Preface
It was a great experience, for me, to meet Dr. Hung Ching Yu (Yu Hsi) at the Breeze Pavilion by the east coast of Formosa Taiwan. Our first meeting was at the President’s House (Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India) in the year 2007. I composed a poem to celebrate the genius of Dr. Yu Hsi at that time. Later we met at the Poets’ Meet at Chennai (in the state of Tamil Nadu, India). Our friendship blossomed from that day to a creative alliance. Dr. Yu Hsi and I are bonded in a mutual admiration of the poems and the concern for happy societies. Though we come from two different cultures, there is a beautiful harmony in our thoughts. Our friendship was further strengthened with several intellectual meetings in India and Taiwan. Dr. Yu Hsi brought out a great poetic book – The Metaphysical Traveler, on me, which is the confluence of two poetic minds. The translation of Thirukkural, a Tamil Classic, to Chinese language is indeed a remarkable contribution by Dr. Yu Hsi.
Oceans Meet: Glad Tidings of Poetic Life brings out the waves of poetic minds, literary thoughts, dreams and purity of life of two friends across oceans. Oceans Meet presents how we can evolve a peaceful, happy and society of ethics leading to global happiness and prosperity, for which the youth of the world will be the greatest intellectual resource on the earth, above the earth and under the earth.Oceans Meet: Glad Tidings of Poetic Life brings out the waves of poetic minds, literary thoughts, dreams and purity of life of two friends across oceans. Oceans Meet presents how we can evolve a peaceful, happy and society of ethics leading to global happiness and prosperity, for which the youth of the world will be the greatest intellectual resource on the earth, above the earth and under the earth.
I wish my friend, Dr. Yu Hsi, a great poetic life in service to the society and global peace through poetry, music, literature and above all the positive energy that his work emanates into the Universe.
New Delhi
12th July, 2012 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Highlight Events & Works
2017
■On January 7, 2017, Dr. Yu Hsi(Master Dao Yi), the president of Taiwan Tamil Sangam attended the Tamil Pongal Celebration and lighted up the blessing candle with Mr. Sridharan Madhusudhanan, the director general of Taipei-India Association.
■The National University of Mongolia is the highest level of Educational Institution in Mongolia. The First Lecture Hall in the university is an important place where many principal leaders worldwide made speeches here, for instance, Dalai Lama. This year, Dr.Yu Hsi was invited by Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar, the former president of Mongolia to address a 80-minute speech in this lecture hall. The theme of the speech is “Stone Mirror Chan Mind”.
■On August 28, 2017, Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar, former President of Mongolia, presided over a keynote speech“Stone Mirror Chan Mind” for Dr. Yu Hsi at the First Lecture Hall of the National University of Mongolia. There were around two hundred scholars and professors attending the event. After Dr. Yu Hsi’s speech, the former President Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar addressed a speech to admire Dr. Yu Hsi for his great wisdom for life, and the enlightenment for Mongolian intellectuals.
■Dr. Yu Hsi was conferred with Honorary Degree of Doctorate of Literature by Indian Tamil University.
■On July 28, 2017, Dr. Yu Hsi was conferred with an honorary literature doctorate by the Indian Tamil University in Tamil Nadu, India, and it was awarded by Mr. Thiru Sevvoor S. Ramachandran, the minister of education of Tamil Nadu state.
2010
■Accepting the invitation of poet Yu Hsi, Dr. Abdul Kalam, “people’s president”, visits Taiwan and meets with Ma Ying-jeou, president of the Republic of China, in the Presidential Residence. The two state leaders conversed and exchanged presents. Dr. Abdul Kalam presents President Ma with a limited edition of the Chinese translation of Tirukkural (serial number 001) in commemoration of the most glamorous cultural exchange between Taiwan and India. (December 3, 2010)
■President Kalam praises Yu Hsi’s plentiful original manuscripts.
■May 19th, 2010, former President of India, Abdul Kalam presented Dr. Yu Hsi with a golden Buddha sculpture at the "Felicitations to Dr. Yu Hsi" ceremony, held at Anna University, Chennai.
■Former President Kalam presented Dr. Yu Hsi with a copy of Tirukkural and asked Dr. Yu Hsi to translate it into Chinese, so that the Taiwanese people could share in the ancient wisdom of India.
2009
■On October 5th, 2009, at the invitation of Mr. Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic, Yu Hsi paid a visit to Prague accompanied by Mr. Michal Kovác, first President of Slovakia.
■Yu Hsi donated 500 copies of his children’s fairy tale Master Huntsman in Czech and its animation DVD to the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE97. The former President Mr. Václav Havel accepted them on behalf of his foundation. Both the former President couple expressed their gratitude and thankfulness to Yu Hsi for his benevolence and further indicated that they will utilize these gifts appropriately and spread them.
2008
■The President of Mongolia, Nambar Enkhbayar, personally confers Dr. Yu Hsi the Mongolian State Supreme Honored, the Nairamdal Medal, for his valuable contribution to world peace, international literature and cultural and artistic interchange between Mongolia and Taiwan. (October 21, 2008)
2007
■President Kalam enthusiastically shows Dr. Yu Hsi his garden, the greatest imperial garden within a presidential palace in the world, and guides him in person on a tour around the garden.
■As if the two were of the same mind, President Kalam led Dr. Yu Hsi towards his special beautiful place, telling him: “the flowers in my garden are so beautiful, the fruit is so sweet, and the moon last night was so bright, Venus was shining......”
■During their talk, President Kalam gave a copy of his poem to Dr. Yu Hsi, “My Garden Smiles” to each of his friends. He casually said to Dr. Yu Hsi: “Later, don’t forget to visit the rest of this garden. You must circle it at least once.”
2007
My garden smiles,
Welcoming the spring,
Roses, beautiful roses,
With fragrance and beauty,
Ringing tunes of the honey bees
Lovely scene, everywhere
My garden smiles.
The enchanting scene entered into me
blossomed happiness in my body and soul.
Variety of roses,
One lovely family of roses,
Presiding the dynamic scene,
With pleasant fragrant breeze,
My garden smiles.
All the roses fully blossomed towards the sky
It was a miracle to see.
A pleasant beautiful voice
Echoed from rose family,
O’ my friend, look at the sky,
I saw the miracle of
The shining moon in formation
And the powerful venus very close
To each other belonging to the our galaxy.
The scene was indeed rare celebration,
Of heavenly bodies and roses of earth,
I looked above and roses of my garden,
I looked above saw the Milkyway,
I looked around the garden,
Roses, roses and roses.
This unique festival of lights and beauty
Why, why, why, this unique scene.
This graceful event
In my garden first time,
My garden smiles.
Then the sweet music
Engulfed the scene all around
Emanating from garden
“It was the celebration of
flowers and heavenly bodies,
in honor of visit of poetic soul,
of our galaxy milkyway,
Yu Hsi a universal friend,
Of creative mind.”
Crossed many seas, to be with us
Welcome my friend from shining heavenly bodies,
Beautiful roses and divine music
My garden smiles.
【Composed on 28th March 2007 on the occasion of receiving the Crane Summit Supreme Honour Crown Medallion from Poet Yu Hsi, of World Academy of Arts and Culture and Patron of World Congress of Poets】
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
2007
■Then President Kalam very happily led the way to a special corner within the Presidential Palace’s majestic flower garden, saying that he had a very special gift to give Dr. Yu Hsi. He then reached into a red folder that he had been carrying and revealed a poem.
2006
■Taiwanese poet Dr. Yu Hsi received a national prize from the President of Mongolia in 2006: the Honoured Medal for the 800th Anniversary of Great Mongolian State.
■The President of Mongolia, Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar invites Dr. Yu Hsi to a discussion over dinner at Hotel Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar. (September 4, 2006)
■Prabhūtaratna
was awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Creative Literature Publication by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan.
Comments by the judges: “With a fairytale tone, the author tells a beautiful story of eternally seeking the ideal world. He portrays vividly every aspect of human spiritual realms and conveys the purport that ‘truth and beauty coexist’.”
Prabhutaratna
of 1995 described a story of ‘the coexistence of truth and beauty.’
It narrated the seven factors that activate our life journey :
earth, water, fire, wind, space, sight and perception.
The novel illustrated the seven factors
and basic structure of cosmos in vivid dramatic form,
and finally reached the fulfillment of ‘Buddha’s habitat’
just as rivers and streams run into the ocean.
This ‘Buddha’s habitat’ is, in other words, ‘Prabhutaratna.’
Stone Mirror
The stone mirror is the field of the mind. Now, this atom enclosing a scripture is a stone; it’s that very same stone mirror, and the scripture it encloses is the jade mirror that it turns into. Hundun originally has no apertures, and if you drill them into him, he is sure to die. By contrast, the stone mirror does have apertures, and these are the secret treasury of three points. the aperture of wisdom, which is the luminous and perfectly pure childlike mind which is what returns to our true home; and the aperture of liberation, which is the faith and confidence which gives us the courage and strength to actually follow the path all the way back to our true spiritual home. The attainment of samadhi is like installing in the mind a mirror of incomparable and eternal brightness, which illuminates all sentient beings and fills their hearts with joy.
Chan Mind
The chan mind is what conveys the worldling into the world of the saint. Meditation is the practice by which we realize the state of mind characterized by peace and purity. Meditation means the cultivation of the mind in such a way that we gain possession of the sword of the vajra king which cuts thru all contradictions and impediments, so that we obtain the three supports: the support of supernatural powers; the support of the power of the Dharma; and the support of a wise teacher. But whatever sort of meditation we practice, the purpose is still the attainment of samadhi. And the purpose of samadhi is to install an eternally bright mirror in the mind, what’s called “entering samadhi and shining,” which was the state in which the Buddha taught the Lotus Sutra.
2017
Dr. Yu Hsi was conferred with the medal of Garuda
On August 28, 2017, the president of parliament of Ulaanbaatar city awarded Dr. Yu Hsi the medal of Garuḍa in honor of his outstanding literary achievements and his great contributions to the cultural exchange between Taiwan and Mongolia.
On 26 July 2017,Dr. Yu Hsi visited Mr. C. Vidyasagar Rao, the governor of both Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra.
Dr. Yu Hsi read sutra written on leaves of pattra palm tree in India.
2016
Taiwanese Poet Dr. Yu Hsi formed an alliance and
signed a treaty with the internationally renowned
Forum 2000, Czech Centre of PEN International and
the Franz Kafka Society.
On September 16, 2016, Dr. Yu Hsi attended the XXXVI World Congress of Poets in the Czech Republic.
Meanwhile, he also formed an alliance and signed a treaty with the internationally renowned Forum 2000, Czech Centre of PEN International and the Franz Kafka Society.
Taiwanese Poet Dr. Yu Hsi Receives the
“Prague, City of Literature 2016”
Dr. Yu Hsi was coffered with the medal of “Prague, City of Literature 2016”for his long-term promotion of artistic and cultural exchange between Taiwan and the Czech Republic.
2015
●On 5th November 2015, for the promise with Dr. Abdul Kalam, the eleventh President of India , Dr. Yu Hsi lighted up an ever-burning light with Dr. M. Rajaram, IAS, Tamil Development and Information Department and H. Sheridon, secretary to Dr. Abdul Kalam at the Guanyin pavilion in Vandana Monastery, which located in the eastern coast of Taiwan. The ever-burning light symbolized the ever lasting friendship between Dr.Yu Hsi and President Abdul Kalam, the wishes for world peace and prosperity and also the blessing for Taiwanese people and all over the world.
2014
Taiwanese Poet Dr. Yu Hsi Receives the “Thiruvalluvar Award”
in Chennai, India
Yu Hsi receives the “Thiruvalluvar Award”(Chennai, India, January 15, 2014)
On January 4, 2014, Taiwan Tamil Sangam is founded in Taiwan, and it’s organized by Indians who live in Taiwan. They invite Dr. Yu Hsi to serve as the president of Taiwan Tamil Sangam.
Thirukkural is a masterpiece of great wisdom written by ancient Tamil language. In India and many parts in the world, what Thirukkural gives is a unique counsel and enriches the human lives. Dr.Yu Hsi translated Thirukkural into Chinese edition in order to share this Tamil gem with Taiwanese people. Dr. Abdul Kalam, the former president of India, praised Dr. Yu Hsi: ”The contribution of Poet Yu Hsi will indeed add many millions of people around the world to get to know the great poetic book of Thirukkural on the code of life, the guidelines for leaders for ruling nations, the family life and on almost every aspect
of life.”
2013
Dr. Yu Hsi's Poetry and Music
Buddhist orchestral symphonic suite
“Teacher of Gods and Men”
In the evening of December 25, 2013, Dr. Yu Hsi presided over grand-scale Oriental Buddhist symphony music in Chinese history at the National Concert Hall. 《Teacher of Gods and Men》was premiered and performed by National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture. During the concert, thousands of paintings based on the life of Sakyamuni Buddha combined with poetry and music was presented in the form of multimedia which was produced in 1986. Dr. SHEN, SYUE-Yong, former minister of Culture, attended the event, and gave high compliment.
Dr. Yu Hsi's Poetry and Music
“Buddha displays nine songs”
Zen poetry and music presentation
On 28 August,2013, “Buddha displays nine songs” Zen poetry and music presentation gave the premiere performance at Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum in Kaohsiung.At the end of the concert,Master Hsing Yun,the founder of Fo Guang Shan,conferred the certificate of appreciation with Master Dao Yi in person.
2011
The European Franz Kafka Circle awards Yu Hsi the Franz Kafka Medal for Literature in recognition of the outstanding achievements and significant influence of this Eastern poet and thinker’s literary works. (The Franz Kafka Museum, Prague, The Czech Republic October 6, 2011)
The Czech National PEN Club awards Yu Hsi its
hightest honor - the Karel Čapek Medal
The Czech National PEN Club awards Yu Hsi its highest honor—the Karel Čapek Medal for his long scroll poem “Road”. The medal was presented by Jiří Dědeček in recognition of this Buddhist poet and thinker’s outstanding achievements and significant influence in various fields of arts and culture. (October 6, 2011)
Golden medal of Ferdinand de Martinengo
Michal Kováč, the first President of Slovakia, awards Yu Hsi with the Medal of Ferdinand de Martinengo, who was a doctor and one of the first humanitarians in Slovakia, in recognition of Dr. Yu Hsi’s work in the spirit of humanism. (Bratislava, Slovakia October 8, 2011)
2010
The Second Taiwan Cross-Strait cum Hong Kong and
Macao Arts Forum
December 18, 2010 saw the grand opening ceremony of the “The Second Taiwan Cross-Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao Arts Forum” held by the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum in Taipei. The chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Sun Jiazheng arrived accompanied by a delegation to participate in this impressive event.
The Second Taiwan Cross-Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao Arts Forum
The chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Sun Jiazheng accepts Mr. Yu Hsi’s invitation and visits Taiwan, being one of the highest public figures to visit Taiwan within the sphere of cross-strait exchange.
In 2010, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former Indian President recited his poem, The Great Tree in My Home, at the concert of “Road” hosted by Dr. Yu Hsi in Taipei.
In 2010, Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Dr. Yu Hsi enjoyed Chinese tea together in Confucious Temple.
Mongolian Buddhist Image and Sculpture Exhibition
Left: Vice Foreign Minister Ho, Dr. Yu Hsi, Mongolian Founding President Ochirbat, National State Library Curator Mr. Ku, and Mongolian-Tibetan Commissioner Kao on stage for the exhibition.
In May 2010 in the capital of the Tamil Nadu, The governor Surjit Singh Barnala specially presented Dr. Yu Hsi with a bronze sculpture -- Ardharnari, which represents the union between Hindu god Shiva and his wife, Parvati. It also symbolizes the combined energies of compassion and wisdom, as well as the philosophy of the double nature of all creation.
In May 2010, at the National Central Library in Taipei, the “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion” was awarded to Tenzing, the vice-president of the Chinese Writer’s & Artist’s Association.
Chinese literary and artistic festival on May 4th
A group photo of president of the Chinese Writer's& Artist's Association Dr. Yu Hsi, vice-president Dan
Tzeng, foreign friends, those awarding the prizes and prizewinners taken on the stage.
2009
Czech National PEN Club Silver Medal
Mr. Jiří Dědeček, president of the Czech PEN Club, presided over a book release in Clementinum for Taiwanese poet Yu Hsi and he also awarded Yu Hsi the Czech PEN Club Silver Medal. (October 6th, 2009, Prague)
Hungarian PEN Club Memorial Medal
On September 28th, 2009, at the opening ceremony of the XXIX World Congress of Poets, poet Yu Hsi was awarded the Hungarian PEN Club Medal, a historical and significant literary prize in Hungary for many years. Most of the winners are European and American senior writers, whereas, it was the first time to be conferred upon an eastern poet.
Parnassus International Poetry Award
On September 28th, 2009, Dr. István Hiller, Hungary’s Minister of Education and Culture, conferred the "Parnassus International Poetry Award" upon poet Yu Hsi in Budapest in recognition of his remarkable achievement in the field of literature and poetry. (September 28th, 2009, Budapest)
2008
Ján Smrek International Poetry Prize
On April 3, 2008, in Mirbach Palace, Yu Hsi receives "Ego", the sculpture given as an award for the Ján Smrek International Poetry Prize from President Kováč as the first Oriental poet to win this award.
The Yu Hsi’s Creation: Azure and Mysterious Imprints on the Ocean
At a corner of the exhibition hall, the 111 published scrolls displayed on a square table make use of directions as the source for book title and implication; apropos of the rear area, there are 111 exhibited manuscripts lightened via “transparent slides,” catching everyone’s eyes in an instant.
2007
Dr. Yu Hsi presents a hardcover of The Blue Bird’s Moonlight Sonata to the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala. (August 29, 2007)
Dr. Yu Hsi, accompanied by former Supreme Court Justice of India, Dr. Mohan, receives an audience with Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr. M. Karunanidhi. (August 29, 2007)
Former President of India, Dr. Kalam confers a gold medal upon Dr. Yu Hsi at the 27th World Congress of Poets. (September 1, 2007, Chennai, India)
2006
In 2006, in order to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the founding of Mongolian State by the great hero, Chinggis Khaan, the Ministry of Culture announced that it would hold the Chinggis Khaan World Poetry Festival. Nearly a hundred entries were received from enthusiastic poets around the world. Dr. Yu Hsi prepared a creative and profoundly moving long-scrolled poem. Entitled “Chinggis Khaan—A Dragon at the City of Tengri’s the Eternal Blue Sky”, it won first prize honors. He received a sash, a gold medal, and a prized and very spirited precious Mongolian horse. It is said to be from the line of ancient battle horses used by Chinggis Khaan during his years of conquest and it is often gifted to world leaders as a shower of diplomacy between Mongolia and it’s international friends.
2005
The poet Dr. Yu Hsi receives the golden laurel and plaque for the highest honor of Poet Laureate in the 25th World Congress of Poets. (August, 2005)
2004
●2004 Crane Summit Performs “Multi-media Art
Production of Poems by Yu Hsi” in Seoul, South Korea,
during the 24th World Congress of Poets
The lyrics of the first multi-media composition called the “Scarlet Dusk” were written by Yu Hsi and the music was composed by the most influential contemporary composer of folk music Mr. Liu Wenjin. Yu Hsi has dedicated this poem to the eminent and venerable religious leader Master Chuan Ching, founder of the Vandana Monastery in Hualien. The lyrics itself are very poetical and graceful and the melody very moving. The poem was previously awarded the 2000 Golden Tripod Award for the best song writer.
2004
●“Song of the Majestic Flower-Prelude”
Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist in the category of
Traditional and Artistic Works
2000
●“Dhvaja”-Lyrics of “Scarlet Dusk”
has been consecutively awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Lyricist in the
category of Traditional and Artistic Works by the Government Information
Office under the Executive Yuan.
1999
●The Purple Gold-wrought Robe- “The Moonlight Ancient Mirror,” “The Glorious Lotus,” “The Song of Glory,” and “The Dreamlike Ocean”
Receives four Golden Melody Award Nominations for Best Lyricist in the category Traditional and Artistic Works.
●The Purple Gold-wrought Robe- “The Dreamlike Ocean” is awarded the Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist in the category Traditional and Artistic Works by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan.
Yu Hsi’s first novel. With simple and earnest word images, Yu Hsi delineates this novel that is rich in childhood joy and innocence. It records a joyous path towards eternal truth. By deploying a highly intelligent writing technique, this allegorical novel has the circle of the four seasons (spring rejuvenation, summer prosperity, autumn harvest, and winter storage) reflecting the circle of human life (birth, growth, mellowness, and a consummate life). This book probes into the eternal original hometown of human spiritual life and the dream-seeking journey of the self, resembling a deja vu hometown ballad.
1991
●“The Tathagata Saga” Music album
Cai Jie-cheng is awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Composer by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan.
Comments by the judges: “The combination of human voices and instrument sounds is ingenious and the style is sublime. It contains profound religious philosophy and is extremely touching.”
●“New Collection of Stories for Elementary Pupils” Music album
is awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Album by the Government, Information Office under the Executive Yuan. Comments by the judges, "The music is lively and vivacious. It inspires children’s imagination and contains tremendous educational meaning."
1989
●“The Cloud Boy”
Golden Tripod Award for Best Album and Best Music Producer
1988
●“Nine-colored Deer” stage music album
is awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Album. Comments by the judges: "This album is a very creative design in which music and story are combined in a superb way. It contains not only educational meaning but also entertainment value."
Yu Hsi, born in 1951, reveres Nature, enjoys traveling, and is an accomplished photographer, musician and writer who has been producing original work for over thirty years. His works are steeped with romantic character and musical spirit. Weaving his way through abundant emotion and graceful philosophy, Yu Hsi thus depicts the diversity of humankind. He has drawn from profound Eastern philosophy and the graceful and masterful use of language in classical literature to create a modern style that is characterized by freedom. It has become a form of higher knowledge and aesthetics of artistic life. Over the years, while Yu Hsi has focused primarily on poetry, he has concurrently been working on his novels and original stage dramas. This sprouting poetic emotion and artistic creativity inspires us to search for knowledge and utilize our senses so that through the pure and sincere sound of a forgotten music, we can once more return to simple truths. In this way, our complicated lives can achieve a renewed simplicity and order. Yu Hsi’s fable-style literature utilizes symbolism’s sensibilities (namely, the language of poetry). Indirectly, he brings to light the innate profound mystery within each of our beings. People will then learn to reconcile their inner hearts with their outer appearances to form a beautiful and harmonious whole. The reason Yu Hsi has been awarded so many honors in Taiwan and abroad is because of his outstanding music and poetry and his vivid exploration of those layers of life which are hidden from view.
So far, Yu Hsi has published over seventy books. More than sixty composers have been involved in his work and more than one hundred CDs have been released. The total length of his music performances is around seven thousand three hundred minutes. Thirty multimedia plays have been written. The total number of stage performances reaches almost three hundred. The number of his awards is more than sixty. His works have been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Spanish.
The majority of his works are novels and poetry, within which can be found the spirit of poetry. Yu Hsi’s Eastern philosophy abounds, as does his reverence and respect towards life. His poetry seeks to awaken people’s pure emotion and innermost uncontaminated nature. He continues to uphold his dream of cultivating culture and fine art by devoting himself to a life of creation. He hopes to draw upon the fundamental strength and purity of literature as well as its rich and encompassing melody. The scope of Yu Hsi’s original works extends to cover a gamut of categories: novels, poetry collections, photography, magazines, poetry & painting books, comic books, music albums, live fine arts performances, multimedia, and DVDs. These works make up the sum of Yu Hsi, the artist.
As an Eastern philosophical poet, Yu Hsi’s literary works are imbued with dense Eastern philosophy and poetic depictions of Nature; they reveal the profound essence of human life. His novels follow the phases of human life. His poetry collections delineate the ultimate beauty of life through images of compelling landscapes. Through transcendental rationale he unbinds the fettered hearts of modern people and allows them access to their previously obstructed creativity. Thus, the clouds will part, allowing us to return to our shining potential
and free will. These are the distinguishing features of his literary works. With an unpolluted romantic spirit and always striving to produce new original ideas, Yu Hsi is able to naturally make use of nature’s radiance and hidden inner strength. He draws from the richness of Eastern philosophy to create the bands of a literary rainbow to display before the eyes of the world’s people. In winter 2001, after a beautiful unexpected chance occurrence, the poet found himself swimming in his mind, faced with a magnificent and beauteous work of Eastern philosophy, spanning the earth and the sky. This would become “109.5° Prasrabdhi—The Luminous Purple Scroll of Crystalline Diamonds.” Shortly in two years, this glorious masterpiece of a series, including 111 scrolls of long-form poetry, was completed.
Yu Hsi’s works include novels, The Purple Gold-wrought Robe, Prabhūtaratna, Amṛta, Dhvaja, and 17·23 Seven-night Waiting. A short novel, The Heavenly Drop with the Essence of the Universe. Poetry collections, Collection of Yu Hsi’s Poems I, The Impish Stone Teases the Spring, The Joy of Affection, Ekaika-rasa, Frosty Night, One Color Less, Kalā, Ālaya & mano-vijñāna, Pisces Play with the Moon, The Rabbit is Pregnant, The White Horse Enters the Reed Catkins, The Fifth Watch Silver Candlelight, and Ūrṇā-keśa. Long-scroll poetry, East Manuscript Verses, South Manuscript Verses, West Manuscript Verses, North Manuscript Verses, Central Manuscript Verses, Manuscript Verses of the Firmament, Southwest Manuscript Verses, Northwest Manuscript Verses, Manuscript Verses of the Earth, Northeast Manuscript Verses, and Southeast Manuscript Verses. Literary picture books, The Dream-like Ocean, The Glorious Lotus, The Moonlight Ancient Mirror, and The Song of Glory.
Poetry is the world of language that distils the essence of our hearts. Poets are the transmitters of resplendence. Yu Hsi has said: “Poetry is at the center of human spirituality. It passes down the sincere conversations of human beings, their breaths, and their pulsations. In this way, poetry fashions illimitable nuances and subtle wits. Thus, the poet is the most beauteous and dignified human being in the universe.” Yu Hsi’s poetic heart is like a sky of twinkling stars, containing most beauteous and radiant music. It draws from a diverse multiplicity of media to create a picture of beauty and radiance, a procession of stars in the universe. His poetry, novels, music, video, multimedia, and stage dramas bring overflowing and true splendor and peacefulness to the world. “Let us enter the new space of the moon and the stars in a new world. Together, let us set alight a thousand candles to illuminate the galaxy. For the sake of humanity, make a world of peace, happiness, and blessedness.” This is Yu Hsi’s dream.
■ 詩 人 Poet
Swift are the Impressionists when they capture lights and shadows. Similarly, if your heart can feel the movements of the waves, you can then discern their rhythm; if your mind can imagine the texture of the meadow, you can then feel its softness... Yu Hsi’s writing is rich in creativity and yet simple and unsophisticated. The way he describes the richness and broadness of the world, the vicissitudes of solar terms and the mystery of stars and the universe not only is lyric for lyric’s sake, but also shows a sort of free enlightenment. His writing provides a new viewpoint: applying “the profound journey of the inner spirit” as the axis to describe multifacetedly the eternal dreamland that people desire.
■ 小說家 Novelist
Novelist Yu Hsi’s goal is to excavate freedom of the soul. He philosophically interprets adventures of one’s inner character, romantic encounters, and other enchanting elements in life, and creates philos-sophos allegorical novels that “chat cordially” with the original hometown of our souls.
■ 攝影行者 Photographer
Since 1980, Yu Hsi has been working in the field of photo-graphy and trying to search for the true “I.” Through his minute and ingenious observation, Yu Hsi perceives the free aesthetics of the objects around him, and is able to interpret the images of dreams between the Milky Way and the sea. His works record the transformation of creatures’ lives, the movement of Time... The world under his lens generates curiosity, broadness, admiration...and profundity.
■ 製 作 人 Producer
In his early years, Yu Hsi studied diligently in the field of philosophy, and has since realized that if he could transplant the philosophy of superior life wisdom into modern people’s art life, he might make people feel content, joyous and refined deep inside. It is now his goal to express profound wisdom in the form of fine literature and convey it gracefully with the help of spiritual tunes, so that people, through this new centurial Eastern music rich in its philosophical sentience, might hearken to the sounds that truly belong to the consonant souls.
■ 策畫·導演 Director
On the spiritual summit of the new century, meditating on Eastern intelligence and wisdom, Yu Hsi is turning the dharma wheel for the contemporary and leading arts and culture. Under his guidance and promotion, brilliant and colorful poetry, chants, music, paintings and drama integrated with high-tech computer technology, bring forth manifold elaborate and creative multimedia arts, poetry concerts, and performing arts to be presented on the stage of the National Concert Hall and National Theater Hall. Such distinguished and outstanding art pushes forward novel thinking and fresh enlightenment for a great artistic life!
●On November 5, 2015, Dr. Yu Hsi, host of the XXXV World Congress of Poets, lighted up the world peace lamp under laser lights and music sound effects. Next day the unveiling ceremony for the bronze statue of Indian sage Thiruvalluvar was held during the opening ceremony of the congress.
SINCE 1982
In 1982, Yu Hsi researches and develops “Art Multimedia,” which combines artistic creations, including philosophy, literature, fine art, music, photography, and computer multimedia technology. In 1986, Yu Hsi founds Poem Culture Corporation, a pure and fresh cultural organization, in order to benefit people with the true, the good, and the beauty of culture and art. Its cultural purport: “delivering a piece of refreshing news for the chiliocosm.” Its goal is to tame the turbulent discord within the universe, make wars stop and warriors rest, and allow humankind to live in peace.
1987
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
“Light up Your Wisdom Light”
Stage music album
(Su Wen-qing commissioned to compose) This album combines literature and music. It creates a new trend in modern Chinese music.
“The Nether World Suite”
In this children’s illustrated book, Yu Hsi constructs a pure and innocent fairytale world that enlightens modern children on moral education and art appreciation.
“Nine-colored Deer”
Audio storybook and symphonic poetry versions. (Su Wen-qing commissioned to compose)
1988
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“The Nether World Suite and Zen”
Art multimedia．DVD
Unveils a new milestone for modern Eastern spiritual art and culture.
2.“The Cloud Boy”
Music album
3.“Light up Your Wisdom Light”
Music album
Rendering of Yu Hsi’s epic Light up Your Wisdom Light in the form of traditional Chinese symphony of poems and music.
Award 
“Nine-colored Deer” stage music album
the Golden Tripod Award for Best Album
Comments by the judges: "This album is a very creative design in which music and story are combined in a superb way. It contains not only educational meaning but also entertainment value."
1989
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1. “Bird, Art, Flower”
Music album
Available in music and stage music versions.
2. Bird, Art, Flower
Children’s illustrated book
Also titled Mummy Deer’s Story.
3. “Teacher of Gods and Men”
Stage music album
This Traditional Chinese Symphonic Suite is based on Yu Hsi’s first long-form narrative poem "Light up Your Wisdom Light". (Guo Zhi-yuan commissioned to compose)
4. “Avalokitesvara”
Stage music album
An Eastern version of “Ave Maria”.
5. “Light up Your Wisdom Light”
Art multimedia．DVD
A production that took three years to complete. Yu Hsi also organized the performance of this art multimedia artwork, which combines poetry, music, paintings and drama, at National Taiwan University’s Audio-Visual Educational Center, where there were more than ten showings.
“The Cloud Boy”
Golden Tripod Award for Best Album and Best Music Producer
“The Nether World Suite and Zen”
Art multimedia, DVD both were Nominated for the Golden Video Award
1990
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“Nine-colored Deer”
Art multimedia．DVD
This is the first "multimedia fairytale" in Chinese history. It had sixteen showings on stage in a row with free tickets for the enormous and enthusiastic public.
2.“New Collection of Stories for Elementary Pupils”
Music album
This album contains twelve modern children’s poems and ballads composed by Yu Hsi.
3.“The Traveler's Pleasant Music” Series
Music album of verses and songs (Cai Jie-cheng, Chen Ru-qi, Chen Qing-wen, Zhu Yun-song, Zheng Rong-xing, Liu Song-hui, Yan Hui-chang, Chen Neng-ji, Huang Yong-zhang, Chen Zhe-hong, Su Wen-qing, Qu Wen-zhong and Chen Zhong-shen commissioned to compose)
3-1.“The Traveler”
3-2.“The Ten Ox-Pictures” (“The Praise to Ten Oxherding Circumstances” )
3-3.“Lotus-growing Earthen Bowl”
3-4.“The World of Goodness”
3-5.“The Tathagata Saga” Music album of verses
1991
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
3-6.“When the Barque Sails, the Shore Moves”
Music album of verses and songs (Cai Jie-cheng commissioned to compose)
“When the Clouds Drift, the Moon Rotates”
(Cai Jie-cheng commissioned to compose)
“The Tathagata Saga” Music album
Cai Jie-cheng is awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Composer by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan. Comments by the judges:
“The combination of human voices and instrument sounds is ingenious and the style is sublime. It contains profound religious philosophy and is extremely touching.”
“New Collection of Stories for Elementary Pupils” Music album
is awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Album by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan. Comments by the judges: "The music is lively and vivacious. It inspires children’s imagination and contains tremendous educational meaning."
1992
●Yu Hsi founds the quarterly magazine Ekaika-rasa, the purport of which is to protect and support the eternal spring of Nature we rely on, and search for the most beauteous and dignified human beings. Yu Hsi also takes up the post of chief editor.
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.The Cloud Boy
Literary illustrated book
2.Avalokitesvara
Literary illustrated book
3.“The Cloud Boy”
Art multimedia．DVD
A production that took four years to complete. This original hometown lad stage performance is replete with extremely wise Eastern spiritual philosophy.
4.“New Saddharma of the Lotus Sutra”
Music album
The seven allegories in the Lotus Sutra are the axis of this work (including two prologues and seven stories). This album contains three CDs and the total playing time is 180 minutes.
5.“The Sentient World”
Stage music album
It narrates the legendary life story of Master Kuang Chin, an eminent modern monk.
1993
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
●“The Eyes of Men and Devas”-Wuiyang sect, Linji sect, Caodong sect, Yunmen sect and Fayan sect
Music album
This is a large-scale representation of Zen poetry and music that took three meticulous years of production to complete. Several composers from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, including Liu Wen-jin, Zhao Yong-shan, Su Wen-qing, Chen Neng-ji, Yan Hui-chang and Cai Jie-cheng are commissioned to compose.
●“The Legend of Seeking the Perfect Nirvana”
Stage music album
This is the stage version of “New Saddharma of the Lotus Sutra,” which sets a
powerful basis for the forthcoming seven-day-and-seven-night tales.
1994
創作
Creative Writing
●The Purple Gold-wrought Robe
Yu Hsi's first novel
With simple and earnest word images, Yu Hsi delineates this novel that is rich in childhood joy and innocence. It records a joyous path towards eternal truth. By deploying a highly intelligent writing technique, this allegorical novel has the circle of the four seasons (spring rejuvenation, summer prosperity, autumn harvest, and winter storage) reflecting the circle of human life (birth, growth, mellowness, and a consummate life). This book probes into the eternal original hometown of human spiritual life and the dream-seeking journey of the self, resembling a deja vu hometown ballad.
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
●“The Moon Music”
Music album
A music album of verses based on Monk Zhao’s Treatise. (Liu Wen-jin
commissioned to compose)
創辦
Founder
●Yu Hsi founds the Bounty Guanyin Cultural Foundation to promote the exchange of different cultures and arts and to spread the seeds of love and peace while creating various performing arts. Employing poetry, chanting, sounds, paintings, music, dancing, and drama, Yu Hsi has created a three-dimensional cultural and artistic place and created a recreation ground for human beings with truth, goodness, beauty, and dignity.
Award “Teacher of Gods and Men”
Composer Guo Zhi-yuan is awarded the “National Culture and Arts Award” for Best Music.
1995
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“Avalokitesvara”
Art multimedia．DVD
2.“Ten Classics Featuring Musician Liu Tian-hua on erhu”
Music album
創作
Creative Writing
●Prabhtūaratna
Yu Hsi’s second novel
Yu Hsi describes a touching story of the eternal search for the realm of life summit, and conveys the inwardness of life that “truth and beauty coexist.” The eight main characters in Prabhūtaratna are represented by piano and seven Chinese ancient instruments: konghou, ancient heptachord, pipa (Chinese lute), erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle), ruan, bell-chimes and bili (Chinese oboe), to respectively interpret the seven esoteric causes of life including earth, water, fire, wind, space, sight and perception. Yu Hsi invited eight contemporary composers to compose the music, explaining to each of them the philosophical purport and the musical images in this work.
1996
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“Nine-colored Deer”
Performing arts
The beautiful and touching performance of “Summer．Taipei．Forest Legend” is staged at National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei. It attracts an audience of ten thousand children and the event is as spectacular as its previous performance in 1990.
2.“The Newborn Phoenix”
Music album
Award Prabhūtaratna
is awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Creative Literature Publication by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan.
Comments by the judges: “With a fairytale tone, the author tells a beautiful story of eternally seeking the ideal world. He portrays vividly every aspect of human spiritual realms and conveys the purport that ‘truth and beauty coexist’.”
1997
創作
Creative Writing
●Amṛta
Yu Hsi’s third novel
Employing the writing technique of juxtaposing dreamland and reality, spiritual world and materialistic realm, Yu Hsi gives an account of the extremely esteemed, magnificent and clean substance of the universe. It conveys humankind’s eternal yearning for and pursuit of “summum bonum.”
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“The Cloud Boy” Performing arts
“Summer．Taipei．Lotus Legend” combines the art multimedia design of “The Cloud Boy,” a two-time Golden Tripod Award winner, and the musical play “The Legend of Seeking the Perfect Nirvana,” and is staged at the National Theater Hall in Taipei.
2.The Purple Gold-wrought Robe-Spring: “The Prince Donning a
Purple Garb”
Illustrated picture book
The Purple Gold-wrought Robe
This novel is included on the “Reading Recommendation List” selected by the
Department of Information, Taipei City Government.
1998
創作
Creative Writing
●Dhvaja
Yu Hsi's fourth novel
This life journey account of sauntering in Nature and exploring the soul tells
the story that humankind, in the abstruse space-time journey, will eventually
return to the ultimate abode full of brightness and fragrance.
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.The Purple Gold-wrought Robe-Summer: “The Perfect Nir-vana in the Magic City”
Illustrated picture book
2.These four albums took four years to complete, and contain a total playing time of 280 minutes.
2-1.The Purple Gold-wrought Robe-Spring: “The Prince Donning a Purple Garb”
Music album, Cai Jie-cheng is commissioned to compose.
2-2.The Purple Gold-wrought Robe-Summer: “The Abode of Good Causes”
Music album, Wang Shi-guang is commissioned to compose.
2-3.The Purple Gold-wrought Robe-Autumn: “The Assembly of Universal Good Causes”
Music album, Liu Xi-jin is commissioned to compose.
2-4.The Purple Gold-wrought Robe-Winter: “The Great Light Treasury”
Music album, Liu Wen-jin is commissioned to compose.
3.Pipa Divertimento: Prabhtaratna- “The Oceanic Rhythm of a Necklace of Pearls and Jades”
Music album, (Dai Hong-wei commissioned to compose)
In this album, the colorful, resplendent, and dramatic ancient Chinese instrument is elevated to a new peak in modern music.
1998
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
The Illustrated picture book, The Purple Gold-wrought Robe- Spring: “The Prince Donning a Purple Garb” is on the “Reading Recommendation List” selected by the Department of Information, Taipei City Government.
Amṛta
This novel is on the “Reading Recommendation List” selected by the Department of Information, Taipei City Government.
1999
創作
Creative Writing
●17．23 Seven-night Waiting Drama
Yu Hsi holds his second New Book Release Party. With the intertwining of stories that occur over seven days and seven nights, this book discloses the mystery of the revolving and never-ending universe and the spirituality of life’s entirety.
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“Herding the Mind”
Music album
Based on the “Ten Ox-Pictures”(The Praise to Ten Oxherding Circumstances) of Monk Kuo An in the Sung Dynasty. This new modern Zen music- “Herding the Mind”-includes ten newly composed Zen poems.
2.Ancient Heptachord Divertimento: Prabhtaratna-“Seeking Voices in Different Realms”
Music album (Composed and performed by Cheng Gong-liang.)
In this recording, Cheng performs on “Autumn Melody,” a stringed instrument made in the Tang Dynasty.
3.Konghou Divertimento: Prabhtaratna- “Flowing Music from the Ingenious Fingers”
Music album (Composed by Liu Xi-jin and performed by Cui Zhi-jun.)
4.“Dhvaja”
Music album, Traditional Chinese symphony (Liu Xi-jin commissioned to compose)
1999
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
The Purple Gold-wrought Robe- “The Moonlight Ancient Mirror,” “The Glorious Lotus,” “The Song of Glory,” and “The Dreamlike Ocean”
Receives four Golden Melody Award Nominations for Best Lyricist in the category Traditional and Artistic Works.
The Purple Gold-wrought Robe- “The Dreamlike Ocean”
Received Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist in the category Traditional and Artistic Works from the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan
2000
創作
Creative Writing
●The Heavenly Drop with the Essence of the Universe
Novel
A collection of six short pieces in which Yu Hsi discusses the wisdom light of the soul.
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.“The Music of Attaining Enlightenment in One Night”
Music album
This modern album of verses is based on Master Yong Jia’s “Song of Buddhist Testament” in the Tang Dynasty.
2.“The Golden Drum” (also known as “Amta”)
Music album (Liu Xi-jin commissioned to compose)
3.“Eka-rasa”
Music album (Wang Shi-guang commissioned to compose)
4.Pipa Concerto: Prabhtaratna-“Sand in the Shells”
Music album (Dai Hong-wei commissioned to compose)
5.“Original Hometown in the Wind Ravine”
Music album of verses and songs (Liu Wen-jin commissioned to compose)
6.“Seven-colored Cloud Panorama”
Music album (Lu Liang-hui commissioned to compose)
“Dhvaja”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of Classical Music.
Ancient Heptachord Divertimento: Prabhūtaratna-“Seeking Voices in Different Realms”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of Religious Music.
“Herding the Mind”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of Religious Music.
“Dhvaja”-Lyrics of “Scarlet Dusk”
has been consecutively awarded the Golden Tripod Award for Best Lyricist in the category of Traditional and Artistic Works by the Government Information Office under the Executive Yuan.
2001
創作
Creative Writing
1.Collection of Yu Hsi’s Poems I Collection of Poems
The luxuriant reservoir of creation and the spurting fountain of life in The Collection of Yu Hsi’s Poems I are like a slingshot in the hands of a lad or the diving bell cruising in the indigo sea, holding incessant energy as well as magical and indulgent imagination.
2.The Impish Stone Teases the Spring Collection of Poems
With a touch of ancient classical mythology, Yu Hsi reflects the pure inner feelings of “childlike innocence” in The Impish Stone Teases the Spring. Through subtle interactions among the whole of creation in the universe, the poet chants the passionate and lively celebration of life.
3.The Joy of Affection Collection of Poems
This collection is abundant in dense “original homeland” hue and contains solid Eastern thinking. Yu Hsi integrates the spirit of Western philosophy’s vivacious dialectics into his work. Like ancient Chinese scrolls of landscape painting, these poems slowly unfold to reveal endless brooks and mountains.
4.Ekaika-rasa Limited hardback edition
The instantaneous images in the universe are rich in everlasting rhythms of life. The long composition, The Blooming Lotus, in Ekaika-rasa uses coherent sets of poems to reflect the most original forty-two subtle genes prior to the incessant universe whence the whole of creation in the world developed. With profound observation and thinking, Yu Hsi responds to the magical elements in this immense life and pens the creative features and sublime meanings of the forty-two succinct and profound letters. Using bold and unconstrained rhymes of the letters as well as ingenious and lively rhythms, the poet chants the illimitable profundity of the universe and sings for us the song of life realization.
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
1.Chime Bells Divertimento: Prabhūtaratna- “The Music of the Soul”
Music album
(Composed by Zhao Yong-shan) The instrument in this recording is the ancient “bell-chimes of Marquis Yi of Zeng” (dating back to the Epoch of Warring States, 403-221 B.C.; excavated in Hubei, China in 1978). This album sets a legendary record in modern Chinese music.
2."Dreaming of the Majestic Flower Tonight”
Music album of verses and songs (Lu Liang-hui commissioned to compose)
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.Yu Hsi’s New Poetry and Music I- Ālaya & mano-vijñāna Song of the First Frost
Concert of New Poetry and Music
(Wang Shi-guang commissioned to compose) This Symphony Concert combines forty-three poems and multimedia photographic images, and is staged at the National Concert Hall in Taipei.
2.“Song of the First Frost”
Music album
This album is a live recording of the “Song of the First Frost” Concert.
3.“Moonlight”
Music album
(Tang Jian Ping commissioned to compose) A musical play of verses that is dedicated to a new humankind in the beautiful new century.
4.“The Sea of Music Sounds．The Light of the Secular World”
Music album
This Buddhist song “The Sea of Music Sounds．The Light of the Secular World” inherits the Sanskrit music tradition from Cheng Tien Temple at Quan-Zhou, Fujian Province. (Zhao Yong-Shan commissioned to compose)
The poem Wishing to Be Congenial with Your Heart included in the
album “The Original Homeland in the Wind Ravine” is nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist in the category of Traditional and Artistic Works.
“The Golden Drum”
Receives a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Album in the
category of Religious Music.
Poem Culture Corporation
the Poetry Movement Prize.
2002
創作
Creative Writing
1.Frosty Night Collection of poems
This is a collection of the “herdboy’s remembrance of the island,” which compiles Yu Hsi’s new poems and a three-year-old girl’s illustrations. The profound and refreshing verses evince the wonderful world of “childlike innocence.”
2.One Color Less Collection of poems
One color less, i.e. the unique color, the original color, is the true facet of life and the enchanting lineament of the whole of creation. This inarticulate light of the soul resembles a pure and dustless Moonlight Sonata...
3.Kalā/Ge-Luo-Fen Collection of poems
Legendarily, Ge-Luo-Fen was the most original element by the ancient riverbank. Delicate and minute, it was the earliest existence of all creation. Every diminutive speck of dust carries the existence of her and her shadow...
4.Ālaya & mano-vijñāna/Song of the First Frost Limited hardback edition
Song of the First Frost collects one hundred and ninety poems composed by Yu Hsi from the beginning of Autumn in 2000 to the beginning of Spring in 2001.
The poet also entitles this collection Ālaya & mano-vijñāna. (Sanskrit: Two Perceptions) This magnificent collection displays Yu Hsi’s pure and distinct compassion and wishes as well as his deep concern for the whole of creation.
5.Pisces Play with the Moon Collection of Poems
Pisces Play with the Moon collects thirty-five of Yu Hsi’s Nature-decoding poems composed from the Rains to the Vernal Equinox Springtime in the beginning of this new century. From the exuberant secret code of sunset and breeze in Red Fairy Tale Castle to the amusing rehearsal of songs sung by the large relaxing rock in Rubble New Song to Theatre of Mountain and Water on a Spring Trip to a Foreign Land casting shooting stars, butterflies and clouds, poet Yu Hsi, with his innocent and romantic sentiment, endows the whole of creation in the world with a vivacious and unique appearance as well as fresh and charming scenery. Through his genuine wisdom and humanitarianism in writing, Yu Hsi reflects the living aesthetics on both shores. In an unhurried life tempo, he depicts the endless images of the whole of creation. His poetic work thus resembles an unceasing Navigation Sonata.
6.The Rabbit is Pregnant Collection of Poems
The Rabbit is Pregnant carries with it an intensely magical and witty style,
telling many stories in one breath in the language of poetry and the ambiance
of prose. With a brand-new point of view, this collection leads readers to an unimaginable kingdom of poetry and explores the wisdom you wish to discover the most.
7.The White Horse Enters the Reed Catkins Collection of poems
The writing in this collection is affluent. Several groups of long poems with the name “untitled” are covered and reflecting beneath the woods by the waterside. With a dancing gesture of tiptoeing and whirling, which resembles “the itinerant journey of the linking square cookie world,” this collection chants the four-season music of the universe...
8.The Fifth Watch Silver Candlelight Collection of poems
Based on the legend of “the fifth watch,” it contains ancient mythology’s gorgeous images, brilliant holy luster, and artistic aspects...
● Poem Culture Corporation is appointed to manage the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association’s “Arts Center”.
總策畫
Executive Producer
●Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (I)
Art multimedia．DVD
Yu Hsi is invited to produce his first “Multimedia Presentation of Poems,” originally to be staged in Romania on the occasion of the XXII World Congress of Poets.
The poem “Meditator” from Collection of Yu Hsi’s Poems I
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist.
“The Sea of Music Sounds．The Light of the Secular World”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of Religious Music.
The music album “Song of the First Frost”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Singer.
A large-scale oratorio of verses.
In May, 2002, Yu Hsi was awarded the Medal of Chinese Literature and Arts for Poetry Writing by the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association.
In October, 2002, the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature (Litt.D.) is conferred upon Yu Hsi by the World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC).
2003
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.Yu Hsi’s New Poetry and Music II “Song of the Majestic Flower”
Oratorio of verses
(Wang Shi-guang commissioned to compose) Combining the picturesque multimedia of poems, paintings and Yu Hsi’s photographs, this oratorio of verses, which is probably the longest in the world, is once again staged at the National Concert Hall in Taipei. In the enchanting springtime when beads of dew cling on all the joyous plants in the mountains, this performance of poems and music awakens the audience’s inner belief. The touching representation indeed sets an unprecedented beautiful record.
“The Purple Gold-wrought Robe”
Stage music album
This large-scale theater music, which combines children’s literature, music and stories, is based on the novel The Purple Gold-wrought Robe. It contains eight CDs in total.
● On the spring equinox of 2003, Yu Hsi invites Mr. Lu Ti of the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association to organize the XXIII World Congress of Poets.
● On the day of Slight Snow in 2003, Yu Hsi serves the post of Honorary President of the XXIII World Congress of Poets in 2003.
創作
Creative Writing
● Ūrṇa-keśa/The Sauntering Letter Fish
Collection of poems, Limited hardback edition
Thoughts don’t linger around the heart, thus they all converge toward the ocean. Rivers are raging and turbulent; however, thoughts will never turn into complete enlightenment unless they have wandered and ventured. Hence, traveling upon rivers is essential. The Sauntering Letter Fish searches for the ultimate source of life in the splendid world of material interests. At times abstracting or sublimating, the poems regain a unique sheen for ordinary matters. The poet entitles this collection Ūrṇā-keśa.
A Masterpiece of Eastern Philosophical Spirit:
“109.5°Prasrabdhi - 111 Long Scrolled Manuscript Verses Series”
●Completed on the 14th of August, 2003, 109.5°Prasrabdhi-“Long Scrolled Manuscript Verses Series” covers eleven directions (east, south, west, north, center, the firmament, the earth, northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast) and includes 111 scrolled poems. Yu Hsi indites the sage, joyous and esoteric causes of the universe in these long scrolled verses, which are demonstrative of the beauty and sublimity of life and replete with infinitely magical and resplendent but none the less tranquil and profound spaces of subtle thinking. The slight homesickness in the verses leads readers to arrive at the azure sea in the universe and return to the everlasting, fragrant and pure realm of pollen and crystalline diamonds in humankind’s souls. Yu Hsi holds his fourth New Book Release Party as well as a Manuscript Exhibition at Ekaika-rasa’s Arts Center in Taipei.
1.East Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
2.South Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
3.West Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
4.North Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
5.Central Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.Erhu Suite: Prabhūtaratna-“Flame of the Seed”
Music album (Composed by Liu Wen-jing / Performed by Song Fei)
2.Piano Suite: Prabhūtaratna-“The Mighty Music Dancing in the Wind ”
Music album (Composed by Guan Xia / Performed by Jenny Lin)
3.Ruan-Xian Suite: Prabhūtaratna-“Azure Mirror Between Water and Heaven”
Music album (Composed by Mo Fan / Performed by Jing Po)
4.“Song of the Majestic Flower”
Music album of verses and songs (Composed by Wang Shiguang ) A live recording of the music performance
“Song of the Majestic Flower".
5.“The XXIII World Congress of Poets-The Love Verses of Poetry”
Cross-over music album
6.“The Beautiful Life of Siddhartha”
Stage music album
7.Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (II)
DVD “The Love Verses of Poetry for 2003 -The Poets of Love and Peace” & “Original Hometown·The Confession of the Mount Peppers”
Invited to perform “Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music” this show of artistic and scholarly beauty is presented specially as the first presentation of the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd World Congress of Poets (Taipei). The multimedia performance includes Chinese and English.
On November 27, 2003, Yu Hsi was awarded The World Hangchon Culture Prize
(Natural Modernism & Peace through Poetry) by the Hangchon Culture Association of Korea.
2004
總策畫
Executive Producer
●Yu Hsi’s New Poetry and Music III “The White Horse Enters the Reed Catkins-Untitled 48+1”
Oratorio of verses
Staged at the National Theater Hall on the 1st of June, 2004, this untainted Zen oratorio draws from the “Kung-an” cases of Zen Buddhist teachings as its subject matter and making use of modern poetry and songs, exudes a carefree peacefulness, evoking the ancient Zen masters and breaking through conventional frameworks with a universally-applicable intelligence and life philosophy. (Composed by Tang Jian Ping)
創作
Creative Writing
1.Manuscript Verses of the Firmament
Long scrolled collection of poems
2.Southwest Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
3.Northwest Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
4.Manuscript Verses of the Earth
Long scrolled collection of poems
策畫．製作人
Project Leader and Producer
●“Affinity-The Epoch Poetry Quarterly’s 50th Anniversary Commemorative CD & DVD Album”
In order to preserve the valued words of our predecessors, Yu Hsi has compiled a treasury of dialogue, spoken by modern poetry’s forerunners, something never before seen or heard. Utilizing AKG tube microphones, this recording is made in traditional analog.
(Featuring new poetry from: Bi Guo, Ya Xian, Gu Yue, Zhang Mo, Xin Yu, Luo Fu, Jian Zheng Zhen, and Cai Yu)
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.“The White Horse Enters the Reed Catkins ”
Music album of verses and songs, a live recording. (Composer: Tang Jian Ping; Conductor: Jian Jin-Po; Chorus Director: Dirk Du Hei; The Taipei Philharmonic Chorus; Poem Elite Chamber Music.)
2.“Dhvaja”
Music album
(Composed by Lu Lianghui, conducted by Chen Tschenghsiung, featuring the Filarmonica “Banatul” Timisoara Orchestra)
3.Piano suite: Dhvaja-“The Hidden Love Imprint Between Eyebrows”
(Composed by Yo-Dao Ma, Performed by Jenny Lin )
4.Solo suite for flute, violin and cello: Prabhūtaratna-“The Heaven of Ending Night”
(Composed by Xiao-Gu Zhu, Flute: Margaret Lancaster, Violin: Si-Qing Lu, Cello: Alexei Romanenko )
5.“A Special Herding of the Mind”
Music album
(Composed by Cai Jiecheng)
6.“Prabhūtaratna”
Music album
(Composed by Liu Hsichin, conducted by Chen Tschenghsiung, featuring the Filarmonica “Banatul” Timisoara Orchestra)
7.Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (III)
“The Love Verses of Poetry, 2004 -The Poets of Love and Peace”
Invited to perform “Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music,” this show of artistic and scholarly beauty is presented specially as the first presentation of the Opening Ceremony of the 24th World Congress of Poets (Korea). The multimedia performance lasts a total of 38 minutes and includes Chinese, English, and Korean.
總策畫
Executive Producer
●The Purple Gold-wrought Robe - Literary Picture Books:
four literary children’s picture books rich with romantic imagery that use an overpowering musical story as its stage and a multi-dimensional narrative as its principal axis. This book shows us a skillful creative capability and a brand new way of looking at literature. After ten years of contemplation and drafting, this set is an adventure that is dedicated to all the adults who are children at heart in the galaxies of the universe.
“The Beautiful Life of Siddhartha”
Receives a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Album in the category of Religious Music.
Piano Suite: Prabhūtaratna-“The Mighty Music Dancing in the Wind”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of Classical Music.
“The Purple Gold-wrought Robe”
Audio story book
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Children’s Music.
“Song of the Majestic Flower-Prelude”
Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist in the category of Traditional and Artistic Works
In Seoul, 2004, Yu Hsi was awarded the President’s Medal for Poetic Excellence by Dr. Justice S. Mohan, President of WAAC, who is deeply touched by the “best words in best order” within Dr. Yu Hsi’s verses.
Yu Hsi receives The Honorary Prize of the Epoch Quarterly’s 50th Anniversary at Crane Summit, Taipei, Oct. 2004.
創辦人
Founder
● In 2004, Yu Hsi founds Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum.
It is a global village with a world view, and also a forum for religion, music, poetry, and scholarship.
“The Purple Gold-wrought Robe” Literary Picture Books-
Spring: The Dreamlike Ocean/ Summer: The Glorious Lotus/ Autumn: The Moonlight Ancient Mirror/ Winter: The Song of Glory
Nominated for the Golden Tripod Award in the category of Best Comic for Children and Young Adults.
2005
創作
Creative Writing
1.Northeast Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
2.Southeast Manuscript Verses
Long scrolled collection of poems
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.Yu Hsi’s New Poetry and Music IV “Story of the Wind”
Choral & Symphonic Poetry (Composed by Su Wen Qing,
commissioned for the project), performed on January 16, 2005 at
Tainan’s Municipal Cultural Center and on January 19, 2005 at the
National Concert Hall. Eight poems are selected specifically for their romantic lyrics which convey purity in life and everlasting love and longing. With these lyrics, a feeling of rich liveliness infuses this symphonic poetry and music.
2.Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (IV)
“The Love Verses of Poetry for 2005 -The Greatest Poetess
of China: Li Qingzhao”
By request, Yu Hsi brought this multimedia presentation to Los Angeles, USA, where it is shown during the Opening Ceremony of the 25th World Congress of Poets. This presentation showcases the world of the Chinese literary great, poet Li Qingzhao. As a brand new form of poetic biographic multimedia, it offers an insightful look at the perfection and romanticism of Li Qingzhao’s melancholic meditations. 38 minutes long, this multimedia presentation is in both Chinese and English.
3.Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (V)
“111 Scrolls of Manuscript Verses,” Volume 37, “The Road”
Translated into English, recitation of this 178-line long-scroll poem has been combined with Yu Hsi’s music and photography to create this multimedia poetry presentation. Originally presented at the 25th World Congress of Poets in Los Angeles, USA, it strikes into new territory in the world of art.
2006
On August 7th, 2005, Yu Hsi receives the most prestigious poetry award, Poet
Laureate, from the World Academy of Arts and Culture in Los Angeles, USA.
In 2005, the greatest and most prestigious honor of WAAC, Poet Laureate, is conferred upon Dr. Yu Hsi, an excellent and illustrious philosophical poet. Dr. Yu Hsi is from a beautiful island in the Far East–Formosa. For many years now, he has been plowing and cultivating the seeds of knowledge in truth, kindness, and beauty. Drawing inspiration from a broad range of sources, Dr. Yu Hsi’s creative spirit is refined and steeped in the warmth of mankind’s hearts.
“The White Horse Enters the Reed Catkins”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Albumin the category of Religious Music.
Solo suite for flute, violin and cello: Prabhūtaratna-“The Heaven of Ending Night”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of Classical Music.
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.“A Leaflet’s Fugue”
Music album
(Composed by Lu Lianghui)
2.“The Story of the Wind”
Music album
(Composed by Su Wen-qing )
3.Erhu Suite : Prabhūtaratna-“Tathāgatagarbha’s Scroll”
(Composed by Liu Wenjin, Erhu: Deng Jiandong )
4.Pipa suite: Dhvaja-“The Metaphysical Traveler”
(Composed by Liu Xi Jin, Pipa: Yu Jia )
5.“Little Miss Watermelon”
Music album(Composed by Qu Chun Quan)
6.Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (VI)
“Prasrabdhi, the Poetry, Painting, Chanting, Music, and
Multimedia of Vandana Buddhist Art”
At the invitation of the Venerable Chao-Hwei, this show was performed during the 6th conference of“The Theory and Practice of the Venerable Yin-Shun’s Teachings” at Hsuan Chuang University on May 21, 2006, also the day of Grain Fills according to the Chinese Lunar calendar. The poem “The Road”, the 37th volume of “109.5 °,” 111 Scrolls of Manuscript Verses, the creative paintings of “The Beautiful Life of Siddhartha” and “The Implication of Sudhana’s 53 Times Visiting” have been brought together to convey the true, the good, and the beautiful of the pious Buddhists. This multimedia presentation received enthusiastic response from the attending scholars.
7.Yu Hsi’s Poetry and Music Multimedia Presentation (VII)-
“The Love Verses of Poetry 2006．Chinggis Khaan-
A Dragon in the City of Tengri’s Eternal Blue Sky”
Invited to the 26th World Congress of Poets in Mongolia, at the celebration of the 800th Anniversary of the Great Mongolia State, this show is a special presentation to mark the start of the opening ceremony of the congress. The author, Yu Hsi, depicts the spiritual world of the renowned, valiant and generous Mongolian khaan in the unprecedented form of a 208-line Chinese long scrolled poem. Employing the multimedia presentation of poetry, the unlimited spirit of the Child of Blue Sky is perfectly presented in this performance (in English & Mongolian).
In May, 2006, Yu Hsi was awarded the Medal of Chinese Literature and Arts for
Photography by the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association.
Erhu Suite : Prabhūtaratna-“Tathāgatagarbha’s Scroll”
Receives a Golden Melody Award nomination for Best Album in the category of Religious Music.
Yu Hsi’s “I Love Drawing” in “Little Miss Watermelon”
Nominated for the Golden Melody Award for Best Lyricist.
創作
Creative Writing
1.Master Huntsman-
a literary picture book series: Book One·Master Huntsman / Book Two·Little Gem-faced Civet / Book Three·Little Crescent / Book Four·Little Miss Watermelon (4 books in total): With the idea of “Forest Preservation” and the narrative of “Spiritual Preservation,” this literary children’s picture book collection uses a bright mountain as its stage. Accompanied by warm and pleasant imagery, the children will be enlightened and discover a boundless, beautiful new world. The books are infused with folk custom, legend, and five poems for children that stem from the 24 solar terms which brim with ancient wisdoms. They open up the creative minds of readers through children’s musicals and multi-dimensional drama that stretches across space and time.
2.One Piece-
111 Scrolls of Manuscript Verses (Prasrabdhi I-XI) Limited hardback edition
3.A Special Herding of the Mind
Yu Hsi’s 5th long-form novel, at almost 600,000 characters, employs a brand-new writing style. Yu Hsi’s Scrolls of Epic Novel is written in a very special literary form that combines poetry and prose in a superb way. The author uses a very delicate and profound method to delineate how humankind can return to the ultimate abode, full of brightness and fragrance, in a journey of transmigration. Composed of 128 chapters, this novel probes into the subject of life: from where did we come from, and for what reason are we here? Full of the allure of opera-like poetry, the books took the author 9 meticulous years to complete. Completed in the summer of 2006, the 12 brand-new literary works will soon be released.
4.Azure Ocean
(Mongolian/ Chinese/ English collection of Poetry)
Yu Hsi’s poetry is published for the first time in Mongolian.
5.Chinggis Khaan—A Dragon in the City of Tengri’s Eternal Blue Sky
(Long Scroll Poetry published in Chinese, English and Mongolian editions)
Yu Hsi is awarded the Apple Prize by the Hangchon Culture Association of Korea.
was awarded the first place prize for poetry in “The Chinggis Khaan Poetry Festival” in
Mongolia with the long epic “Chinggis Khaan ─ A Dragon in the City of Tengri’s Eternal Blue Sky” in 2006.
In the year 2006, the “Honoured Medal for the 800th Anniversary of Great
Mongolian State” was awarded by the President of Mongolia at the Opera House in
Ulaanbaatar on September 11th to Yu Hsi for his rich literary creation and excellent
achievements.
總策畫
Executive Producer
1.“Swirling Flames of Splendor”
Music album
(Composed by YUYU)
2.Pipa Concerto : Dhvaja-“A Love Hidden in Dream”
Music album
(Composed by Liu Xi Jin, Pipa: Yu Jia)
3.“The Song of the Sea”
Music album
(Composed by Janice Yan)
4.“Master Huntsman”
Music dance drama
(Composed by Qu Chun Quan)
5.The Yu Hsi Concert—Sonata of Life
On August 31st, in the city of Chennai, located in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, the founder and chairman of Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum, Yu Hsi, presents a meticulously planned concert. Poets from around the world, along with the residents of Chennai gathered together to attend. Featuring musical instruments from the East and West, songs adapted from Yu Hsi’s novel Dhvaja and poetry are performed for an enthusiastic audience.
6.The Golden Drum – Everlasting Remembrance Concert
On November 11th, 2007, Yu Hsi organizes “The Golden Drum – Everlasting Remembrance Concert” to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Hualien’s Vandana Monastery. “The Golden Drum” is a choral, symphonic, religious performance derived from Yu Hsi’s novel Amṛta. More than 200 musicians participate in the performance, Taiwan’s first outdoor choral, symphonic concert of such grand scale.
2007
創作
Creative Writing
1.Pristine
(Yu Hsi's Scrolls of Epic Novel XII)
2.An Inter-centurial Fire Phoenix (Scroll Poetry)
A Symphony of Poetry and Music（Traditionally Bound）
3.The Blue Bird’s Moonlight Sonata (Scroll Poetry)
4.A Gold Leaf Book (Limited Edition) (Scroll Poetry)
Gandhi's gold book
5.The Power of Tranquility—Gandhi (Scroll Poetry)
(Chinese/ English/ Tamil editions)
● In 2007, Yu Hsi was elected President of both the Chinese Poetry Society and
Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association.
Former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam writes "My Garden Smiles" and presents it to his far away visitor, Dr. Yu Hsi in the Mughal garden of the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, March, 2007.
Receives a golden medal from President Abdul Kalam in Chennai, India.
Receives a golden medal from M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India.
Receives the World Congress of Poets Lazurite Peacock Remembrance Award from Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of Tamil Nadu.
Receives the World Congress of Poets Plaque of Remembrance from the President of India, Abdul Kalam.
Receives an honorary golden medal from the historic Kalakshetra Academy, preserver of traditional Indian music, art, and dance.
2008
創作
Creative Writing
1.I Praise the Noble
(Chinese/English)
2.Cesta
(Slovak)
●Slovak literary associates gathered to host the book presentation of Cesta for the oriental poet Yu Hsi at Mirbach Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia on April 3rd, 2008. During the session, a series of cultural and musical performances took place: young musicians performing vocals and piano as well as the flowing music of the Slovak traditional instrument Fujara which is listed among one of the world’s heritage by UNESCO. The Slovak poet and Sinologist gave speeches on the creation of Yu Hsi. Both the Chinese and Slovak version of the poetry were recited by a Slovak actor and Yu Hsi, such was the power of sounds that enchanted every participants. Under the blessing of the pedal-sprinkling ceremony presided by Mr. Michal Kováč, first President of Slovakia, the event was concluded in harmony. Respective ambassadors, government officials, Slovak poets, writers, Sinologists and artists gathered in the palace to witness this cultural exchange of East and West and saluted this feast of poetry.
Receives a silver medal from Michal Kováč, first President of Slovakia, in
Bratislava, the Slovak Republic.
the international poetry prize of Slovakia “Ján Smrek Prize”
Yu Hsi is the first-ever Asian poet to receive this honor.
總策畫
Executive Producer
●The R.O.C. Literature and Arts Festival and Prize Giving Ceremony
On May 4th, 2008, Yu Hsi especially invites the President-elect of the Republic of China, Mr. Ma Ying-jeou as a special invitee to present the Honorary Medal to Master Sheng Yen at the Literary and Arts Festival and Prize Giving Ceremony. Before the conference commences, Yu Hsi and President Ma Ying-jeou have a conversation in the VIP Room for more than twenty minutes. Yu Hsi presents the President with the 11th Indian President Abdul Kalam’s poetry collection “The Life Tree” in Chinese version and also told him about the story of the illustrator Lee Ching Lun.
創作
Creative Writing
1.The Circular World (Long Scrolled Poem)
(Chinese/ English/ Mongolian)
2.A Gold Leaf Book: Chinggis Khaan—A Dragon in the City of Tengri’s Eternal Blue Sky
(Limited Edition)(Scroll Poetry)
(Chinese/ English/ Mongolian)
3.The Ikh tenger Palace
(Limited Edition)(Scroll Poetry)
(Chinese/ English/ Mongolian)
is awarded an honorary doctorate by the Mongolian University of Arts nad Culture in Ulaanbaatar.
●“The Ninth Dimension of Yu Hsi’s Creations—Azure and Mysterious Imprints on the Ocean” Original Manuscripts Exhibition
In June 2008, poet Yu Hsi held a one-man exhibition of original manuscripts at Mongolian Modern Art Gallery in capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. The displayed items embody Yu Hsi’s multi-faceted thoughts on original writing; the works include manuscripts of poetic literature “111 long scrolled verses,” A Gold Leaf Book on Chinggis Khaan, a long poem “The Road,” seal collection, music scores, the exquisite pieces of photography, and poetic multimedia. This literature and poetry festival held through subtle enlightenment of poetic spirit has received numerous praises from literati and artists, it not only attracted a burst of people to visit but also goaded the local press to widely report such an all-around writer, who has his original works covered a gamut of categories; such as poetry, novel, play, photography, multimedia, and stage drama. To sum up, this unprecedented manuscript exhibition indeed records poet Yu Hsi’s resplendent career of original writing.
Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
總策畫
Executive Producer
●Yu Hsi’s New Poetry and Music V “The Circular World”
“The Circular world” musical held at the National Academic Drama Theatre in September 2008 earns President Enkhbayar to grace the opening ceremony with his presence and the President stays for the entire event. The play gains a gush of positive reviews after the performance with all the ticket income donated to Mongolian charity organizations as foundation. By doing so, it not only opens up a literary window between Taiwan and Mongolia, buy also puts the concept of love and pece from both sides into practice.
●2008 Crane Summit International Poetry Crown Award
The ceremony of “Crane Summit International Poetry Crown Award” was held at the Astorka Theatre in the capital city Bratislava. As the founder of “Crane Summit International Forum” Yu Hsi co-confers the Crown Medallion upon Milan Rúfus with Michal Kováč, the first President of Slovakia.
●“The Circular World” Symphonic Poem
(Composed by Lo Lianghui)
●“Seeking the Voice in Ancient Garden”
Music album
●“Modest Glory” Symphonic Poem
(Composed by Lo Lianghui)
October 21st, 2008, Dr. Yu Hsi received "Nairamdal Medal" in Mongolia.
December 9th, 2008, Dr. Yu Hsi received a set of three silver medals in memory of the founding of Slovakia from the First President of Slovakia, Michal Kováč.
2009
●On February 11th, in memory of Master Sheng Yen, a mentor of great learning and integrity, Dr. Yu Hsi
headed for Dharma Drum Mountain to present a courtly scroll entitled A True Monk of Heaven and
Earth to Abbot President Venerable Guo Dong.
●On February 14th, the Spring Ploughing Bounty Concert and New Azure Ocean Aesthetic Image and
Scripture Art Exhibition were held at the Bounty Guanyin Arts Center by the east coast of Hualien.
●On April 10th, Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum published Lo Fu’s Complete Poetry
Collection and hosted a book release. Guests include Minister Huang Pi-twan of the Council for
Cultural Affairs, and National Policy Advisor to the President, Ms. Shen Hsueh-yung, as well as
eminent figures from literary circles both domestic and foreign.
●On the evening of April 21st, over 50 members of the Mongolian Cultural and Trade Exchange Group
led by Mongolian Representative Mr. Markhaaj Choidorj visited the Crane Summit Forum. It was a
night of wonderful interactions in the realms of music, dance and art.
On April 25th, Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(MNCCI) conferred the Silk Road Award on Dr. Yu Hsi at Spot Taipei. It
was an award of the highest honor, granted to commend Dr. Yu Hsi upon his
outstanding contributions to Taiwan-Mongolia exchanges in culture and arts.
“Seeking the Voice in Ancient Garden” receives a Golden Melody Award for Best Album in the category of National Music.
●On May 4th, the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association held its annual R.O.C. Literature and Arts Festival. The winner of the Art & Literature Prize was Chang Hsiao-feng, a renowned writer. She accepted the medal in person and delivered a speech.
●On June 5th, the Zen musical Resplendent Moonlight staged its world premiere at the National Concert Hall. Its production was overseen by Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum, a team highly experienced in organizing exhibitions and performances.
總策畫
Executive Producer
●On June 6th, the Chinese lute album Seeking the Voice in Ancient Garden was winner of the Best Ethnic Music Album of Artistic and Traditional Music Categories at the 20th Golden Melody Awards.
●On June 7th, the Cross-Strait Literature and Music Symposium was held at Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum. A brilliant dialogue on music and literature was exchanged between Dr. Yu Hsi and Master Liu Wenjin.
●On June 10th, the Art in the Beginning of the New Century --- Cross-Strait Joint Exhibit of Paintings opened at the Chung-shan Gallery of National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. It was organized by the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association, of which Yu Hsi, the poet, was the president.
●On the evening of July 8th, the team at Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum cordially entertained Dr. Istvan Turczi, the Vice-President of the Hungarian PEN Club Medal. An in-depth exchange of culture and arts was conducted through musical performances and poetry recital.
●On July 12th, Ochir Erdenechuluun, Mongolia’s top master sculptor of Buddhist Art, paid a visit to Dr. Yu Hsi at Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum. He presented a niche for the statue of the Green Tara and his book entitled Traditional Art of Mongolian Craftsman in remembrance of the occasion.
●On September 28th, Dr. Yu Hsi was invited to the World Congress of Poets. Dr. Istvan Hiller, Hungary’s Minister of Education and Culture, conferred the Parnassus International Poetry Award and the Hungarian PEN Club Medal upon him.
●On October 5th, at the invitation of Mr. Vaclav Havel, the former-president of the Czech Republic, Dr. Yu Hsi attended the annual award ceremony of the Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Foundation. Prior to the ceremony, an elegant reception party was hosted to warmly entertain the poet from the East. Reciprocally, Yu Hsi conferred the Crane Summit Supreme Honor Crown Medallion upon Mr. Havel, making him the third recipient of the award. Reputed “Philosophical President,” Mr. Havel was immensely moved and delighted to accept the honor.
●On October 6th, Mr. Jiri Dedecek, President of the Czech PEN club, awarded Yu Hsi the Czech PEN Club Silver Medal, as well as presided over a book release of the Czech version of Yu Hsi’s poetry collections Pristine and The Circular World.
●On October 14th, S. Bayantsagaan, an esteemed lama from Ulaanbaatar, accompanied Mongolian Representative in Taiwan, Mr. Markhaaj Choidorj, on his visit to the Crane Summit Forum.
●On November 15th, the opening ceremony of Mongolian House (also known as yurts, or in Mongolian, ger) took place at Vandana Monastery. The two gigantic yurts were presented to Dr. Yu Hsi as tokens of a sincere and much cherished friendship. Government officials and representatives from various countries graced the event with their presence, and were entertained by the State Academic Ensemble of Folk Dance and Music from Mongolia.
●On December 19th, the Chinese Poetry Society held its annual symposium and award ceremony at the Bounty Guanyin Arts Center of Vandana Monastery, Hualien. Meanwhile, the board of directors of the Chinese Writers and Artists’ Association also conducted a meeting at the Monastery.
●On December 21st, Mr. Yang Keun Koo, the Representative of Korean Mission in Taipei, invited Dr. Yu Hsi to “a luncheon of Taiwanese Culture.” Dr. Yu Hsi proposed eminent figures of the Taiwanese literary arena as guests of the luncheon, thus facilitating a profound cultural and artistic exchange between Taiwan and Korea.
創作
Creative Writing
1.The Metaphysical Traveler (Chinese/ English)
2. Pristine (Czech Edition)
3. The Road (Czech Edition)
4. Master Huntsman (Czech Edition)
2010
總策畫
Executive Producer
●2010 “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion”
Dr. Yu Hsi presents “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion” to the governor-general of Tamil Nadu in honor of his contribution to Tamil culture and arts.
●The Opening of the Mysterious Ocean Symbol – “Arts Exhibition of Sculptures from Mongolian Buddhist Scriptures”
2 June saw the opening of the exhibition of sculptures from Mongolian Buddhist Scriptures. It was the first exhibition of these sculptures ever held in Taiwan and the exhibits were shown in Taipei and in Vandana Monastery in Hualien. The exhibition was organized by Dr. Yu Hsi, chairman of the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum and his team and is considered and important event in the artistic and cultural exchange between Taiwan and Mongolia.
●2010 “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion”
Chairman Dr. Yu Hsi presents “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion” to the former Mongolian president Enkhbayar to honor his contribution to the promotion of arts and culture.
●2010 “A Gold Leaf Book on Chinggis Khaan”
Chairman Dr. Yu Hsi presents “A Gold Leaf Book on Chinggis Khaan” to Madame Sanjaasuren Oyun, the first female Foreign Minister of Mongolia, who is fluent in Russian, English, Czech.
●2010 The Second Taiwan Cross-Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao Arts Forum
On December 18th the opening ceremony of “The Second Taiwan Cross-Strait cum Hong Kong and Macao Arts Forum” organized by Dr. Yu Hsi, the chairman of the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum, was held in Taipei. The arts forum was also attended by a delegation from the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles led by the chairman Sun Jiazheng.
●2010 “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion”
On December 18th Chairman Dr. Yu Hsi presents “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion” to Mr. Sun Jiazheng, the chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, in honor of his contribution to culture and arts. Chairman Sun served twice as the Minister of Culture and actively promoted cultural reform as well as the preservation of the Chinese cultural heritage. He has also greatly contributed to the success of the Olympic Games held in Peking in 2008.
●2010 “The 30th World Congress of Poets”
On December 2nd “The 30th World Congress of Poets” held by the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum opened in Taipei. The chairman Dr. Yu Hsi invited former Indian president A.P. Abdul Kalam to visit Taiwan and attend the congress together with another one hundred poets from all over the world.
創作
Creative Writing
1.The Metaphysical Traveler (Chinese)
2. The Circular World (Chinese/ English)
2011
總策畫
Executive Producer
●2011 Grand Celebration in memory of the May Fourth Movement held in the year of the 100th Anniversary of the Republic of China
On May 4th the Grand Celebration in memory of the May Fourth Movement opened in the National Library together with the awarding ceremony of the 52th Medal of Literature and Arts.
●2011 presenting the copyright to the Czech translation of the illustrated book for children Leaflet’s Diary to the Foundation VIZE 97
On October 5th the Taiwanese writer Yu Hsi once again met with the former Czech president, poet and playwright Vaclav Havel and presented 5oo copies of the illustrated book for children Leaflet’s Diary (including DVD with the cartoon) to the Foundation VIZE 97. At the same time he also gave the copyright to the Czech translation of the book to the Foundation, in order to help the local disadvantaged children and to promote further cultural exchange between Taiwan and the Czech Republic.
創作
Creative Writing
1.Ze zivota listecku (Czech)
2.The Chronicle of a Leaf (Chinese)
Dr. Yu Hsi, Eastern poet and thinker, was awarded the Medal of Franz Kafka for Literature in honor of his outstanding accomplishments and influence in the field of literature.
Dr. Yu Hsi was awarded the Czech National PEN Club highest honor – the Karel Čapek Medal for his poem “Road”.
The founding president of the Slovak Republic Michael Kováč presents Dr. Yu Hsi with the Ferdinand De Martinengo Golden Medal for humanism.
“The Road” and “My Garden Smiles” were nominated for the 22nd Golden Medal for Traditional Arts and Music in the category the best singer.
2012
總策畫
Executive Producer
●2012 Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion
On September 22nd the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum awarded the “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion” to the 5th Israeli president, writer and journalist Mr. Yitzhak Navon in honor of his contribution to the promotion of the world peace as well as his endeavor to further enhance the development of Latino culture and humanities.
創作
Creative Writing
1.Oceans Meet : Glad Tidings of Poetic Life
(Chinese/ English)
Dr. Yu Hsi was awarded the Golden Medallion of the Union Hispanomundial De Escritores for Literature and Peace.
Dr. Yu Hsi was presented with the key to the City of Kfar Saba.
Dr. Yu Hsi was presented with the Honorary Citizenship Medal of the City of Kfar Saba.
2013
總策畫
Executive Producer
●The concert “Buddha performance nine songs” at Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum,Kaohsiung.
●In the evening of December 25, 2013, Dr. Yu Hsi presided over grand-scale Oriental Buddhist symphony music in Chinese history at the National Concert Hall. 《Teacher of Gods and Men》was premiered and performed by National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra under the guidance of the Ministry of Culture. During the concert, thousands of paintings based on the life of Sakyamuni Buddha combined with poetry and music was presented in the form of multimedia which was produced in 1986.
2013 Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion
On October 21st 2013, during the opening ceremony of the World Congress of Poets held in Ipoh in the Malaysian state of Perak, The Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum awarded the “Crane Summit Arts and Culture Medallion” to the head of the Malaysian state of Perak Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir.
Dr. Yu Hsi was presented with the Ipoh City Friendship Award.
2014
總策畫
Executive Producer
●2014 The Yu Hsi Concert-Awakening Arrives: Burst of Waves on a Momentary Sea
On February 15th, Yu Hsi organized the “Awakening Arrives: Burst of Waves on a Momentary Sea Concert” at Hualien’s Vandana Monastery. This concert is the first play in the world in memory of Master Chuan Ching, the founder of Vandana Monastery and he opened ground the beautiful monastery with religion and art. Guests include many representatives from Czech Republic, Slovakia Republic, and Mongolia in Taiwan, and as well as many distinguished persons presence this concern, including the composer Chien Nanchang and his wife, and Mr. Du Hei, the artistic director of Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra.
●On December 17, 2014, held the opening ceremony of the Crane Summit 21st Century International Poetry, 
Music and Religion Forum and as well as hosted the new books release of “Awakening Arrives”, “The Heavenly Drop with the Essence of the Universe: Literary children’s picture book” and “The Beyond: picture book” at Vandana Monastery of Hualien.
●On December 20, 2014, the Conference of the Crane Summit 21st Century International Poetry, Music and Religion held by the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum, Bounty Guanyin Cultural Foundation and Department of Chinese of National Kaohsiung Normal University.
創作
Creative Writing
1. Awakening Arrive-Burst of Waves on a Momentary Sea
(Chinese)
創辦人
Founder
●On January 4, 2014, Taiwan Tamil Sangam is founded in Taiwan, and it’s organized by Indians who live in Taiwan. They invite Dr. Yu Hsi to serve as the president of Taiwan Tamil Sangam.
On January 15th, 2014, Dr. Yu Hsi was awarded “Thiruvalluvar Award” at the Government Museum Auditorium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, during the Tamil New Year coinciding with the harvest festival of Pongal. A citation with the official signature of J. Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, a gold medal of Thiruvalluvar and the prize of a cheque for 100,000 Indian rupees was also conferred upon Dr. Yu Hsi who was the first foreign scholar who won the honor.
2015
總策畫
Executive Producer
●On January 24, 2015, the opening ceremony of Mongolian House (also known as yurts,
or in Mongolian, ger) took place at Vandana Monastery. Many distinguished guests attended this event. Dr. Yu Hsi was presented a horse-head fiddle by the representative of the Ulaanbaatar Trade and Economic Representative Office in Taipei. In the evening, Dr. Yu Hsi held a concert party for the opening ceremony.
●On February 5, 2015, the Fongyuan Association paid a visit to Dr. Yu Hsi at Vandana Monastery and Mr. Hsu Hung, the chairman of the board, presented Dr. Yu Hsi a Chinese painting of Guanyin which is painted by Master of Chinese Culture Yu Yun.
●On November 5, 2015, Dr. Yu Hsi, host of the XXXV World Congress of Poets, lighted up the world peace lamp under laser lights and music sound effects with Dr. M. Rajaram, IAS, Tamil Development and Information Department and Israeli poet Dr. Ernesto Kahan. Next day the unveiling ceremony for the bronze statue of Indian sage Thiruvalluvar was held during the opening ceremony of the congress.
創作
Creative Writing
1. The Heavenly Drop with the Essence of the Universe
Picture book (Chinese)
2. The Beyond
Picture book (Chinese)
2016
總策畫
Executive Producer
●On April 16, 2016, served as the president of Taiwan Tamil Sangam attended the Tamil Pongal (Indian New Year), and lighted up the blessing candle with Mr. Chao, Chihheng, director general of Taipei-India Association, and Miss Pei, Manru, the deputy representative of Taipei-India Association.
●On July 15, 2016, the representative, Mr. Khaliun Panidjunai and deputy head Mr. Yadmaa. Ganbaatar of the Ulaanbaatar Trade and Economic Representative Office in Taipei paid a visit to Dr. Yu Hsi at Hualien Vandana Monastery.
●On October 30, 2016, the Conference of “the Crane Summit 21st Century International Religion Forum” held by the Crane Summit 21st Century International Forum, Bounty Guanyin Cultural Foundation and Department of Chinese of National Kaohsiung Normal University.
●On December 12 th , Dr. Yu Hsi was invited to meet President Ma Ying-jeou at the Zhongshan Hall in Taipei.
●On December 18 th , Mr. Chang San-cheng, former Premier of R.O.C., paid a visit to Dr. Yu Hsi.
創作
Creative Writing
1. Cat’s Thinking-Juvenile’s Journey
Picture book (Chinese)
On September 16, 2016, Mr. Chang San-cheng, former Premier of R.O.C., paid a visit to Dr. Yu Hsi., Dr. Yu Hsi attended the XXXVI World Congress of Poets in the Czech Republic. He was conferred with the medal of “Prague, City of Literature 2016” for his long-term promotion of artistic and cultural exchange between Taiwan and the Czech Republic. Meanwhile, he also formed an alliance and signed a treaty with the internationally renowned Forum 2000, Czech Centre of PEN International and the Franz Kafka Society.
2017
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●On April 3rd, 2017, Mr. Chang San-cheng, former Premier of R.O.C., headed a group to visit Dr. Yu Hsi in springtime.
●On July 26, 2017, in Chennai visited C. Vidyasagar Rao, the Governor of the states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra in India. Dr. Yu Hsi presented the Governor a Chinese royal scroll with the poem “Tending Stones, Composing Poetry, Receiving the Will of Heaven” written by Yu Hsi. The Governor was very glad to receive the cherish present from Yu Hsi, and invited Dr. Yu Hsi to take a picture together.
●On August 16, 2017, the opening ceremony of the “Asure and Mysterious Imprint of the Ocean II” held in Ulaanbaatar of Mongolia.
●On August 22, 2017, a book presentation ceremony was held to present 500 Mongolian copies of Dr. Yu Hsi's illustrated books for children “Master Huntsman” and “The Chronicle of a Leaf” (including animation DVDs) to the National Central Children's Library and children in Mongolia. Many distinguished guests attended this event, including Dr. Mend-Ooyo Gombojav, the Poet Laureate and President of Mongolian Poets Association, and Mr. Bold, Director of Mongolian Physical Education Department, as well as eminent figures from Mongolian cultural, educational, science fields.
Dr. Yu Hsi was invited by Dr. N. Enkhbayar, former President of Mongolia to make a speech at the First Lecture Hall of the National University of Mongolia.
●On August 28, 2017, Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar, former President of Mongolia, presided over a keynote speech“Stone Mirror Chan Mind”for Dr. Yu Hsi at the First Lecture Hall of the National University of Mongolia. There were around two hundred scholars and professors attending the event. After Dr. Yu Hsi’s speech, the former President Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar addressed a speech to admire Dr. Yu Hsi for his great wisdom for life, and the enlightenment for Mongolian intellectuals.
●There are many distinguished people in the world invited to make speeches at the First Lecture Hall of the National University of Mongolia, Yu Hsi is one of them.
→Dr. Yu Hsi presented a handwriting scroll “The Diamond Sutra” to Dr. Nambar Enkhbayar, former President of Mongolia.
On July 28, 2017, Dr. Yu Hsi was conferred with an honorary literature doctorate by the Indian Tamil University in Tamil Nadu, India, and it was awarded by Mr. Thiru Sevvoor S. Ramachandran, the minister of education of Tamil Nadu state.
On August 27, 2017, the president of parliament of Ulaanbaatar city awarded Dr. Yu Hsi the medal of Garuḍa in honor of his outstanding literary achievements and his great contributions to the cultural exchange between Taiwan and Mongolia.
Yu Hsi’s New Poetry & Music
Yu Hsi regards life as a never-ending quest. Each person is symbolized as a grain of flower pollen voyaging from the Origin with intrinsic, positive force. With the pollution of temptations and changes in environment, each person must now meet different challenges in order to cleanse himself and attain the path back to the Origin. Yu Hsi’s publications are composed of romantic glaze and musical rhythm, integrated with profound philosophy, which inspires in-depth contemplation and observation towards life; hence, initiating spiritual and mental revolutions within human society.
With the purity of a child’s heart, the author Yu Hsi turns his blazing passion for life into chapters of beauty with his keen observation and profound philosophical learning. His poetic style reaches into the readers’ emotional depths in returning to the most realistic touching moments of life. His thoughts and feelings are debuted in a series of long novels.
As a writer, Yu Hsi is attempting to elucidate beauty beyond superficial art forms, and to initiate a path to purity, love and rejuvenating existence within an exquisite and solemn universe. This is also depicted in Yu Hsi’s mission : “All creative works must contribute to social benefits.”
Poet Yu Hsi composes poetry, hoping to search for a way back to the everlasting beautiful native soil for people in the new century so that every heart can return to a spiritual homeland of eternal joy.
LITERARY WORKS BY YU HSI
(HUNG CHING YU)
Yu Hsi’s Latest Works
