{"id":3084,"date":"2015-03-18T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T01:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2015-02-17T10:21:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T02:21:57","slug":"burton-watson-reading-lu-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Burton Watson reading Lu You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7swF2yoAZSg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Burton Watson reading his translations of the poetry of Lu You\u00a0<span lang=\"zh-Hant\" xml:lang=\"zh-Hant\">\u9678\u6e38<\/span> (1125\u20131209), from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryvlog.com\/bwatson.html\" target=\"_blank\">poetryvlog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burton Watson reading his translations of the poetry of Lu You\u00a0\u9678\u6e38 (1125\u20131209), from poetryvlog.<\/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":[3,11],"tags":[436,1568],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-NK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3678,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3678","url_meta":{"origin":3084,"position":0},"title":"Jonathan Chaves on Burton Watson (1925 \u2013 2017)","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"April 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"In honor of Burton Watson\u2019s passing, I am collecting statements and memories from friends and fans, to be posted as they come in. 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