Project Gutenberg 2015-02-09 Public domain in the USA. 111 Ayscough, Florence Wheelock 1878 1942 MacNair, Florence Wheelock Ayscough McNair, Florence Wheelock Lowell, Amy 1874 1925 22003648 Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated from the Chinese Produced by David Edwards, Christopher Wright, some illustration images from TIA and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated from the Chinese" by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell is a collection of classical Chinese poetry translated for a Western audience, likely compiled during the early 20th century. The translators seek to capture the essence and spirit of the original works, which span various time periods and themes, chiefly focusing on the poets of the T'ang Dynasty, with particular emphasis on the renowned Li T'ai-po. The book aims to unveil the beauty of Chinese poetry while navigating the challenges posed by cultural and linguistic differences. The opening of the collection features a preface by Amy Lowell, wherein she shares her journey of translating Chinese poetry alongside Ayscough. Lowell highlights the deep cultural significance of poetry in Chinese life and the extensive background knowledge required to appreciate it fully. The preface also emphasizes the collaborative process employed by the authors to render the poems accurately while retaining their lyrical quality—a challenging task given the complexities of the Chinese language and literary forms. Overall, the beginning sets the stage for a captivating exploration of classical Chinese poetic traditions through its careful translations and rich explanatory notes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chinese poetry -- Translations into English PL Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 496513 496489 2024-09-20T07:50:51.845387 2023-09-21T04:43:49.274289 text/html text/html 501477 2015-02-09T14:37:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 516906 2015-02-09T14:37:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 676428 2024-09-20T07:51:07.564253 application/epub+zip 680141 2024-09-20T07:50:53.916361 application/epub+zip 362047 2024-09-20T07:50:52.807343 application/epub+zip 795544 2024-09-20T07:51:15.890215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 704937 2024-09-20T07:51:06.318273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388486 2022-09-21T20:24:25.618834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362798 362529 2024-09-20T07:50:49.684391 2023-09-21T04:43:47.357274 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 362945 2015-02-09T14:37:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 137056 2015-02-09T14:37:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18746 2024-09-20T07:51:16.053222 application/rdf+xml 19015 2024-09-20T07:50:52.948335 image/jpeg 2572 2024-09-20T07:50:52.878353 image/jpeg 518732 2024-09-20T07:50:51.895357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia