Tony Barnstone is a poet, translator, and literary critic who teaches creative writing and literature at Whittier College in Whittier, California. His books include Laughing Lost in the Mountains: Selected Poems of Wang Wei and Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry.
Teachings of the Chinese Masters
Chinese Philosophy / Creativity / Poetry
Paperback original / Shambhala Publications / 112 pages / 5 x 7-1/4
ISBN 978-1-57062-092-8 / May 1996
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The ancient Chinese regarded the written word as a transformative force able to move heaven and earth and unite the reader with the source of all things, the Tao. The power of writing, especially poetry, is celebrated here in short texts that present both practical instruction and spiritual insight:...