Poems

By Li Po, Tu Fu, Arthur Cooper (translator)

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Li Po (AD 701-62) and Tu Fu (AD 712-70) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, a legendary carouser, was an itinerant poet whose writing, often dream poems or spirit-journeys, soars to sublime heights in its descriptions of natural scenes and powerful…

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At an early age, I had a very intense relationship with this now 50-year-old book about the most famous Tang poets, Li Bai and Tu Fu. Arthur Cooper (1916-1988), a British WWII codebreaker and almost mad aficionado of Chinese Lit, was the translator and introducer.

One’s experience of the book is progressively mind-expanding. Cooper knew not only Chinese literature and culture inside and out but also how to convey his knowledge to Westerners in exciting ways.

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