Poetry From the February 2005 issue: Love, Literally

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Du MuDu Mu

Du Mu (803-52) is, among the masters of the late Tang dynasty, especially admired for his skill with short poems, many of which were composed in the New Style quatrain.

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Translated from ChineseChinese by David YoungDavid Young and by Jiann I. LinJiann I. Lin

David Young is well known as a translator from the Chinese from his Five Tang Poets (Oberlin College Press, 1990). He and Jiann I. Lin collaborated previously on The Clouds Float North (Wesleyan,1998),a collection of poems by Yu Xuan-ji, a short-lived but brilliant woman poet from the late Tang.

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Jiann I. Lin collaborated previously with David Young on The Clouds Float North (Wesleyan,1998),a collection of poems by Yu Xuan-ji, a short-lived but brilliant woman poet from the late Tang.

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