China’s great philosophers, historians, and poets had one thing in common. They got up from their desk and hit the dusty trail.
Wang Jibing, China’s “delivery driver poet,” talks to TWOC about getting inspired on the road and not letting online trolls get the better of him
Meet the new wave of scholars and translators making the untranslatable relatable
On International Workers’ Day, we take a look at how ancient poets wrote about labor and the working classes
Four ancient Chinese poets on human suffering amid turbulence and war
Symbolism of eight common trees in Chinese culture
Delingha in Qinghai was made famous by revered poet Haizi, now the city is trying to use that fame to boost tourism
“I refuse to conform to this stupidity”: Up-and-coming poet Shangyang Fang talks to TWOC about musicality in verse and not conforming to tropes
Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground
The history and development of a Chinese character that is far-seeing and untamed
How verses by an obscure Tang hermit inspired an American countercultural movement
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