The Mountain Poems of Meng Hao-Jan

This is a wonderful collection of beautiful landscape poetry. Most of it is accessible although some is a little obscure. i think David Hinton has done a very good job of translating these poems. These Chinese poems were written in the 8th century A.D. and they are inspired..

Great translation of on one the major post so the era.

The insights and zen in these poems is very subtle and deep and anybody interested in the inner soul would get a great experience out of this book. The more study you have done the more you would get out of this. If you have no previous zen experience this is a lovely book of nature, kindness, sadness and friends. The translation which, I assume by his background, is well done, leaves one guessing as he finishes sentences at the start of a new line and uses unusual phrases to substitute for the chinese poetry. I am delighted to have this book in my collection and it will be one I will pick up and read over and over.

Wonderful

This book is great, spellbinding. I would particularly recommend this to anyone who lives in a city and daydreams about being out hiking. The poet's words instantly transported me to the mountains. The poems are presented simply and speak for themselves. If you have any interest in poetry or writing about the beauty of nature, or questions of human existence, get this book right away. I intend to check out the translator's other collections as well - I had no idea this kind of poetry existed!