Yang Lian stands with Bei Dao and others as one of the major living exiled Chinese poets. Indeed, he and Bei Dao both belonged to the group described as the Misty' poets. His work has been nominated for the Nobel prize and other major awards. In this important new work, Yang takes the Book of Changes as the inner structure, which he rearranges and pulls apart to emphasise the significance of this ancient Chinese system for symbolising nature. Yang's work was banned in China in 1983, and he has been living in exile, now in London, since that time.'
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Yang Lian stands with Bei Dao and others as one of the major living exiled Chinese poets. Indeed, he and Bei Dao both belonged to the group described as the Misty' poets. His work has been nominated for the Nobel prize and other major awards. In this important new work, Yang takes the Book of Changes as the inner structure, which he rearranges and pulls apart to emphasise the significance of this ancient Chinese system for symbolising nature. Yang's work was banned in China in 1983, and he has been living in exile, now in London, since that time.'