A Drifting Boat: An Anthology of Chinese Zen PoetryJerome P. Seaton, Dennis Maloney Poetry. This anthology gathers together over 1500 years of Chinese Zen (Ch'an) poetry from the earliest writing, including the Hsin Hsin Ming written by the 3rd Patriarch, to the poetry of monks in this century. Poets include Wang Wei, Li Po, Tu Fu, Yuan Mei, the crazy hermits Han-shan and Shih-te, as well as many anonymous monks and hermits. |
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A Drifting Boat: An Anthology of Chinese Zen Poetry Jerome P. Seaton,Dennis Maloney Limited preview - 1994 |
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