Showing results by author "Du Fu" in Literature & Fiction

It is 1938 in China, and the Japanese are advancing. A young mother, Meilin, is forced to flee her burning city with her four-year-old son, Renshu, and embark on an epic journey across China. For comfort, they turn to their most treasured possession - a beautifully illustrated hand scroll. Its ancient fables offer solace and wisdom as they travel through their ravaged country, seeking refuge. Years later, Renshu has settled in America as Henry Dao. His daughter is desperate to understand her heritage, but he refuses to talk about his childhood.

王阳明，本名王守仁，自号阳明子，学者称之为“阳明先生”，后世亦多以“王阳明”称之，他是明代著名的思想家、文学家、哲学家、军事家……王陽明，本名王守仁，自號陽明子，學者稱之為「陽明先生」，後世亦多以「王陽明」稱之，他是明代著名的思想家、文學家、哲學家、軍事家……

A group of young girls descends on Camp Forevermore, a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, where their days are filled with swimming lessons, friendship bracelets, and camp songs by the fire. Filled with excitement and nervous energy, they set off on an overnight kayaking trip to a nearby island. But before the night is over, they find themselves stranded, with no adults to help them survive or guide them home. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore traces these five girls through and beyond this fateful trip.

Beautiful translations of the Ancient 8th century Chinese poets Li Bai and Du Fu by Keith Holyoak. Read by the author and accompanied by background music featuring contemporary and traditional compositions on ancient Chinese instruments.

Eine Geschichte zu erzählen ist wie einen Samen zu pflanzen. Als ihre Stadt in Flammen aufgeht, beginnt für die junge Mutter Meilin und ihren vierjährigen Sohn Renshu eine gefährliche Reise durch das kriegszerstörte China der 1930er-Jahre. Kaum sind sie einmal in Sicherheit, müssen sie schon wieder aufbrechen zu einem anderen Ort. Zuflucht verspricht allein eine alte, seidene Schriftrolle mit ihren feinen Zeichnungen und ihrer schillernden Legende vom Pfirsichblütengarten. Jahre später lebt Renshu in den USA und hat seine eigene Familie gegründet.

一个普通的哨位，竟让一名士兵为之奋斗多年。如愿以偿后，才发现哨兵的位置不过是表面的现象……一個普通的哨位，竟讓一名士兵為之奮鬥多年。如願以償後，才發現哨兵的位置不過是表面的現象……

Whilst the notion of the Mystic East and Oriental wisdom was greatly romanticised by the Victorians and others, the shadow of Colonialism has smudged the view. These great cultures are some of humanity’s earliest, their works, their art some of its most daring and most accomplished. In these 50 poems across 50 poets we hope, at least in part, to rebalance our view of this subject. We begin in the 6th century BC and travel with a poet’s words and eyes across India, China, Persia and many other places in between.

In ogni sciagura c'è una benedizione e in ogni benedizione c'è il seme della sciagura, così è e così sarà, sino alla fine dei tempi Cina, 1938. La guerra contro i giapponesi le ha già strappato il marito, e adesso minaccia di toglierle tutto. Con la città in fiamme, Meilin capisce di non avere scelta: per salvare Renshu, suo figlio di quattro anni, deve scappare da Changsha e abbandonare il negozio di antichità di famiglia.