Chinese Poetry
I love Chinese Poetry and read it in translation and even try to struggle through the original Chinese too. To help other people who have only just started reading I'm going to list good translations and other books I have already read that you may find useful too whether you want to read translations or discover the original Chinese?
I'm still learning Classical Chinese so I'll include a section on books on this topic further down.
The image shows the Chinese word / character SHI which song or poem. In other dialects apart from Mandarin / Putonghua its SI or SHI. I used the unicode 8A69 in Inkscape and then added "SFX" with Gimp to create this! The hex code is E8A9A9.
Shi Zi on CafePress
You can see and buy it on a wide variety of products from my CafePress Shop Voxy's Visions in the Shi Zi section ... and yes I have Calendars and Journals for New Year gifts!
Shi Zi Keepsake Box
Price: 22.99 
Chinese Poetry Anthologies on Amazon
New Songs from a Jade Terrace: An Anthology of Early Chinese Love Poetry (Penguin Classics)
Anne Birrell's Excellent Anthology of Yueh Fu "Southern Ballad" style verse.
Amazon Price: (as of 12/29/2009)
Used Price: $10.77
Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry (Midland Book)
Americans use this as a college text but it is a good anthology! Buy this for a library yours or the local!
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 12/29/2009)
Used Price: $2.65
The Book of Songs: The Ancient Chinese Classic of Poetry
Arthur Waley's translation of these early poems is still respected although done nearly a century ago!
Amazon Price: $11.97 (as of 12/29/2009)
Used Price: $6.34
One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (New Directions Book)
A good intro which is one of several translation anthologies by Rexroth
Amazon Price: $10.36 (as of 12/29/2009)
Used Price: $1.87
300 Tang Poems (Bilingual Edition)
Amazon Price: (as of 12/29/2009)
Used Price: $78.44
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Price: 28.99
Chinese Poem by Li Bai, Thought on a Quiet Night M
Price: 15.39
Chinese Poets on Amazon
Other major Chinese poets are Po Chui Yi, the Tsao royal clan, Han Yu, Lu You, Yuan Mei, and more.
Li Po and Tu Fu: Poems Selected and Translated with an Introduction and Notes (Penguin Classics)
A good introduction
Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 12/29/2009)
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei: How a Chinese Poem Is Translated
Focuses on just one of his poems but a very famous one and shows why chinese poetry is translated so many different ways!
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 12/29/2009)
A Little Primer of Tu Fu
Has translations notes the chinese text and a glossary!
Must have for students and scholars!
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The Poems of Li Ho, 791-817.
Okay some people regard him as a minor poet but this is a great set of translations with notes! Enjoy!
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Amazon Spotlight
A great anthology for beginner readers!
The Heart of Chinese Poetry
Amazon Price: $15.00 (as of 12/29/2009)
This anthology includes the original text, a transliteration into pinyin and a translation and notes with poems from men and women form the Book of Songs to the Song Dynasty!
Chinese Women Poets on Amazon
Here's some other women poets.
Guna (Kuan) Tao Sheng, Ts'ai Yen, Wu Tsao, Tsu Yeh, Li Yeh, Yu Xuan Ji, Chu Shu Chen.
"Ice Heart" Bing Xin is a famous poet form the early Twentieth Century.
Brocade River Poems: Selected Works of the Tang Dynasty Courtesan (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)
Poems by Hsueh Tao also known as Xue Tao.
One of the big three of Tang Women Poets.
Amazon Price: $16.95 (as of 12/29/2009)
Autumn Willows: Poetry by Women of China's Golden Age
An anthology by Chow and Cleary
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Chinese Poetry Link List
- Other Women's Voices
- A site with info on and links to sites about women writer of poetry and prose before 1700!
Amazon Spotlight
Chinese Poetry Does Have Metre!
Chinese Poetry, 2nd ed., Revised: An Anthology of Major Modes and Genres
Amazon Price: $22.45 (as of 12/29/2009)
So you thought Chinese Poetry was all free form with no metre and rhyme? Wrong! Want to learn about the metres, gentres, and themes, from the simple forms of the Book of Songs, through to fu, shih, tzu and chu.
Try this book!
It also includes Chinese text and translation notes and guides for students.
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Classical Chinese on Amazon
Teach Yourself "Wenyan"
Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar
Essential Introduction whether you want to read prose or poetry
Amazon Price: $46.66 (as of 12/29/2009)
Drinking with the Moon: A Guide to Classical Chinese Poetry
Amazon Price: $16.95 (as of 12/29/2009)
Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Grammars)
For Modern Chinese but with references to older forms
Amazon Price: $64.75 (as of 12/29/2009)
The First 100 Chinese Characters: Simplified Character Edition: The Quick and Easy Method to Learn the 100 Most Basic Chinese Characters (Tuttle Language Library)
Even if you cant become fluent you should try to learn some characters!
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 12/29/2009)
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