{"product_id":"the-late-poems-of-wang-an-shih-9780811222631","title":"The Late Poems of Wang An-Shih","description":"\u003cp\u003eWang An-shih (1021-1086 C.E.) was a remarkable figure--not only one of the great Sung Dynasty poets, but also the most influential and controversial statesman of his time. Although Wang had little interest in the grandeur of high office and political power, he took the responsibility of serving the people seriously. He rose to become prime minister, and in this position he instituted a controversial system of radically egalitarian social reforms to improve the lives of China's peasants. Once those reforms were securely in place, Wang retired to a reclusive life of artistic and spiritual self-cultivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was after his retirement, practicing Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism and wandering the mountains around his home, that Wang An-shih wrote the poems that made his reputation. Short and plainspoken, these late poems contain profound multitudes-the passing of time, rivers and mountains, silence and Buddhist emptiness. They won him wide acclaim in China and beyond across the centuries. And in Hinton's breathtaking translations, Wang feels like a major contemporary poet with deep ecological insight and a questioning spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn-Shih, Wang:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWang An-Shih\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Chinese economist, statesman, chancellor and poet of the Song Dynasty.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHinton, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDAVID HINTON\u003c\/strong\u003e's original \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems of Tu Fu\u003c\/em\u003e was the first full-length verse translation of Tu Fu published in America. The author also of singular books of essays and poetry, Hinton has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous N.E.A. and N.E.H fellowships, both major awards given for poetry translation in the United States, and a lifetime achievement award by The American Academy of Arts and Letters.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461265133842,"sku":"9780811222631","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a17d3c84-949a-4e4b-9cf7-58e309a44293.jpg?v=1730061795","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-late-poems-of-wang-an-shih-9780811222631","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}