The best of Hanshan's treasured poemsamong the earliest of Zen Buddhist poetry, beloved by the Beat Generationhere newly translated by Peter Harris and organised thematically in a beautiful Pocket Poet hardcover. Long ranking among the most inspiring works of world literature, the poems of Hanshan (whose name means Cold Mountain), were written at least twelve centuries ago on trees, rocks, and walls by a semi-mythical Buddhist monk living in the mountains of south-eastern China.
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Weight: 229g
Dimensions: 112 x 165mm
Publication Date: 03 Oct 2024
Publisher: Everyman
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781841598338
About Hanshan
Hanshan (Author) HANSHAN was traditionally thought to be a resclusive seventh-centuryBuddhist monk who lived on a mountain in southeast China writing his poems on rocks and trees. Current consensus is that the poems attributed to him were probably written by two or more people living in the early ninth century.Peter Harris (External Editor) Peter Harris is a specialist in the political and cultural history of China. He is the founding Director of the Asian Studies Institute at Victoria University Wellington New Zealand and a Visiting Professor at Nanjing University China. He has written edited and translated numerous books on China and Asia. Other volumes he has edited for Everyman's Library include The Travels of Marco Polo Zen Poems and Three Hundred Tang Poems.