Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, No. 47 ( Special Issue on Classical Poetry from Taiwan)

Kuo-ch'ing Tu and Terence Russell (eds.)

  • PublishedMay, 2021
  • Binding平裝 / 21*14 / 164pages / 單色（黑） / 英文
  • PublisherUS-Taiwan Literature Foundation & National Taiwan University Press
  • SeriesTaiwan Literature: English Translation Series 47
  • ISBN978-986-350-445-0
  • GPN1011000355
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Apart from “new poetry” composed in the vernacular language, the tradition of classical poetry originating in China has also been maintained in Taiwan. We cannot ignore the fact that those poets who continued to compose classical verse, as well as the activities of their poetry societies, are yet another aspect of the diversity of Chinese-language poetic development in Taiwan which at the same time has unique local characteristics.

Professor Huang's organization of the issue includes an introductory essay, entitled “Poems that Speak of Taiwan—Speaking of Taiwan Poetry” in which she gives a brief summary of the historical background and special character of the development of classical poetry in Taiwan.

According to her careful plan, Professor Huang divided the poems translated for this special edition into six thematic sections:

1) Taiwan and Taiwanese in the Interstices of History (6 poems)
2) Crossing the Ocean to Taiwan, Putting Down Roots that Grow Along with Chinese Culture (5 poems)
3) Poems on the Aesthetics of Natural Landscape Scenery (6 poems)
4) Climate, Natural Resources, and Food (6 poems)
5) Folk Customs, Festivals, and Sacrificial Ceremony (4 poems)
6) Poems Expressing Emotions, Sentiments and Criticisms (7 poems)

In the poetry selected for this issue we see the rich, expansive content of classical Chinese verse from Taiwan. That verse manifests the responses of Taiwanese poets to their times, to nature, to places and to people. It also reflects the many faces of Taiwan's specific temporal and geographical background through depictions of local experiences and the local spirit.

台灣詩歌的發展，除了以白話文創作的新詩之外，還有繼承中國古典詩歌傳統、延續不絕的古典詩歌創作者及其詩社活動，呈現出台灣漢詩發展的多樣性，同時又有其在地特色。

在黃美娥教授的策劃下，這一專輯的內容，除了詩選以外，本輯還有特地請黃教授撰寫一篇導論〈詩說台灣．說台灣詩〉，簡述台灣古典詩發展的歷史背景和主要特色。另一篇是黃教授撰寫的學術論文，〈實踐與轉化：日治時代臺灣傳統詩社的現代性體驗〉（摘譯）。關於詩選，共選31家，34首，根據題材，分成6個主題，以呈現台灣古典漢詩的特色。在題材上，反映社會和生活的開闊性和呼應歷史和時代的現代性。

【About the Editors】

Kuo-ch'ing Tu, born in Taichung, Taiwan. His research interests include Chinese literature, Chinese poetics and literary theories, comparative literature East and West, and world literatures of Chinese (Shi-Hua wenxue). He is the author of numerous books of poetry in Chinese, as well as translator of English, Japanese, and French works into Chinese.

Terence Russell is Senior Scholar in the Asian Studies Center at the University of Manitoba. He has an interest in contemporary literature in Chinese, especially the literature of Taiwan's Indigenous people. Dr. Russell has been a regular contributor to Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, and was the guest editor of Issue 24 on Taiwan Indigenous myths and oral literature.

Mei-e Huang is Professor of the Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature, National Taiwan University. She has long been engaged in Taiwan literary studies and historical data studies. She has written numerous papers on Taiwan literature.


【About the Translators】

Richard Rong-bin Chen is an assistant professor at the Graduate Program in Translation and Interpretation, National Taiwan University.

Terence Russell is Senior Scholar in the Asian Studies Center at the University of Manitoba.

Sophia Shi is currently a second-year Master’s student in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies department at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Yang Zhao is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Foreword to the Special Issue on Classical Poetry from Taiwan／Kuo-ch’ing Tu
「台灣古典詩歌專輯」卷頭語／杜國清

Poems that Speak of Taiwan—Speaking of Taiwan Poetry／Huang Mei-e
詩說台灣．說台灣詩／黃美娥

Essays

Practice and Transformation: The Experience of Modernity in Classical Poetry Societies in Taiwan During the Period of Japanese Rule (Excepts)／Huang Mei-e

Poetry

I. Taiwan and Taiwanese in the Interstices of History　歷史夾縫中的台灣與台灣人

Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功(1624–1662)
Reclaiming Taiwan 復臺

Zheng Jing 鄭經(1642–1681)
When an Emissary of the Manchu Chieftain Came We Said That We Would Not Return Ashore and We Would Not Change Our Clothing. I Expressed my Anger in Verse. 滿酋使來有不登岸不易服之說憤而賦之

Qiu Fengjia 丘逢甲(1864–1912)
Departing Taiwan —The First of Six 離臺詩　六之一
Spring Sorrow 春愁.

Lin Xiantang 林獻堂(1881–1956)
Echoing Wenfang’s Rhyme from “An Elegant Gathering on a Winter’s Day” 步文芳君冬日雅集原韻

Tai Jingnong 臺靜農(1902–1990)
Growing Old 老去

II. Crossing the Ocean to Taiwan, Putting Down Roots that　Grow Along With Chinese Culture　渡海來台、落地生根與漢文化開展

Xu Fuyuan 徐孚遠(1600–1665)
Song of Dongning 東寧詠

Lian Heng 連橫(1878–1936)
Songs to History—Number 117 of 130—Chen Yonghua 詠史一百三十首之一百一十七—陳永華

Qiu Fengjia 丘逢甲(1864–1912)
Lyrics on Taiwan’s Bamboo Stems—Number One of Forty 臺灣竹枝詞　四十首之一

Shi Shiji 施士洁(1856–1922)
A Short Respite in Fangli Village 房裏莊小憩.

Yan Hushan 顏笏山(1872–1944)
Inspired by a Visit to the Confucian Temple in Taipei 謁台北文廟感賦

III. Poems on the Aesthetics of Natural Landscape Scenery　自然山川與景觀審美

Yu Yonghe 郁永河(1645–?)
Crossing the Pescadores Channel 渡黑水溝

Chen Zhaoxing 陳肇興(1831–1866)
The Zhuoshui River 濁水溪.

Wang Zhuxiu 王竹修(1865–1944)
Sun Moon Lake 日月潭

Hong Kunyi 洪坤益(1892–1947)
At Dawn Gazing Afar from Alishan 阿里山曉望

Chen Menglin 陳夢林(1664–1739)
The Song of Jade Mountain 玉山歌

Chen Fengyuan 陳逢源(1893–1982)
Visiting Taroko Gorge with Some Newspaper Office Colleagues—The　Third of Three Poems 偕報館同人遊太魯閣峽　三首之三

IV. Climate, Natural Resources, and Food　氣候、物產與飲食

Wang Song 王松(1866–1930)
Summertime Poem 消夏詞

Wu Degong 吳德功(1850–1924)
Song of Aiyu Jelly 愛玉凍歌

Wu Yulin 吳玉麟(1748–1817)
Dragon Eyes (Longan Fruit) 龍眼

Xie Jinluan 謝金鑾(1757–1820)
Mango—The First of the Two Poems 檨　二首之一

Wu Xuancao 吳萱草(1889–1960)
Milkfish 虱目魚.

Zhao Zhongqi 趙鍾麒(1863–1936)
Danzai Noodles—The Second of Three Poems 擔仔麵　三首之二

V. Folk Customs, Festivals, and Sacrificial Ceremony　民俗、節慶與祭儀

Wu Zhufang 烏竹芳(?–?)
Ghost Festival at Lancheng Township 蘭城中元.

Wu Degong 吳德功(1850–1924)
Song of Women Welcoming the Goddess 婦女迎神曲

Zhang Chunfu 張純甫(1888–1941)
Composed at the Night of Lidong (Start of Winter) 立冬夜作

Gao Chunmei 高春梅(1917–2009)
Rolling Rice Balls at Winter Solstice 冬至搓丸

VI. Poems Expressing Emotions, Sentiments and Criticisms　抒情、詠懷與批判

Chen Weiying 陳維英(1811–1869)
Occasional Poems from the Nest of High Antiquity—The Second in a Series of Thirteen Poems 太古巢即事　十三首之二

Chen Manying 陳滿盈(1896–1965)
Miscellaneous Ode to Our Journey to the East 東遊雜

Cai Zhichan 蔡旨禪(1900–1958)
Self-Inscription on My Portrait 自題小像

Lin Zijin 林子瑾(1878–1956)
Expedition—The Second of a Series of Two Poems 探險　二首之二

Zhuang Song 莊嵩(1880–1938)
Washington—The Second of a Series of Two Poems 華盛頓　二首之二

Lin Zixiu 林資修(1880–1939)
Sending-off the Three Gentlemen, Cai Peihuo, Jiang Weishui and　Chen Fengyuan, to the Capital 送蔡培火蔣渭水陳逢源三君之京.

Lai He 賴和(1894–1943)
Us 吾人

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