{"product_id":"awakened-cosmos-the-mind-of-classical-chinese-poetry-9781611807424","title":"Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deep and radically original exploration of Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist wisdom through the lens of the life and work of Tu Fu, widely considered China's greatest classical poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is consciousness but the Cosmos awakened to itself? This perspective is fundamental to the Taoist and Ch'an Buddhist worldview that shapes classical Chinese poetry. Tu Fu's writing during the T'ang Dynasty traces his life from periods of relative normalcy to years spent as an impoverished refugee amid the devastation of civil war, revealing Daoist\/Ch'an insight informed by a wide range of human experience. \u003ci\u003eAwakened Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique biography, exploring key poems to guide the reader through Tu Fu's dramatic life at the fundamental levels of Daoist\/Ch'an wisdom. Each chapter presents a poem in three stages: first, the original Chinese; then, an English translation in Hinton's masterful style; and finally, a lyrical essay that discusses the untranslatable philosophical dimensions of the poem. The result is nothing short of remarkable: a biography of the Cosmos awakened to itself in the form of a majesterial poet from China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years ago, David Hinton published America's first full-length translation of Tu Fu's work. \u003ci\u003eAwakened Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e is published simultaneously with a newly translated and substantially expanded version of that landmark translation: \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Poems of Tu Fu: Expanded and Newly Translated\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shambhala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611807424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"David Hinton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662001893532,"sku":"9781611807424","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1d703f1b-64ba-499b-a534-23bae9375536.jpg?v=1603900806","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/awakened-cosmos-the-mind-of-classical-chinese-poetry-9781611807424","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}