To View All the Flowers of Chang‘an in One Day (English Edition): 203 Tang Poems in Original Rhyme

You don't need to read Chinese to fall in love with Tang poetry.

Tang poetry is one of China's greatest cultural treasures. In just four lines, it captures mountains and rivers, partings and reunions, ambition and loneliness. But here's the problem—past English translations often read like academic papers or free verse, losing the one thing that makes Tang poetry sing: rhythm and rhyme.

This book is different.

Translator C.K. Ho is a visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong who has spent over 20 years studying classical Chinese poetry. He did something no one had done before: he translated Tang poems into English that rhyme—following the original rhyme schemes of the Chinese poems. When you read the English, you feel the same musical rhythm as the original-31.

What's inside:

• 203 Tang poems, all timeless classics by Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, Bai Juyi, and more.

• Bilingual layout—Chinese on the left, English on the right, easy to compare.

• Palace paintings from the Summer Palace collection, by Qing Dynasty court painters including Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining) and Yu Shu, reproduced from original silk scrolls and made public for the first time-31.

Who is this book for?

• Overseas readers curious about Chinese culture and poetry—this is the friendliest introduction you'll find.

• Anyone learning Chinese—read poetry and pick up the language side by side.

• Chinese readers who want to share their culture with English-speaking friends—just open to any page.

• Collectors and slow readers—beautifully bound hardcover, made to be revisited.

A Douban reader wrote: "Tang poetry is so beautiful—this is the essence of the Chinese language, concise yet profound. The English translation is also simple and easy to understand; reading the two languages side by side is fascinating."-31 Another said: "This book presents a treasure of Chinese culture to the world. After reading it, I wanted to memorize the entire book."