{"id":4206,"date":"2018-08-10T20:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4206"},"modified":"2018-08-10T20:39:18","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T12:39:18","slug":"kapoor-on-bei-dao-as-tranquil-bard-of-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4206","title":{"rendered":"Kapoor on Bei Dao as “tranquil bard of protest”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"As<\/a>Writing for Scroll.in, Manan Kapoor writes about how “As he turns 69, Chinese poet Bei Dao remains the tranquil bard of protest, even in exile<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The piece is full of imprecisions–it refers to Bei Dao as “Dao” throughout, misattributes poems translated by Bonnie McDougall, and spells his current translator Eliot Weinberger’s name as “Wineberger”–but it’s broadly accurate in its outlines.<\/p>\n

At times, it’s even moving:<\/p>\n

But even in exile, Dao did not lose his calm. After years of being away from Beijing, he believed that something good would spring up from it. He still questioned authority with serenity, equating his exile to a crusade where someone was needed to be \u201caway from home, suffer a little\u201d so they could gain some understanding of the world and how everything functions. He wrote, \u201cTo a certain extent, it\u2019s a historical crusade, but the intention of the crusade is not to conquer the enemy, but for the person to conquer him\/herself.\u201d A voice like his is seldom experienced. From the choice of words, to the forms of expression and dissent, Bei Dao will go down in history as an exemplary figure who redefined the poetry of resistance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Writing for Scroll.in, Manan Kapoor writes about how “As he turns 69, Chinese poet Bei Dao remains the tranquil bard of protest, even in exile.” The piece is full of imprecisions–it refers to Bei Dao as “Dao” throughout, misattributes poems … 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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[50,429,47,2023],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-15Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1299,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1299","url_meta":{"origin":4206,"position":0},"title":"Review of Bei Dao’s The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"October 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonathan Hart reviews Bei Dao's \u5317\u5cf6 The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems (New Directions), edited by Eliot Weinberger, speaking \"about these translations as if they were poems in English on which the reputation of the poet stands in the English-speaking world.\" He concludes that \"Bei Dao\u2019s poetry translates\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hcl.harvard.edu\/harvardreview\/OnlineJournal\/HRO_7\/reviews\/Dao_lg.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4583,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4583","url_meta":{"origin":4206,"position":1},"title":"Sydney Review of Books interview with Bonnie McDougall","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"June 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Fruitful exchanges: Bonnie S. 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