Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook29 pages20 minutes
A Study Guide for Tu Fu's "Jade Flower Palace"
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
1/5
()
About this ebook
A Study Guide for Tu Fu's "Jade Flower Palace," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
Read more from Gale
A Study Guide for James Clavell's "Shogun" A study guide for Frank Herbert's "Dune" Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Study Guide for William Shakespeare's Macbeth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Louis Sachar's "Holes" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: JEAN PIAGET Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for George Orwell's Animal Farm Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for John Rawls's "A Theory of Justice" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for James Joyce's "James Joyce's Ulysses" Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Business Plans Handbook: Bakery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Business Plans Handbook: Furniture Businesses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Psychologists and Their Theories for Students: ALBERT BANDURA Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Lois Lowry's The Giver Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for "Postmodernism" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Study Guide for George Orwell's 1984 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Study Guide for Shirley Jackson's The Lottery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Wole Soyinka's "Death and the King's Horsemen" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide (New Edition) for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for William Shakespeare's "Othello" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to A Study Guide for Tu Fu's "Jade Flower Palace"
Related ebooks
A Study Guide for Anne Finch's "A Nocturnal Reverie" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Wallace Stevens's "Of Modern Poetry" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Wallace Stevens 's "Anecdote of the Jar" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Theodore Roethke's "The Waking" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Sir Philip Sidney's "Ye Goatherd Gods" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Marilyn Chin's "Peony" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGunga Din: From Kipling's Poem to Hollywood's Action-Adventure Classic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSauve Qui Peut: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Lorna Dee Cervantes's "Refugee Ship" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Robert Lowell's "Hawthorne" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Esther Belin's "Night Travel" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Mark Strand's "Eating Poetry" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invisible Hand in Popular Culture: Liberty vs. Authority in American Film and TV Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFor a Night of Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Natasha Trethewey's "Flounder" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for John Dos Passos's "The Big Money" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn a Yellow Wood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Ariel Dorfman's "Hope" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings"A Study Guide for Cathy Song's ""Sunworshippers""" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsValperga by Mary Shelley - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Got Mine: Confessions of a Midlist Writer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Nathanael West's "The Day of the Locust" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Lawson Fusao Inada's "Everything" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Seamus Heaney's "Follower" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Percy Bysshe Shelley's "A Song "Men of England"" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Anna Akhmatova's "Voronezh" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlice of Old Vincennes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Bernard Malamud's "Idiots First" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Stephen Crane's "Open Boat" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big Sin Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Literary Criticism For You
The Art of Seduction: by Robert Greene | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5One Hundred Years of Solitude: A Novel by Gabriel Garcia Márquez | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Habit: by Charles Duhigg | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Letters to a Young Poet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 48 Laws of Power: by Robert Greene | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Verity: by Colleen Hoover | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/512 Rules For Life: by Jordan Peterson | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Court of Thorns and Roses: A Novel by Sarah J. Maas | Conversation Starters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Circe: by Madeline Miller | Conversation Starters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Man's Search for Meaning: by Viktor E. Frankl | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain | Conversation Starters Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Bad Feminist: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer | Conversation Starters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5SUMMARY Of The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in Healthy Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.by Brené Brown | Conversation Starters Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Reader’s Companion to J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As I Lay Dying Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lincoln Lawyer: A Mysterious Profile Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust Kids: A National Book Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
509 The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James (Part 1) 0% found this document usefulThe Crack Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald: In a special edition recorded at Port Eliot Festi… 0% found this document usefulWaleses keep a promise and the royal family's missing secret weapons 0% found this document usefulLast Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr: Author and poet Saleena Godden joins John Mitchin… 0% found this document useful550 F Scott Fitzgerald (with Arthur Krystal) | My Last Book with Jed Rasula 0% found this document useful105. TFTYOS: The Flood Stories of Mesopotamia 0% found this document usefulRuby Wax: Sue Lawley's castaway is broadcaster and comedian Ruby Wax 0% found this document usefulChristine McVie: Christine McVie, musician, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs. 100% found this document usefulMyself With Others: James Lasdun 0% found this document usefulThe Dreyfus Affair, Part 2 0% found this document usefulUkraine and the global food supply crisis: What happens when the global breadbasket is empty? 0% found this document usefulAn Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving 0% found this document usefulTS Eliot | The Waste Land 0% found this document usefulAlan Bennett: Diary for 2022 0% found this document usefulThe Brontes 0% found this document usefulSomeones Death 1/5: Someones Death 1/5 http://oldtimeradiodvd.com 0% found this document useful459 Eve Bites Back! An Alternative History of English Literature (with Anna Beer) 0% found this document useful425 Tom Stoppard (with Scott Carter) 0% found this document usefulBeware the Wrath of the Furies, Screaming for Blood, Euripides’ Orestes (Part 1) 0% found this document usefulParadise Lost 0% found this document useful
Related articles
One Look Back The American ScholarArticle
One Look Back
Jun 1, 2023
20 min readTo Hell And Back The American ScholarArticle
To Hell And Back
Sep 1, 2022
The first complete English translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy appeared in 1802, and over the past two centuries, new versions have proliferated beyond count, like Beatles covers or Sherlock Holmes movies. A diverting literary parlor game is to imag
4 min readEnter the Nightmarish World of Joel Coen’s Macbeth The AtlanticArticle
Enter the Nightmarish World of Joel Coen’s Macbeth
Jan 12, 2022
3 min readReading the First Drafts of Anna Karenina Literary HubArticle
Reading the First Drafts of Anna Karenina
Aug 6, 2020
7 min readAdia Victoria UNCUTArticle
Adia Victoria
Aug 19, 2021
2 min readJoyce Carol Oates on Dystopia, Boxing, and Reading Problematic Classics Literary HubArticle
Joyce Carol Oates on Dystopia, Boxing, and Reading Problematic Classics
Feb 16, 2018
3 min readDiscreet Charms and Paperwork Film CommentArticle
Discreet Charms and Paperwork
Sep 3, 2019
3 min readNothing Is Funnier Than Unhappiness Journal of Alta CaliforniaArticle
Nothing Is Funnier Than Unhappiness
Apr 5, 2022
4 min readThe Paris Review The Paris ReviewArticle
The Paris Review
Mar 3, 2020
Editor Emily Nemens Managing Editor Hasan Altaf Online Editor Nadja Spiegelman Assistant Online Editor Brian Ransom Assistant Editor Lauren Kane Poetry Editor Vijay Seshadri Art Editor Charlotte Strick Southern Editor John Jeremiah Sullivan London Ed
1 min readCommentary: Why It's Time To Revive Leonard Bernstein's Long-dismissed, Race-conscious White House Musical Los Angeles TimesArticle
Commentary: Why It's Time To Revive Leonard Bernstein's Long-dismissed, Race-conscious White House Musical
Feb 3, 2021
In 1959, Leonard Bernstein took part in a televised celebration of Harry Truman's 75th birthday. That same year, at the behest of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he helped thaw the Cold War by performing with the New York Philharmonic in the Soviet U
6 min readJourney of Mann New Zealand ListenerArticle
Journey of Mann
Oct 10, 2021
2 min readFlight Of The Sultan The OldieArticle
Flight Of The Sultan
Aug 24, 2022
5 min readVision Man The Big IssueArticle
Vision Man
May 17, 2021
4 min readFamily Matters POV MagazineArticle
Family Matters
Apr 27, 2023
11 min readCalling Occupants with Klaatu’s Terry Draper GoldmineArticle
Calling Occupants with Klaatu’s Terry Draper
Sep 18, 2019
8 min readVisible Man The American ScholarArticle
Visible Man
Dec 2, 2019
4 min readWakako Yamauchi, A Pioneer Playwright Of The Japanese American Experience, Dies At 93 Los Angeles TimesArticle
Wakako Yamauchi, A Pioneer Playwright Of The Japanese American Experience, Dies At 93
Aug 24, 2018
Wakako Yamauchi, the pioneering Japanese American playwright, short story writer and poet whose 1977 play "And the Soul Shall Dance" shed light on the harsh realities of the early 20th century immigrant experience, has died. She was 93. Yamauchi died
3 min readWhat Silent Film Taught Me About Storytelling Literary HubArticle
What Silent Film Taught Me About Storytelling
Jun 4, 2019
7 min readWill There Ever Be Another Writer Like Philip Roth? The Paris ReviewArticle
Will There Ever Be Another Writer Like Philip Roth?
May 23, 2018
I first discovered Philip Roth at age fifteen. My parents, bless them, placed Goodbye, Columbus in my hands. Having grown up in the suburbs of Detroit—the rock-ribbed WASP enclave of Grosse Pointe—I found him exotic, thrilling. His audacity staggered
2 min readConferences & Residencies Poets & WritersArticle
Conferences & Residencies
Dec 14, 2022
The 2023 General Artist Residency Program offers residencies of two weeks or one month during July, September, October, and November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Tower View, a 350-acre historic estate in
19 min read‘Close Friends,’ for a Monthly Fee The AtlanticArticle
‘Close Friends,’ for a Monthly Fee
Sep 17, 2019
7 min readDual Roles Garden & GunArticle
Dual Roles
May 17, 2021
4 min readHogwash! Garden & GunArticle
Hogwash!
May 17, 2021
3 min readA New Canon: In Pop Music, Women Belong At The Center Of The Story NPRArticle
A New Canon: In Pop Music, Women Belong At The Center Of The Story
Jul 24, 2017
11 min readThe Sound of Wood and Steel The American ScholarArticle
The Sound of Wood and Steel
Mar 1, 2023
10 min readDoes Robert Towne’s ‘Chinatown’ Oscar Need an Asterisk? The MillionsArticle
Does Robert Towne’s ‘Chinatown’ Oscar Need an Asterisk?
Apr 17, 2020
Why didn’t Edward Taylor insist on a screenwriting credit, and the money that would flow with it? As his stepdaughter implored him, “What are you doing? You can’t not get credit. It’s not fair and it’s not accurate.” The post Does Robert Towne’s ‘Chi
6 min readEight Books That Explain the South The AtlanticArticle
Eight Books That Explain the South
Feb 8, 2022
6 min readIn His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate Literary HubArticle
In His Life and Writing, Robert D. Richardson Was Precise and Compassionate
Jul 10, 2020
5 min readThe Avid Reader: Helen Simpson on Anton Chekhov’s “Oysters” Literary HubArticle
The Avid Reader: Helen Simpson on Anton Chekhov’s “Oysters”
Oct 4, 2018
4 min readThe Wild Nights of a Ballplayer in 1950s Manhattan Literary HubArticle
The Wild Nights of a Ballplayer in 1950s Manhattan
Mar 30, 2018
10 min read
Reviews for A Study Guide for Tu Fu's "Jade Flower Palace"
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
1/5
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
A Study Guide for Tu Fu's "Jade Flower Palace" - Gale
10
Jade Flower Palace
Tu Fu
757
Introduction
Jade Flower Palace
was written by the Chinese poet Tu Fu (sometimes called Du Fu) in 757. The poet was traveling on a two-hundred mile journey home when he came across a palace that had fallen into ruins. He was struck by the sight, and he used it to meditate on the transience of life, the passing of all things, and the vanity of all worldly riches and power. Everything ends in death. Nothing is immortal. The theme is a common one amongst Chinese poets, and for Western poets, too.
Tu Fu is usually regarded as the greatest of Chinese poets, although he is still little known in the West. Over fourteen hundred of his poems survive, and Jade Flower Palace
has been translated into English at least five times. William Hung, in his 1952 biography of the poet (now out of print), made a prose translation. In 1971, the poem appeared in Kenneth Rexroth's One Hundred Poems from the Chinese, which is out of print, but Rexroth's translation is available in Holt's Elements of Literature Sixth Course, British Literature (2008). David Hinton has translated the poem under the title Jade-Blossom Palace.
Burton Watson's translation appears in his The Selected Poems of Du Fu (2002), and David Young includes the poem in his translations, Du Fu: A Life in Poetry
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1