{"product_id":"9780861718221","title":"Daughters of Emptiness: Poems of Chinese Buddhist Nuns","description":"Women 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA sample poem for this stunning collection:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe sequence of seasons naturally pushes forward,\u003cbr\u003e Suddenly I am startled by the ending of the year.\u003cbr\u003e Lifting my eyes I catch sight of the winter crows,\u003cbr\u003e Calling mournfully as if wanting to complain.\u003cbr\u003e The sunlight is cold rather than gentle,\u003cbr\u003e Spreading over the four corners like a cloud.\u003cbr\u003e A cold wind blows fitfully in from the north,\u003cbr\u003e Its sad whistling filling courtyards and houses.\u003cbr\u003e Head raised, I gaze in the direction of Spring,\u003cbr\u003e But Spring pays no attention to me at all.\u003cbr\u003e Time a galloping colt glimpsed through a crack,\u003cbr\u003e The tap [of Death] at the door has its predestined time.\u003cbr\u003e How should I not know, one who has left the world,\u003cbr\u003e And for whom floating clouds are already familiar?\u003cbr\u003e In the garden there grows a rosary-plum tree:\u003cbr\u003e Whose sworn friendship makes it possible to endure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e - Chan Master Jingnuo","brand":"Wisdom Publications MA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119599501552,"sku":"9780861718221","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780861718221_p0.jpg?v=1763826563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780861718221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}