{"product_id":"cold-mountain-the-legend-of-han-shan-and-shih-te-the-original-dharma-bums-9781611801798","title":"Cold Mountain: The Legend of Han Shan and Shih Te, the Original Dharma Bums","description":"\u003cb\u003eA graphic novel portrait of the wild antics and legendary poetry of the \"Laughing Pair\"--Han Shan and Shih Te, two of China's greatest poets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a smart, funny graphic novel exploring the life, legend, and lore of two of the greatest poets in Chinese history--Han Shan (known as \"Cold Mountain\") and Shih Te--who reportedly lived during the Tang dynasty (618-906 CE). They were critics of authority (both secular and religious) and champions of social justice who left their poetry on tree trunks and rocks. They were also reportedly monastics, drunks, cave dwellers, immortals, and many other wild and wondrous things. There is much delightful uncertainty about this \"Laughing Pair\"--including whether or not they actually existed. What is known is that the poetry attributed to them was greatly influential in both China and Japan, and to the Beat writers in the United States during the 1950s and '60s.\u003cbr\u003e Acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson has brought these renegade poets to life, showing the places they went and the philosophical and meditative aspects of their lives, as well as revealing their humor and wackiness and their penetrating insights into the human condition.Their poetry is interwoven throughout--translations by J. P. Seaton, one of the most respected tranlsators of Chinese poetry in the United States.\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 04\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611801798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sean Michael Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491357618357,"sku":"9781611801798","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_552a2cfe-99a1-41b5-9140-7b17e0ab740b.jpg?v=1777995911","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cold-mountain-the-legend-of-han-shan-and-shih-te-the-original-dharma-bums-9781611801798","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}