Late Poems of Lu You, the Old Man Who Does as He Pleases

by Lu You

Poetry. Prose. Asian Studies. Translated from the Chinese by Burton Watson. This volume consists of twenty-five of Watson's new translations, shown alongside Lu You's poems as they appear in the original. In addition to the poems, Watson includes English translations of excerpts from Lu You's famous Ra Draii (Diary of a Trip to Shu), written in 1170, which describes his experiences on a journey he took to assume the duties of vice governor in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978141490
• ISBN13: 9780978141493
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Ahadada Books
• Length: 73 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.