Statue of 玄奘 Xuan Zang standing before his 大雁塔 Big Wild Goose Pagoda

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Xuan Zang

Gary Snyder  1930- Xuan Zang went to India 629 AD returned to China 645 with 657 sutras, images, mandalas, and fifty relics-- a curved frame pack with a parasol, embroidery, carving, incense censor swinging as he walked.

Xuán Zàng

Jìyuán liù èr jiù nián Yìndù Liù wǔ sì huídào Zhōngguǒ Xiédài liùbái wǔshí zhǒng jīng, Fóxiàng, màn chá luó, Jí wǔshí zhǒng shèng wù -- Bèi yī gè jiàzi wānqū de bēibāo, fùyǒu yī bǎ sǎn, Yǒu cìxiù, diāokè, Tā xíng bù de shíhòu, xiānglù zài bǎi zhòng dòng.

Translator:

Zhong Ling 鍾玲

Notes: I am indebted to Gary Snyder for the Chinese translation of this poem. Gary kindly sent me a copy of the book in Chinese about Gary and his life and poetry; 美國詩人史耐德與亞洲文化 by 鍾玲 Zhong Ling, printed in Taiwan.

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