Manuel Moya inspired by Chinese poets

MADRID - Spanish poet Manuel Moya has found an inexhaustible source of inspiration in the works of some ancient Chinese poets who lived between 1,250 and 1,650 years ago.

"I believe I live a life similar to that of Tao Yuanming in China's Jin Dynasty (266-420)," he said.

The grey-bearded 57-year-old never tried to hide his love for the famous ancient Chinese recluse and other poets, such as Wang Wei, Li Bai and Du Fu, and openly emulates their styles, in both his works and life. Readers can easily recognize the Chinese philosophy of life and literary images in the more than 40 poems that make up Moya's collection Impedimenta. The poems are in deliberate imitation of the Chinese poets.