{"id":2987,"date":"2015-02-09T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T01:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2015-01-25T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T14:36:00","slug":"han-shan-and-the-cult-of-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2987","title":{"rendered":"Han-shan and the Cult of Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Poetry Matters<\/em> blog has run an article titled “Han-shan and the Cult of Translation<\/a>,” reading the various translations by Red Pine (Bill Porter), J P Seaton, Gary Snyder, Arthur Waley, and Burton Watson of a poem by medieval recluse poet(s) Cold Mountain \/ Han-shan \u5bd2\u5c71. The poem in question is, in Chinese,<\/p>\n

\u4eba\u554f\u5bd2\u5c71\u9053\u00a0 \u5bd2\u5c71\u8def\u4e0d\u901a<\/span><\/em>
\n\u590f\u5929\u51b0\u672a\u91cb\u00a0 \u65e5\u51fa\u9727\u6726\u6727<\/span><\/em>
\n\u4f3c\u6211\u4f55\u7531\u5c46\u00a0 \u8207\u541b\u5fc3\u4e0d\u540c<\/span><\/em>
\n\u541b\u5fc3\u82e5\u4f3c\u6211\u00a0 \u9084\u5f97\u5230\u5176\u4e2d<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and the article concludes,<\/p>\n

This poem, as succinctly as few others, provides the link between these two distinct threads of Han-shan\u2019s journey. It can also be said that, so attractive as a man apart from the world of men, this poem gives voice to Han-shan\u2019s own personal contemplations on the matter, naming, as it were, what he himself felt about his social standing. This insight provides a toehold for those attempting to summit Cold Mountain and commune with its lone inhabitant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click the image above for the full piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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