Winter 2007
 
 

CONTENTS

 
  THE HSING-LUNG GROCERY STORE 興隆雜貨店
   By Syaman RAPONGAN 夏曼‧藍波安
   Translated by May Li-ming TANG 湯麗明
 
  THE STORY OF BEGGAR’S COTTAGE 乞食寮舊事
   By Ah Sheng 阿盛
   Translated by Karen Steffen CHUNG 史嘉琳
 
  PRINCESS UP ALL NIGHT 公主徹夜未眠
   By CHENG Ying-shu 成英姝
   Translated by David van der Peet 范德培
 
  MEMORIES OF MY FATHER想念父親
STANDING WITH THE TREE AGAINST THE WIND
跟樹站在一起抵抗風

HIS MAJESTY MY FATHER 父王

WHEN THE NORTH WIND CAME 北風來的時候
   By Hsiao Hsiao 蕭蕭
   Translated by Patty Pei-Jung LEE 李佩蓉
 
  JOURNEY 旅程
   BY CHEN I-chih 陳義芝
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  RETURN TO ANGKOR 回到吳哥
   By Hsu Hui-chih 許悔之
   Translated by Karen Steffen CHUNG 史嘉琳
 
  NEON LIGHTS 霓虹燈
   By CHEN Yu-hong 陳育虹
   Translated by Karen Steffen CHUNG 史嘉琳
 
  THE GRAND TUTOR’S ARMCHAIR 太師椅
   By Hsiang Ming 向明
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  INTERIOR DRAWING 室內繪
   By Hsiang Ming 向明
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  CHEN CHIN’S ARTWORK IN THE 1930s: Beginning with Leisurely from the TFAM Collection 1930 年代的陳進-從北美館所藏1935 年 〈悠閒〉談起
By Yu-chun LIN 林育淳
   Translated by Mark I. HAMMONS 何邁
 
  NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動
   Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧
 
  NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS
作者與譯者簡介
 
  APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄 :中文原著
 
  CATTLEYA 洋蘭,
gouache on silk,72 × 90 cm, 1985 ...............COVER
 
  MATERNAL LOVE 母愛,
gouache on silk,72 × 53 cm, 1984.....BACK COVER
   By CHEN Chin 陳進

 

Hsiang Ming 向明

THE GRAND TUTOR’S ARMCHAIR
太師椅*

Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機


The white-haired teacher to the emperor
Rested long ago in the creased Ming landscape
The patterned cabinet wood
Still emits the faint fragrance of ancient
Rosemary

The grand tutor’s armchair
Set aside for so long
Still anxiously awaits
The uprightness and prestige of bygone da

How many times has the cabinet wood tree
In the garden shed its leaves
Playing at being cool, the postmoderns

Can’t but feel
Sitting upright for one’s whole life
Is awkward to the max
Is absurd to the max

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



From Hsiang Ming’s 向明 Yang-kuang ke-li 《陽光顆粒》[Motes of sunlight], Taipei: Elite Publishing, 2004, pp. 80-81.


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