{"id":3194,"date":"2020-03-09T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T20:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/?p=1738"},"modified":"2023-12-21T13:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:20:03","slug":"prof-dr-yaw-chien-fang-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/prof-dr-yaw-chien-fang-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Yaw-chien Fang, Taiwan)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Distinguished <\/span><\/span>Prof. Dr. <\/span><\/span>Yaw-<\/span><\/span>chien<\/span><\/span> Fang<\/span><\/span> (<\/span>born <\/span>in<\/span> 195<\/span>8, <\/span>Tainan, Taiwan<\/span>)<\/span><\/strong> is a <\/span>leading <\/span>poet, writer, scholar, and <\/span>editor<\/span> in Taiwan.<\/span> He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Taiwanese literature<\/span>, National Cheng-kung University<\/span>.<\/span> C<\/span>urrently <\/span>he is <\/span>Distinguished<\/span> P<\/span>rofessor<\/span> & Chair of Department<\/span> of Taiwanese <\/span>L<\/span>anguages<\/span> & L<\/span>iterature<\/span>,<\/span> National Taichung <\/span>University<\/span> of Education, Taiwan<\/span>.<\/span> He has been the presidents, publishers, e<\/span>ditor<\/span>s-<\/span>in<\/span>–<\/span>chief<\/span> of several important associations and magazines. He has published 1<\/span>3<\/span> books of poetry, and more than 100 literary treatises & articles. <\/span>His poetry mainly reflects love among human beings and between husband & wife, Taiwanese spirit and history, and a perspective of universal and human existence as well. His poetry has been translated into English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Mongolian, Bengali, Telugu, Romanian,<\/span> etc., and has had read in International Poetry Recitals in <\/span>severals<\/span> Countries around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pan-<\/span><\/span>Tsi<\/span><\/span>-Hue<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In<\/span> the nights in March<\/span><\/p>\n

I mean to make you hear<\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/span>nside my body, the horn<\/span><\/p>\n

Blowing out the heartfelt voice<\/span><\/p>\n

Gentle but resolute<\/span><\/p>\n

The golden will<\/span><\/p>\n

Whirls by the wind<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the head is falling onto the ground<\/span><\/p>\n

The limbs are breaking apart<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>shall<\/span> not let any tears drop<\/span><\/p>\n

From the deepest, deepest belly<\/span><\/p>\n

Pain of <\/span>voicelessness<\/span> is practicing speaking out<\/span><\/p>\n

Again and again<\/span><\/p>\n

Again and again<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to be <\/span>named<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Pan-<\/span>Tsi<\/span>-Hue<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is not <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Mu-<\/span>bian<\/span>–<\/span>hua<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the days in March<\/span><\/p>\n

I mean to make you see<\/span><\/p>\n

Inside my body, the true statue of me<\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting on the throne <\/span><\/p>\n

Dignified and sturdy<\/span><\/p>\n

The golden will<\/span><\/p>\n

Shines like the sun<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the head is falling onto the ground<\/span><\/p>\n

The limbs are breaking apart<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>shall<\/span> not let any tears drop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

With weak fingers<\/span><\/p>\n

Pain of namelessness is practicing writing the name<\/span><\/p>\n

Again and again<\/span><\/p>\n

Again and again<\/span><\/p>\n

I want to be <\/span>named<\/span> \u201c<\/span>Pan-<\/span>Tsi<\/span>-Hue<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My name is no<\/span>t <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Mu-<\/span>bian<\/span>–<\/span>hua<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Com<\/span><\/span>ing Back to <\/span><\/span>Sakam<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming to the gate of<\/span> the <\/span>Sakam<\/span> Hall<\/span><\/p>\n

The sea waves from more than three hundred years ago<\/span><\/p>\n

Stand up and shout <\/span>out on<\/span> the inner sea <\/span>shore<\/span> of <\/span>Taikang<\/span><\/p>\n

Again and again, they <\/span>bring out<\/span> my old and fading memories<\/span><\/p>\n

Open the long darkness<\/span><\/p>\n

Borrow a slice of light<\/span><\/p>\n

Piece together the broken fragments of my mother land<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally it <\/span>was<\/span> a hill by the sea <\/span><\/p>\n

At dawn hiding in the mist<\/span><\/p>\n

At night drinking up the moonlight<\/span><\/p>\n

Red-haired guys like<\/span>d<\/span> this lucky land<\/span><\/p>\n

They buil<\/span>t<\/span> Fort<\/span> Provintia<\/span> on it<\/span><\/p>\n

Koxinga<\/span>\u2019s<\/span> army<\/span> like<\/span>d<\/span> this lucky land<\/span> too<\/span><\/p>\n

They rebuil<\/span>t<\/span> it as <\/span>Singthian<\/span> capital<\/span><\/p>\n

Qing military<\/span> like<\/span>d<\/span> this lucky land<\/span> too<\/span><\/p>\n

They made it their own weapon storage<\/span><\/p>\n

Xianfeng<\/span> Emperor<\/span> like<\/span>d<\/span> this lucky land<\/span> too<\/span><\/p>\n

They occup<\/span>ied<\/span> it and buil<\/span>t<\/span> the <\/span>Sea<\/span> God<\/span> Temple<\/span><\/p>\n

Japanese <\/span>army <\/span>like<\/span>d<\/span> this lucky land<\/span> too<\/span><\/p>\n

They rebuil<\/span>t<\/span> it as<\/span> their<\/span> military<\/span> hospital<\/span><\/p>\n

Layer by layer the different bricks were<\/span><\/p>\n

Layer by layer different dynasties<\/span><\/p>\n

The mother land in the twentieth century<\/span>, so post-modernistic<\/span><\/p>\n

Sitting at the bottom of the valley three meters below, shouts painfully:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Where are the warriors of <\/span>Sakam<\/span>?<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Where are the spirits of<\/span> Sakam<\/span>?<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Never mention the word <\/span>Sakam<\/span> to avo<\/span>id racial disunion!<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Never mention the spirits of <\/span>Sakam<\/span> to avo<\/span>id<\/span> Sakam<\/span>chauvinism<\/span>!<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretly, my tears drop on <\/span>People<\/span> Road<\/span><\/p>\n

No<\/span> Sakam<\/span> p<\/span>eople<\/span> live<\/span> in<\/span> Sakam<\/span> any more<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I<\/span>\u2019<\/span>m the only <\/span>Sakam<\/span>ese<\/span>! I want to go into<\/span> the <\/span>Sakam<\/span>Hall<\/span>!<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>A <\/span>Sakam<\/span>ese<\/span> has to buy a ticket too.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3010<\/span>Note<\/span>\u3011<\/span><\/p>\n

Sakam<\/span>, originally named<\/span> Provintia<\/span>, built in 1653, is a first-class historical site of <\/span>Taiwan<\/span>, <\/span>meaning <\/span>\u201c<\/span>eternity<\/span>\u201d<\/span> in <\/span>Dutch<\/span>.<\/span> Provintia<\/span> and <\/span>Anping<\/span> Fort were both built by the Dutch. They are the most famous historical sites in <\/span>Taiwan<\/span>. <\/span>Provintia<\/span> was a hill located by the eastern shore of <\/span>Taikang<\/span> inner sea facing <\/span>Anping<\/span> Fort on the western shore at a distance. It was the residential place of <\/span>Sakam<\/span>of the <\/span>Siraya<\/span> tribes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eager for the South Wind to Blow<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Every day for <\/span>a <\/span>hundred years<\/span> and more<\/span><\/p>\n

The north wind has made me up and rouged me<\/span><\/p>\n

They say I look more literate this way<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Japanese literature is my cream<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Chinese literature is my toner<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 Western literature is my<\/span> lotion<\/span><\/p>\n

They are<\/span> truly right.<\/span> \u00a0My body has <\/span><\/p>\n

Charming cosmetic fragrance of <\/span>Japan<\/span>, <\/span>China<\/span> and the West<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The most charming<\/span> one<\/span> is<\/span> Taipei<\/span><\/p>\n

The kimono, cheongsam and the western dresses<\/span><\/p>\n

Walking ruthlessly and peerlessly<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2014though children of the land<\/span><\/p>\n

In plain shirts, plain pants and plain coats<\/span><\/p>\n

Shy of showing people \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

I always secretly<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span>sk myself<\/span><\/p>\n

How <\/span>the<\/span> voice of the land for thousands of years<\/span><\/p>\n

Has b<\/span>ecome silent<\/span><\/p>\n

How the milky fragrance of mother tongue<\/span><\/p>\n

Has changed taste for hundreds of years<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The n<\/span>orth wind<\/span><\/p>\n

Shout<\/span>s<\/span> no more<\/span><\/p>\n

I <\/span>only <\/span>look forward<\/span><\/p>\n

To <\/span>the <\/span>south wind<\/span><\/p>\n

S<\/span>leep<\/span>ing<\/span> with me<\/span><\/p>\n

S<\/span>ing<\/span>ing<\/span> with me \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Distinguished Prof. Dr. Yaw-chien Fang (born in 1958, Tainan, Taiwan) is a leading poet, writer, scholar, and editor in Taiwan. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Taiwanese literature, National Cheng-kung University. Currently he is Distinguished Professor & Chair of Department of Taiwanese Languages & Literature, National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan. He has been the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,162],"tags":[],"book_author":[],"book_publisher":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3804,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3194\/revisions\/3804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"book_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_author?post=3194"},{"taxonomy":"book_publisher","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwabogdani.org\/sq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book_publisher?post=3194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}