Poetry, but also to look at the original works - in Chinese. Humble but compelling Penguin anthology of Chinese In addition,Īlludes to Chinese poetry, so we will also have a look at this song.Īs this site is devoted to Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese, we'll take thisĪs an opportunity not just to look at the source of Pink Floyd's lyrics, a The song in question is 'Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun', from A Saucerful of Secrets, which we will look at below. Poet in the Chinese tradition, born in the fourth century before Christ. ![]() Moreover, some of the lines quoted refer even further back, to the oldest major Has been neglected for over a thousand years and only recently rediscovered. One of the poets has always been popular, First, it doesn't quote just any oldĬlassical Chinese poetry, but a couple of incredible, even startling poets It's on a par with attributingĪnything vaguely Oriental to 'Zen influences'.Īnother song is much more interesting. Anyone with a passing interest in Oriental mysticism is apt to quote This song by Syd Barrett quotes the Chinese BookĪ very trendy thing to do at the time and still apparently quite trendy, judgingīy the number of hits for this term on the Internet. ![]() The first was the song 'Chapter 24' on Piper at the (Not widely known, but known nevertheless It's not that widely known that Pink Floyd quoted lines from classical Chinese Allusions to Classical Chinese Poetry in Pink Floyd
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