Wang Wei: Fields and Gardens by the River Qi

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Fields and Gardens by the River Qi

Wang Wei, Wang Wei poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Taoist poetry

by Wang Wei
(699? - 761) Timeline

English version by
Paul Rouzer

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist

Taoist

8th Century

I dwell apart by the River Qi,
Where the Eastern wilds stretch far without hills.
The sun darkens beyond the mulberry trees;
The river glistens through the villages.
Shepherd boys depart, gazing back to their hamlets;
Hunting dogs return following their men.
When a man's at peace, what business does he have?
I shut fast my rustic door throughout the day.

Themes

Bower

East

Garden

Mountain

Sun

Recommended Books

	An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911, Translated by Stephen Owen
	The Poetry of Zen: (Shambhala Library), Edited by Sam Hamill / Edited by J. P. Seaton
	Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry, Edited by Wu-chi Liu / Edited by Irving Yucheng Lo
	Three Chinese Poets: Translations of Poems by Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Du Fu, Translated by Vikram Seth
	To Touch the Sky: Poems of Mystical, Spiritual & Metaphysical Light, Translated by Willis Barnstone

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