--- product_id: 175387833 title: "Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry" price: "129.86 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/175387833-awakened-cosmos-the-mind-of-classical-chinese-poetry store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry **Price:** 129.86 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry - **How much does it cost?** 129.86 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/175387833-awakened-cosmos-the-mind-of-classical-chinese-poetry) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A deep and radically original exploration of Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist wisdom through the lens of the life and work of Tu Fu, widely considered China's greatest classical poet. What is consciousness but the Cosmos awakened to itself? This question is fundamental to the Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist worldview that shapes classical Chinese poetry. A uniquely conceived biography, Awakened Cosmos illuminates that worldview through the life and work of Tu Fu (712-770 C.E.), China's greatest classical poet. Tu Fu's writing traces his life from periods of relative normalcy to years spent as an impoverished refugee amid the devastation of civil war. Exploring key poems to guide the reader through Tu Fu's dramatic life, Awakened Cosmos reveals Taoist/Ch'an insight deeply lived across the full range of human experience. Each chapter presents a poem in three stages: first, the original Chinese; then, an English translation in Hinton's masterful style; and finally, a lyrical essay that discusses the untranslatable philosophical dimensions of the poem. The result is nothing short of remarkable: a biography of the Cosmos awakened to itself in the form of a magisterial poet alive in T'ang Dynasty China. Thirty years ago, David Hinton published America's first full-length translation of Tu Fu's work. Awakened Cosmos is published simultaneously with a newly translated and substantially expanded version of that landmark translation: The Selected Poems of Tu Fu: Expanded and Newly Translated (New Directions). Review: Nice answers to the question “Are English readers really getting what Chinese poets were writing?” - David Hinton’s English translations really sing and are up there with the best, from an enjoyment standpoint. Here he explains the essence of what Chinese poets were saying in the context of the Taoist philosophy that swirled around Chinese intellectual and aesthetic life. Added a lot of insight for me. There are earlier books by other authors that cover similar ground that are worth searching out as well. But why not start with Hinton? Review: Excellent and very insightful. - Excellent. Scholar's insights made accessible. Real insights. Clear understanding of the Taoist/Chan interplay and even insights to the original forms of the pictographs. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #164,824 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #17 in Chinese Poetry (Books) #44 in Martial Artist Biographies #75 in Tao Te Ching (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 130 Reviews | ## Images ![Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91eBwPZOl9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice answers to the question “Are English readers really getting what Chinese poets were writing?” *by R***X on September 30, 2020* David Hinton’s English translations really sing and are up there with the best, from an enjoyment standpoint. Here he explains the essence of what Chinese poets were saying in the context of the Taoist philosophy that swirled around Chinese intellectual and aesthetic life. Added a lot of insight for me. There are earlier books by other authors that cover similar ground that are worth searching out as well. But why not start with Hinton? ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent and very insightful. *by B***A on April 2, 2025* Excellent. Scholar's insights made accessible. Real insights. Clear understanding of the Taoist/Chan interplay and even insights to the original forms of the pictographs. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tu Fu's poetry as a key to Chinese Taoist/Zen thought and his own biography *by M***D on November 9, 2019* "Awakened Cosmos: The Mind of Classical Chinese Poetry" combines the extraordinary talents and erudition of author David Hinton with those of Tu Fu (712-770 A.D.), the greatest of the Tang period poets, to illuminate how poetry of that era reflects China's blended Taoist/Zen understanding of the cosmos. The book has 19 short chapters, each linked to a specific poem that marches in chronological order as Tu Fu moves from relative youth to near death. The chapters open with each poem presented in Chinese ideographs with English translations of those ideographs, followed by a more flowing English-language translation, and concluding with both background on Tu Fu's life at the time of the poem's composition and insights that the poem provides into Chinese cosmological thought. This new book is notable for probing the deepest meanings of Chinese poetry and thought in a decidedly abstract manner. At the same time, both the poetic translations and map-based place names are more literal than is often the case, and "Awakened Cosmos" would have benefitted from a terminology appendix. In view of these features, I would not recommend "Awakened Cosmos" for any reader first encountering Chinese classical poetry unless that reader has a prior acquaintance with either the seminal masterworks of Chinese philosophy or the cosmos as depicted and understood in Chinese landscape painting. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/175387833-awakened-cosmos-the-mind-of-classical-chinese-poetry](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/175387833-awakened-cosmos-the-mind-of-classical-chinese-poetry) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-09-27*