lack of strong central leadership of China during Wei Yingwu's poetry-writing years was a major influencing factor upon his work. One example of such sociopolitical turmoil is the An Shi Rebellion of 755-763. Wu suggests that images such as the boat moving without a person steering in "At Chuzhou on the Western Stream" is a reference to the ship of state without a person at the helm.
He died around 791.
Poetry
Wei Yingwu poems collected in Three Hundred Tang Poems were translated by Witter Bynner as:
Translations
Wei Yingwu was translated by Red Pine (Bill Porter) as In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei Ying-wu (Copper Canyon Press, 2009), for which he won the Best Translated Book Award, from the book translation press of the University of Rochester; and the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)'s inaugural Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize in 2010.