The poems of Mao Zedong : translations, introduction, and notes by Willis Barnstone

Mao Zedong, leader of the revolution and absolute chairman of the People's Republic of China, was also a calligrapher and a poet of extraordinary grace and eloquent simplicity. The poems in this beautiful edition (from the 1963 Beijing edition), translated and introduced by Willis Barnstone, are expressions of decades of struggle, the painful loss of his first wife, his hope for a new China, and his ultimate victory over the Nationalist forces. Willis Barnstone's introduction, his short biography of Mao and brief history of the revolution, and his notes on Chinese versification all combine to enrich the Western reader's understanding of Mao's poetry. Cover Contents 1: Introduction 2: The Poems Changsha Tower of the Yellow Crane Jinggang Mountain Warlords Ninth Day of the Ninth Moon New Year’s Day On the Road to Ji’an Tingzhou to Changsha First Siege Second Siege Region of the Great Pines Huichang Loushan Pass Three Songs The Long March Kunlun Mountain Liupan the Mountain of Six Circles Snow Capture of Nanjing Poem for Liu Yazi (1949) Poem for Liu Yazi (1950) Beidaihe Swimming The Gods Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (1) Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (2) Return to Shaoshan Climbing Lushan Militia Women To a Friend Written on a Photograph of the Cave of the Gods To Guo Moruo (1961) In Praise of the Winter Plum Blossom Winter Clouds To Guo Moruo (1963) 3: Afterword Richard Nixon and Mao’s Poetry 4: Appendixes The Translation Chinese Versification Mao’s Calligraphy Notes on the Poems Acknowledgments Note on the Translator A political-military autobiography of the Communist Chinese leader, in the form of poems written during half a century of fighting.