The Crescent Moon
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who love poetry and beautiful translation and want to read a few poems in spare moments
- Parents interested in child psychology and parent-child reading who hope to read aloud with their children
- Office workers who need to relax and prefer short, light reading
- Middle school students interested in Tagore who want to start with children's poetry
Not a good fit for
- Readers of genre fiction who want strong plot and fast-paced narrative
- Readers hoping for systematic social critique or historical analysis
- Readers insensitive to poetic language who prefer practical books
Reading tips
- Read three to five poems a day, pausing briefly after each; there is no need to finish the whole book at once.
- Pick out lines you like and read them softly aloud to feel the rhythm and word choice of Zheng Zhenduo's translation.
- When reading with a child, first let the child describe the scene, then discuss the emotions in the poem together.
- Keep a pen handy and note childhood scenes the poems bring to mind in the margins, building your own reading notes.
About the publisher
Yunnan People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher with foreign literature and philosophical works as important publishing directions. Its representative books include Les Misérables (3 volumes), The Republic, Timaeus, Gitanjali, A Ship at Sea, a Horse in the Mountains: Poems of Lorca, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood, The Harmony of the World, and Xinmin Shuo, covering categories such as foreign literature, Western philosophy, literature, popular science, and history. Its author resources include Victor Hugo, Li Yumin, Plato, He Xiangdi, Song Jijie, Tagore, Xiao Xingzheng, and Federico García Lorca, among Chinese and foreign writers and translators. The press is adept at combining classic works with quality translations, balancing academic value and readability; public information on its fuller publishing features and plans is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序
- The Crescent Moon 新月集
- THE HOME 家庭
- ON THE SEASHORE 海边
- THE SOURCE 来源
- BABY’S WAY 孩童之道
- THE UNHEEDED PAGEANT 不被注意的花饰
- SLEEP-STEALER 偷睡眠者
- THE BEGINNING 开始
- BABY’S WORLD 孩童的世界
- WHEN AND WHY 时候与原因
- DEFAMATION 责备
- THE JUDGE 审判官
- PLAYTHINGS 玩具
- THE ASTRONOMER 天文家
- CLOUDS AND WAVES 云与波
- THE CHAMPA FLOWER 金色花
- FAIRYLAND 仙人世界
- THE LAND OF THE EXILE 流放的地方
- THE RAINY DAY 雨天
- PAPER BOATS 纸船
- THE SAILOR 水手
- THE FURTHER BANK 对岸
- THE FLOWER-SCHOOL 花的学校
- THE MERCHANT 商人
- SYMPATHY 同情
- VOCATION 职业
- SUPERIOR 长者
- THE LITTLE BIG MAN 小大人
- TWELVE O’CLOCK 十二点钟
- AUTHORSHIP 著作家
- THE WICKED POSTMAN 恶邮差
- THE HERO 英雄
- THE END 告别
- THE RECALL 追唤
- THE FIRST JASMINES 第一次的茉莉
- THE BANYAN TREE 榕树
- BENEDICTION 祝福
- THE GIFT 赠品
- MY SONG 我的歌
- THE CHILD-ANGEL 孩提之天使
- THE LAST BARGAIN 最后的契约
- 徐志摩送别泰戈尔的演讲
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About the author
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was an Indian Bengali poet, writer and philosopher, born into an aristocratic family in Calcutta. In 1913 he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his poetry collection Gitanjali, becoming the first Asian to receive the award. His work spans poetry, fiction and drama, with representative works including the poetry collections Stray Birds, The Crescent Moon and The Gardener, as well as the novel Gora. His verse is fresh and lyrical, blending philosophical reflection with emotion, and has had a profound influence on Indian and world literature. He also wrote India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana. This library holds 89 of his works, commonly classified under classics, literature and foreign literature.
Zheng Zhenduo (1898–1958), whose ancestral home was Changle, Fujian, was born in Yongjia, Zhejiang (present-day Wenzhou). Writing under pen names such as Xidi and Guo Yuanxin, he was a modern Chinese writer, literary historian, translator, publisher, and bibliophile. A founding member of the Literary Research Society, he edited Fiction Monthly and the World Library, devoting much effort to introducing foreign literature and organizing Chinese popular literature. His works include An Illustrated History of Chinese Literature, A History of Chinese Popular Literature, and An Outline of Literature. He also translated Rabindranath Tagore's The Crescent Moon and Stray Birds; his fluent, natural renderings have circulated widely. He later served as Vice Minister of Culture and Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, and died in a plane crash in 1958 while leading a delegation abroad. His writings combine scholarship with readability and have had a lasting influence on the translation of foreign literature and the study of literary history.
