The book consists of translations from Vietnamese to English of the lyric poetry of Nguyen Trai (1380-1442), one of the two most important poets of Vietnam's history. This is the first collection of Nguyen Trai's poetry to be published in English. Nguyen Trai is also famous for his role in the war that ousted the Chinese Ming Dynasty and established Le Loi as ruler of the first Vietnamese Dynasty. Over 150 poems are translated from two languages, Han (ancient Chinese) and Nom (ancient Vietnamese Chinese). The sample work below is taken from the Nom section.
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The book consists of translations from Vietnamese to English of the lyric poetry of Nguyen Trai (1380-1442), one of the two most important poets of Vietnam's history. This is the first collection of Nguyen Trai's poetry to be published in English. Nguyen Trai is also famous for his role in the war that ousted the Chinese Ming Dynasty and established Le Loi as ruler of the first Vietnamese Dynasty. Over 150 poems are translated from two languages, Han (ancient Chinese) and Nom (ancient Vietnamese Chinese). The sample work below is taken from the Nom section.
I edited and translated this work with the Vietnamese poet Nguyen Do.