{"id":1376,"date":"2012-11-15T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T02:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2012-11-15T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T03:49:43","slug":"xi-chuan-on-poetryeater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"Xi Chuan on Poetryeater"},"content":{"rendered":"

The website Poetryeater<\/em> has uploaded a Xi Chuan poem under the title of \u201cMisfortune A 000000<\/a>.\u201d They don’t credit the translator, but it looks like it’s Wang Ping<\/a>‘s translation with Alex Lemon published in the literary journal Grain<\/em> <\/a>in 2009. Here’s how it begins:<\/p>\n

He never looks back, yet knows I am lurking.<\/p>\n

He shouts: \u201cStop on the edge of the cliff, or your body won\u2019t withstand the anger.\u201d<\/p>\n

He turns, sees the purple aura rising above me. He shakes his head, and the sun sinks into the trees.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The website Poetryeater has uploaded a Xi Chuan poem under the title of \u201cMisfortune A 000000.\u201d They don’t credit the translator, but it looks like it’s Wang Ping‘s translation with Alex Lemon published in the literary journal Grain in 2009. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[820,368,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-mc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1725,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1725","url_meta":{"origin":1376,"position":0},"title":"Xi Chuan at Harvard","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"March 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Event Title: Notes on the Mosquito \u2013 Poetry Reading and Talk by Xi Chuan \u897f\u5ddd Speaker: Xi Chuan Moderators: David Der-wei Wang, Lucas Klein Friday March 8, 2013 12:00-1:30pm Common room, 2 Divinity Ave.? 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