{"product_id":"9780861713622","title":"Daughters of Emptiness: Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns","description":"\u003cp\u003eWomen played major roles in the history of Buddhist China, but given the paucity of the remaining records, their voices have all but faded. In \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Emptiness\u003c\/i\u003e, Beata Grant renders a great service by recovering and translating the enchanting verse - by turns assertive, observant, devout - of forty-eight nuns from sixteen centuries of imperial China. This selection of poems, along with the brief biographical accounts that accompany them, affords readers a glimpse into the extraordinary diversity and sometimes startling richness of these women's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA sample poem for this stunning collection:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sequence of seasons naturally pushes forward,\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly I am startled by the ending of the year.\u003cbr\u003eLifting my eyes I catch sight of the winter crows,\u003cbr\u003eCalling mournfully as if wanting to complain.\u003cbr\u003eThe sunlight is cold rather than gentle,\u003cbr\u003eSpreading over the four corners like a cloud.\u003cbr\u003eA cold wind blows fitfully in from the north,\u003cbr\u003eIts sad whistling filling courtyards and houses.\u003cbr\u003eHead raised, I gaze in the direction of Spring,\u003cbr\u003eBut Spring pays no attention to me at all.\u003cbr\u003eTime a galloping colt glimpsed through a crack,\u003cbr\u003eThe tap [of Death] at the door has its predestined time.\u003cbr\u003eHow should I not know, one who has left the world,\u003cbr\u003eAnd for whom floating clouds are already familiar?\u003cbr\u003eIn the garden there grows a rosary-plum tree:\u003cbr\u003eWhose sworn friendship makes it possible to endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Chan Master Jingnuo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wisdom Publications MA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032881512688,"sku":"9780861713622","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780861713622_p0.jpg?v=1763832883","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780861713622","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}