This essay endeavors to dispel the lingering misconception that Li Bai,the celebrated Tang Dynasty poet,was a man devoid of propriety.Through a meticulous examination of historical records,literary works,and contempor...This essay endeavors to dispel the lingering misconception that Li Bai,the celebrated Tang Dynasty poet,was a man devoid of propriety.Through a meticulous examination of historical records,literary works,and contemporary interpretations,this study presents a nuanced portrait of Li Bai as a poet who,despite his eccentricities and wanderlust,possessed a profound sense of etiquette and respect for societal norms.This essay argues that his unique personality in life and free expression in poetry are all driven by the need for artistic creation,rather than challenging for ancient propriety.展开更多
Metonymy is not only regarded as a figure of speech,but also an important cognitive instrument of human beings.There are many types of metonymies in Li Bai's poems.Metonymy can make the language vivid and reflect ...Metonymy is not only regarded as a figure of speech,but also an important cognitive instrument of human beings.There are many types of metonymies in Li Bai's poems.Metonymy can make the language vivid and reflect poet's mode of knowing and thinking about the world.This paper proposes five strategies for translation of metonymy in Li Bai's poems from the perspective of cognitive linguis tics.展开更多
Li Bai and George Gordon Byron can be regarded as the most outstanding romantic poets of China and Britain respectively. By making a comparative study, both the similarities and differences between their literary work...Li Bai and George Gordon Byron can be regarded as the most outstanding romantic poets of China and Britain respectively. By making a comparative study, both the similarities and differences between their literary works are to be figured out. For one thing, despite the different times and cultural background they lived in, there exists similarities between their works in pursuit of freedom and writing techniques, such as the portrait of sublime and the use of mythological imageries. For another, besides these similarities, there still remains subtle differences between their works in political ideal, tone and themes.展开更多
As important in Chinese literary history as Shakespeare is to people in Britain,Li Bai (courtesy name Taibai) has its poems widely recognized and studied by many scholars.Among his abundant and brilliant poetic works,...As important in Chinese literary history as Shakespeare is to people in Britain,Li Bai (courtesy name Taibai) has its poems widely recognized and studied by many scholars.Among his abundant and brilliant poetic works,wine poems stand out as an individual school?with peculiar characteristics.Acclaimed as Shi Xian (the immortal of poems) and Jiu Xian (the immortal of wine),and accompanied by poems and wine all his life,Li Bai is a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional Chinese poetic forms to new heights.His wine poems enjoy extraordinary status in Chinese poetry and wine literature,covering themes including his political ideal,fleeting melancholy due to unfulfilled ambitions,optimistic attitude towards life,sincere and profound friendship,courageous chivalry and dissatisfaction with social reality,all of which have strike a chord with the literati class.展开更多
A close reading emphasizes the single and the particular over the general,effected by close attention to individual words,the syntax,the order in which the sentences unfold ideas and formal structures.As an analytical...A close reading emphasizes the single and the particular over the general,effected by close attention to individual words,the syntax,the order in which the sentences unfold ideas and formal structures.As an analytical technique,close reading compares translation and lies in its capacity for taking seriously what does not immediately make sense.Nowadays,close reading has been ad?opted by higher education among the world.This paper takes one of Li Bai’s famous poem as an example,to push more close read?ing instruction in higher education.展开更多
In this essay I examine Li Bai’s relationship with Tao Qian/Yuanming,his poetic ancestor,through their poems on drinking and on the Double Nine Festival.Li Bai's invitation to share wine with Tao takes the form o...In this essay I examine Li Bai’s relationship with Tao Qian/Yuanming,his poetic ancestor,through their poems on drinking and on the Double Nine Festival.Li Bai's invitation to share wine with Tao takes the form of emulating his poetry.It also shows its impossibility,which is expressed in the form of unfulfilled longing.This awareness is what defines the modernity of Li Bai's poetry.展开更多
基金HE Xiangjun, Ph.D., Director, Chinese International Education Teaching and Research Office, Wuzhou University, Guangxi, China.
文摘This essay endeavors to dispel the lingering misconception that Li Bai,the celebrated Tang Dynasty poet,was a man devoid of propriety.Through a meticulous examination of historical records,literary works,and contemporary interpretations,this study presents a nuanced portrait of Li Bai as a poet who,despite his eccentricities and wanderlust,possessed a profound sense of etiquette and respect for societal norms.This essay argues that his unique personality in life and free expression in poetry are all driven by the need for artistic creation,rather than challenging for ancient propriety.
文摘Metonymy is not only regarded as a figure of speech,but also an important cognitive instrument of human beings.There are many types of metonymies in Li Bai's poems.Metonymy can make the language vivid and reflect poet's mode of knowing and thinking about the world.This paper proposes five strategies for translation of metonymy in Li Bai's poems from the perspective of cognitive linguis tics.
文摘Li Bai and George Gordon Byron can be regarded as the most outstanding romantic poets of China and Britain respectively. By making a comparative study, both the similarities and differences between their literary works are to be figured out. For one thing, despite the different times and cultural background they lived in, there exists similarities between their works in pursuit of freedom and writing techniques, such as the portrait of sublime and the use of mythological imageries. For another, besides these similarities, there still remains subtle differences between their works in political ideal, tone and themes.
文摘As important in Chinese literary history as Shakespeare is to people in Britain,Li Bai (courtesy name Taibai) has its poems widely recognized and studied by many scholars.Among his abundant and brilliant poetic works,wine poems stand out as an individual school?with peculiar characteristics.Acclaimed as Shi Xian (the immortal of poems) and Jiu Xian (the immortal of wine),and accompanied by poems and wine all his life,Li Bai is a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional Chinese poetic forms to new heights.His wine poems enjoy extraordinary status in Chinese poetry and wine literature,covering themes including his political ideal,fleeting melancholy due to unfulfilled ambitions,optimistic attitude towards life,sincere and profound friendship,courageous chivalry and dissatisfaction with social reality,all of which have strike a chord with the literati class.
文摘A close reading emphasizes the single and the particular over the general,effected by close attention to individual words,the syntax,the order in which the sentences unfold ideas and formal structures.As an analytical technique,close reading compares translation and lies in its capacity for taking seriously what does not immediately make sense.Nowadays,close reading has been ad?opted by higher education among the world.This paper takes one of Li Bai’s famous poem as an example,to push more close read?ing instruction in higher education.
文摘In this essay I examine Li Bai’s relationship with Tao Qian/Yuanming,his poetic ancestor,through their poems on drinking and on the Double Nine Festival.Li Bai's invitation to share wine with Tao takes the form of emulating his poetry.It also shows its impossibility,which is expressed in the form of unfulfilled longing.This awareness is what defines the modernity of Li Bai's poetry.
