{"product_id":"guide-to-capturing-a-plum-blossom-9781556595578","title":"Guide to Capturing a Plum Blossom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It is one of the very first art books which helped artists develop the aptitude for seeing the inner essence of various natural phenomena.\"--\u003ci\u003eShambhala Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGuide to Capturing a Plum Blossom\u003c\/i\u003e could fit neatly into any number of contemporary-sounding categories: hybrid text, art book, lyric essay, etc. It is a book that relies on interdependence of image and text, of history and the present, of evocation and concrete image.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Red Pine introduces Western readers to both the text itself and the traditions it has inherited.\"--\u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"All lovers of Asian poetry, mysterious history, divine drawing, and plum blossoms will enjoy this book. Thank you once again, Red Pine, for deep translation.\"--Michael McClure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of brief four-lined poems and illustrations, Sung Po-jen aims at training artistic perception: how to truly \u003ci\u003esee\u003c\/i\u003e a plum blossom. First published in AD 1238, \u003ci\u003eGuide to Capturing a Plum Blossom\u003c\/i\u003e is considered the world's earliest-known printed art books. This bilingual edition contains the one hundred woodblock prints from the 1238 edition, calligraphic Chinese poems, and Red Pine's graceful translations and illuminating commentaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tiger Tracks\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ewinter wind bends dry grass\u003cbr\u003eflicks its tail along the ridge\u003cbr\u003efearful force on the loose \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003edon't try to braid old whiskers\u003cp\u003eRed Pine's commentary: \"The Chinese liken the north wind that blows down from Siberia in winter to a roaring tiger. China is home to both the Siberian and the South China tigers. While both are on the verge of extinction, the small South China tiger still appears as far north as the Chungnan Mountains, where hermits have shown me their tracks.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSung Po-jen\u003c\/b\u003e was a Chinese poet of the thirteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRed Pine\u003c\/b\u003e (a.k.a. Bill Porter) is one of the world's foremost translators of Chinese poetry and religious texts. His published translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Songs of Cold Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLao-tzu's Taoteching\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoems of the Masters\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives near Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Copper Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556595578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Sung Po-Jen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659694108828,"sku":"9781556595578","price":42.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_954002ef-40be-4100-b44b-71f3b2f11bf7.jpg?v=1603895289","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/guide-to-capturing-a-plum-blossom-9781556595578","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}