Chinese poems translations

[Guo Xiang]

Ancient Chinese poems are really beautiful and meaningful, but they are so "wordy" it can be difficult to understand them.

Does anyone know of any good translation sites where the poems are explained?

[HuangYushi]

Can the explanations be in Chinese?

Try:

1. http://www.guxiang.com/shici/tangshi/index2.htm
if you are looking for numbered explanations of words, phrases and lines.

2. http://www.sysu.edu.cn/poems/cc/f1.htm
if you are looking for an "overall/overview/gist" - type of explanation.

PS: Can't really say if these sites are "good", but the 1st site explains the poems in the same method as the books that I have. I find this method of explanation quite helpful.

[Guo Xiang]

Can the explanations be in Chinese?

Try:

1. http://www.guxiang.com/shici/tangshi/index2.htm
if you are looking for numbered explanations of words, phrases and lines.

2. http://www.sysu.edu.cn/poems/cc/f1.htm
if you are looking for an "overall/overview/gist" - type of explanation.

PS: Can't really say if these sites are "good", but the 1st site explains the poems in the same method as the books that I have. I find this method of explanation quite helpful.

My thanks is nearly one-month overdue. Thank you!

[HuangYushi]

My thanks is nearly one-month overdue. Thank you!

You're welcome!
Did you find any of the sites useful?

[Guo Xiang]

You're welcome!
Did you find any of the sites useful?

Yep! The first site is helpful because it provides the explanations that I'd need.

The laptop at work can't read the second site so I will try it later at home.

I write stories now and then and thought it would be nice if I could incorporate Chinese poems into them, but it's so vexing because they can be hard to understand, so such sites will be very helpful for my ongoing and future works.

[Dirt]

http://wengu.tartarie.com/wg/wengu.php?l=Tangshi

No explanations. But the translations make the meanings pretty clear.

[Guo Xiang]

http://wengu.tartarie.com/wg/wengu.php?l=Tangshi

No explanations. But the translations make the meanings pretty clear.

Thanks, Dirt. English translations are equally helpful.