Dreaming the Mountain: Seedbank

Introduction xi
On the Translations xix
Khung Trời Cũ 2
A Piece of Old Sky 3
Cánh Chim Trời 4
Bird Wing Sky 5
Hương Ngày Cũ 6
Scent of Past Days 7
Mưa Cao Nguyên 8
Rainy Season in the Highlands 9
Tóc Huyền 10
Black Hair 11
HoàiNiệm 12
ARecollection 13
Hận Thu Cao 14
NobleAutumnRancor 15
Mộng Trường Sinh 16
Dream of a Long Life 17
Kết Từ 18
Last Words 19
Những Năm Anh Đi 22
The Years Away 23
Một Bóng Trăng Gầy 24
ASlenderMoon 25
Phố Trưa 26
Street at Noon 27
Tự Tình 28
Reflection 29
Chân Đồi 30
Nightmares in the Forest 35
Một Thoáng Chiêm Bao 36
Fleeting Dream 37
Những Bước Đường Cùng 38
End of the Road 39
Bóng Cha Già 40
My Father’s Shadow 41
Ước Hẹn 42
Promise 43
Cây Khô 44
Dried Tree 45
Những Phím Dương Cầm 46
Piano Keys 47
Bên Bếp Lạnh 48
By a Cold Fire 49
Tống Biệt Hành 50
Leave-Taking 51
 

Tuệ Sỹ is the author of Dreaming the Mountain. Born in 1943 in Pakse (Laos) as Phạm Van Thương, he joined the Lâm Tế (Linji) Buddhist order in 1950. Educated in in Nha Trang and Saigon, he became a tenured professor at Van Hanh University in 1970, and served as editor in chief of the University's Tư Tưởng (Thoughts) journal from 1972 to 1974. The author of more than fifty works, he is recognized as one of the most important Buddhist scholars in Vietnam. His numerous works on Buddhism include General Outline of Zen, The Philosophy of Sunyata, and The Myth of Vimalakirti, and translated into Vietnamese Daisetz T. Suzuki's Essays in Zen Buddhism, translations of the Buddhist sutras, and other Chinese and Pali texts. Sỹ also authored studies on the life and work of poets Du Fu and Su Dongpo, on the work of Martin Heidegger and Friedrich Hölderlin, and was the first to introduce the works of Michel Foucault to a Vietnamese audience. Many of his early poems and short stories were published in Khởi Hành magazine (1969?1972) and Thời Tập (1973?1975). Imprisoned from 1978 to 1981 and again from 1984 to 1998, he has lived in Ho Chi Minh City since his release.