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My name is Tien Tran and I live in Warwick, Rhode Island, where I make a living as a public librarian. Some years ago I discovered that, with the aid of scholarly notes and languages tools, I could teach myself to read Tang poems, which are lauded to such an extent. At some point I turned to translating poems for my own benefit. I'm glad that I did, because study of the poems has deepened my own wonder and appreciation for this remarkable poetic tradition. This blog is mostly a record of these efforts. I also write some poetry on my own, and hope to post more of my own writings in the future. If you have questions or want to chat, the best way to contact me is via email at suoitien {at} outlook {dot} com. Thank you for reading my blog.

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  1. A Korean in California living near San Jose. My name in Chinese: 鄭寅昭. I am learning Chinese ancient poetry. I am glad to find your website. This is a wonderful website. I am going to study your website poems. i will appreciate knowing you. My email address is ischung5532@gmail.com. Thank you Mr. Tran

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words. This reply is rather late. I hope that you are well!

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  2. thanks for your translation, if it is possible to use some of your translation for audio personal music work? thanks

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  3. Hi I am a friend of Michael Pratt and I remember a couple years ago when we were working on our youtube channel he spoke highly of your translations and AZ Foreman's range. I knew of AZ's site and now I found yours! Its great that there is such devotion to one's craft.

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    1. Thank you, Alex. I appreciate your kind words. AZ Foreman blows my mind!

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  4. Hey man

    Reading them from Turkey

    Keep this good work.

    I'm curious about Ming poems btw

    朱元璋's poems

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