I recently finished the Epic of Gilgamesh, and I’m starting a collection of poems by Rumi.

I’ve previously read Cold Mountain by Han Shan.

Are there any other ancient poets/poems with published work that you’d recommend?

I’m looking for things that are:

  • Basically as old as possible
  • Poetic/mystic
  • Not Christian (or Western, Greek, or Roman).

Thanks!

    • @alicirce
      5•5 months ago

      After you read it, you might like this essay: https://redsails.org/maoist-and-daoist-dialectics/

      It looks at the influence of Daoism and The Art of War on Mao’s dialectics, and compares this eastern development of dialectics with the branch of dialectics that evolved in the west (eg Hegel, Lenin). (Though obviously these developments weren’t fully independent.) It was a really helpful essay for me for understanding dialectics.