Tao Qian

Tao Yuanming returning to seclusion (click to enlarge)
Li Peng, (Chinese, ca. 1060-1110 CE)
Song dynasty, Ink and color on silk (Freer gallery)

Tao Qian (365-427 CE)

Tao Qian (T’ao Ch’ien, Tao Yuanming) — my translations

• Drinking wine
• Returning to Live in the South 1
• Returning to Live in the South 3
• Returning to Live in the South 5
• Pallbearer’s Song

These 5 entries represent all the word-by-word translations of Tao Qian (T’ao Ch’ien, Tao Yuanming) poems I can find. So, as much as I love his poetry, there won’t be any new translations here until I can find another source — or else learn to use the Chinese dictionary resources on the Web — or else until I find an appropriate Chinese collaborator to work with me.

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