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Talent and Melody: A Tang Anthology
Talent and Melody is a tenth-century anthology of a thousand Tang poems, rich in Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen and Li Shangyin. Its editor chose for colour and feeling, and it preserves many poems lost elsewhere, an essential companion to the Three Hundred Tang Poems. This is a complete new English translation, with names in modern pinyin and the text rendered as plain, readable English prose. Each poem is given in clear English that keeps its images and its order of lines, so readers can follow the poet's thought without notes. Poetry was the highest art of traditional China, written by emperors, officials, monks, courtesans and soldiers, and these poems are among the finest ever written in any language. It is an ideal book for curious readers who want to explore Chinese literature and thought beyond the few famous titles, in a clear modern English version.
