书目

On Love and Barley: The Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics)

内容简介

Basho,oneofthegreatestofJapanesepoetsandthemasterofhaiku,wasalsoaBuddhistmonkandalife-longtraveller.Hispoemscombine'karumi',orlightnessoftouch,withtheZenidealofonenesswithcreation.Eachpoemevokesthenaturalworld-thecherryblossom,theleapingfrog,thesummermoonorthewintersnow-suggestingthesmallnessofhumanlifeincomparisontothevastnessanddramaofnature.Bashohimselfenjoyedsolitudeandalifefreefrompossessions,andhishaikuaretheworkofanobservanteyeandameditativemind,unclutteredbymaterialismandalivetothebeautyoftheworldaroundhim.

作者简介

BashowasbornnearKyotoin1644.Apoetanddiarist,hespenthisyouthascompaniontothesonofthelocallord,andwithhimstudiedthewritingofpoetry.In1667hemovedtoEdo(nowTokyo)andcontinuedtowriteverse.Eventually,hebecamearecluse.HiswritingsarestronglyinfluencedbytheZensectofBuddhism.LucienStrykisawell-knowntranslator.

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