Li Po and Tu Fu : poems / selected and translated with an introduction and notes by Arthur Cooper ; Chinese calligraphy by Shui Chien-tung.

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1973.

249p. : music ; 19cm.

Some of the poems in parallel Chinese text and English translation.
Includes index.

Li Po and Tu Fu were devoted friends who are considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, was an itinerant poet. His sheer escapism and joy is balanced by Tu Fu, who expresses the Confucian virtues of humanity and humility. Together they came to be spoken of as one - Li-Tu' - who covers the spectrum of human life, experience and feeling.

9780140442724 (pbk)

895.11308
895.1

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