Poems by Wang Wei

Poems by Wang Wei

Author:Wang Wei [Wei, Wang]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780141398426
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2015-04-30T00:00:00+00:00


ch. 2 old style

The Chungnan Mountains

T’ai-i nearly touching the Citadel of Heaven

Chain of hills down to the edge of the sea

White clouds closing over the distance

Blue haze – nothing comes into view

The central peak transforms the whole tract

Dark and light the valleys, each way distinct –

If I want a lodging for the night here

Across the river there’s a woodman I may ask.

T’ai-i and the Citadel of Heaven are stars as well as a mountain and the imperial capital respectively. The whole tract refers not only to an area of land but also to the stars above it, which control it climatically and so on.

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