Awakened Cosmos
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Shambhala Publications10/15/2019Pages: 160Size: 5.5 x 8.5ISBN: 9781611807424DetailsWhat is consciousness but the Cosmos awakened to itself?
This question is fundamental to the Taoist and Ch’an (Zen) Buddhist worldview that shapes classical Chinese poetry. A uniquely conceived biography, Awakened Cosmos illuminates that worldview through the life and work of Tu Fu (712–770 C.E.), China’s greatest classical poet. Tu Fu’s writing traces his life from periods of relative normalcy to years spent as an impoverished refugee amid the devastation of civil war. Exploring key poems to guide the reader through Tu Fu’s dramatic life, Awakened Cosmos reveals Taoist/Ch’an insight deeply lived across the full range of human experience.
Each chapter presents a poem in three stages: first, the original Chinese; then, an English translation in Hinton’s masterful style; and finally, a lyrical essay that discusses the untranslatable philosophical dimensions of the poem. The result is nothing short of remarkable: a biography of the Cosmos awakened to itself in the form of a magisterial poet alive in T’ang Dynasty China.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor BioDavid Hinton has published numerous books of poetry and essays, and many translations of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy—all informed by an abiding interest in deep ecological thinking. This widely-acclaimed work has earned Hinton a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous fellowships from NEA and NEH, and both of the major awards given for poetry translation in the United States: the Landon Translation Award (Academy of American Poets) and the PEN American Translation Award. Most recently, Hinton received a lifetime achievement award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.Praise"Hinton leans on Tu Fu’s finest poems to examine the fundaments of memory and identity, the role of generative emptiness in creativity, the way language both limits and liberates our consciousness, and how we make meaning in a meaningless universe." —Maria Popova
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