Pauline Yu on Chinese Songs in a French Key

In early 1867, a book of poems stunned the French literary world. Chinese Songs in a French Key is about that remarkable little book, the first literary translation of classical Chinese poetry into a European language. Published in 1867 by...

April 16, 2025

John Timothy Wixted on The Poetry of Yuan Haowen

John Timothy Wixted explores the themes of loss and cultural legacy in Yuan Haowen’s (1190–1257) poetry—one of the greatest poets in Chinese literary history.

April 18, 2019

Book Excerpt and Media Roundup: Hawk of the Mind: Collected Poems

“The work of Taiwanese poet Yang Mu brings vivid and playful pastoral imagery. He examines both Chinese and Western literary and cultural traditions through his personal lens, and his writing retains its beautifully lyrical nature through the translation.” ~ Yang...

April 30, 2018

Yang Mu and Western Literary Tradition

We are closing Poetry Month today with the second of a two-part post on Yang Mu, a towering figure in modern Chinese poetry. This post, written by Xiaohan Du, a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at Columbia University focuses on...

April 24, 2018

The Poetic Universe Yang Mu

In celebration of National Poetry Month, this week we are featuring Yang Mu, a towering figure in modern Chinese poetry. This is the first of a two-part series written by Xiaohan Du, a PhD Candidate in Art History at Columbia...