Classical Chinese Literature

by Minford, John

• ISBN13: 9780231096775
• ISBN10: 0231096771
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Columbia Univ Pr

Summary

The summation of more than two thousand years of one of the world's most august literary traditions, this volume also represents the achievements of four hundred years of Western scholarship on China. The selections include poetry, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and works of early Chinese philosophy and history rendered in English by the most renowned translators of classical Chinese literature: Arthur Waley, Ezra Pound, David Hawkes, James Legge, Burton Watson, Stephen Owen, Cyril Birch, A. C. Graham, Witter Bynner, Kenneth Rexroth, and others.Arranged chronologically and by genre, each chapter is introduced by definitive quotes and brief introductions chosen from classic Western sinological treatises. Beginning with discussions of the origins of the Chinese writing system and selections from the earliest "genre" of Chinese literature -- the Oracle Bone inscriptions -- the book then proceeds with selections from: early myths and legends; the earliest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Book of Songs; early narrative and philosophy, including the I Ching, Tao-te Ching,and the Analectsof Confucius; rhapsodies, historical writings, magical biographies, ballads, poetry, and miscellaneous prose from the Han and Six Dynasties period; the court poetry of the Southern Dynasties; the finest gems of Tang poetry; and lyrics, stories, and tales of the Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties eras.Special highlights include individual chapters covering each of the luminaries of Tang poetry: Wang Wei, Li Bo, Du Fu, and Bo Juyi; early literary criticism; women poets from the first to the tenth century C.E.; and the poetry of Zen and the Tao.Bibliographies, explanatory notes, copious illustrations, a chronology of major dynasties, and two-way romanization tables coordinating the Wade-Giles and pinyin transliteration systems provide helpful tools to aid students, teachers, and general readers in exploring this rich tradition of world literature.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xli
Cyril Birch
Editors' Introduction: ``Music from Two Rooms''	xliii
About the Editors	lx
Part 1: Before the Han Dynasty (to 206 B.C.)
Pattern and Sign: The Chinese Language	3	(34)
Script	4	(6)
Liu Xie (c. 465-c. 520): The Pattern of the Tao	4	(2)
Vincent Yu-chung Shih
The Beginnings of Chinese Writing	6	(4)
Jerry Norman
Oracle Bones	10	(8)
Texts of Divination	10	(2)
Stanley Mickel
Divining the Future - Reading the Past	12	(3)
David N. Keightley
Eight Oracle Bone Inscriptions	15	(3)
Lionel C. Hopkins
Bronze Inscriptions	18	(6)
Texts of Ritual	18	(1)
Stanley Mickel
Early Emblems Related to Professions	19	(1)
Chang Kwang-chih
Five Bronze Inscriptions	20	(2)
Leon Wieger
Qiang the Historian: A Bronze Inscription of the Early Zhou Dynasty	22	(2)
Cho-yun Hsu
Katheryn M. Linduff
Calligraphy	24	(7)
Rhythm and Meaning	24	(1)
Francois Cheng
The Historical Development of Four Characters	25	(1)
Tseng Yuho
Five Styles of Calligraphy	26	(3)
Charms, Talismans, and Stone Books	29	(2)
J. J M. de Groot
Outlines, Characters, Signs	31	(3)
A Language Ancient and Wonderfully Composed	31	(1)
Sir William Jones
Precious as Jade: The Written Character, (Anonymous)	31	(2)
Herbert Giles
The Acts of Signifying	33	(1)
Francois Cheng
Man and Nature	34	(1)
Francois Cheng
Further Reading	34	(1)
Editors' Note	35	(2)
Heavenly Questions: Early Myths and Legends	37	(32)
Heavenly Questions, Selections from the Songs of the South	38	(7)
David Hawkes
The Northern Lands Beyond the Sea, Book 8 of the Book of Hills and Seas	45	(3)
H. C. Cheng
H. C. Pai Cheng
K. L. Thern
Hou Ji (Lord Millet), Progenitor of Zhou: A Dynastic Legend from the Book of Songs (Song 245)	48	(2)
William Jennings
The Canon of Yao, from the Book of History	50	(4)
W. H. Medhurst
The Sage Kings, Selections from the Bamboo Annals	54	(3)
James Legge
The Wheels of His Chariot, The Hoofs of His Horses, Selections from The Travels of Mu, Son of Heaven	57	(9)
Cheng Te-k'un
Further Reading	66	(1)
Editors' Note	66	(3)
The Book of Songs: The Earliest Anthology of Chinese Poetry	69	(86)
Introduction	71	(1)
C. H. Wang
Sixty Songs in versions spanning two and a half centuries	72	(1)
Folk Songs	72	(66)
Guan-ju (twenty versions, arranged historically)	72	(1)
Epithalamium	72	(2)
Father Lacharme
Kwan Ts'eu	74	(2)
James Legge
The Song of the Ospreys, translated by ``an accomplished friend of Ernst Faber'' (1874)	76	(1)
The Kuan Chu	77	(1)
James Legge
The Ospreys Woo, translated by ``V. W. X.'' (1878)	78	(1)
King Wen's Epithalamium	78	(2)
Clement Allen
Song of Welcome to the Bride of King Wen	80	(1)
William Jennings
Les Mouettes, translated into French	80	(1)
Marcel Granet
The Ospreys, translated from the French of Marcel Granet	81	(1)
E. D. Edwards
Fair, Fair, Cry the Ospreys	82	(1)
Arthur Waley
Kuan ts'u	83	(1)
Bernhard Karlgren
The Mallards	84	(1)
Robert Payne
Kuan Kuan	85	(1)
Wong Man
Hid! Hid!	85	(2)
Ezra Pound
Crying Ospreys	87	(1)
Xianyi
Gladys Yang
Epithalamium	88	(1)
Arthur Cooper
``Guan!'' Cries the Hawk	89	(1)
William McNaughton
Courtship Song	89	(1)
John Turner
Kuan-kuan, the Ospreys	90	(1)
Wai-lim Yip
Gwan! Gwan! Cry the Fish Hawks	91	(1)
Burton Watson
Confucius and the Traditional Interpretation of the Book of Songs	92	(1)
Some Traditional Interpretations of Song 1	93	(4)
Pauline Yu
Ge-tan- Shade o' the Vine	97	(1)
Ezra Pound
Juan-er - Curl-Grass	98	(1)
Ezra Pound
Jiu-mu - South, Droops a Tree, translated by ``V. W. X.''	99	(1)
Tao-yao- Like the Slender Peach, translated by ``V. W. X.''	100	(1)
Tu-zhi - Hares	100	(1)
Arthur Cooper
Ru-fen - Along Yew's Banks, translated by ``V. W. X.''	101	(1)
Que-chao
The Robber Bird	102	(1)
Sir John Francis Davis
The Dove in the Magpie's Nest	103	(1)
Clement Allen
The Wedding Journey of a Princess	103	(1)
William Jennings
Cai-jan - Pluck the Quince	104	(1)
Ezra Pound
Cao-chong- Hopper-Grass	105	(1)
Ezra Pound
Cai-bin - I Pluck the Grass, translated by ``V. W. X.''	106	(1)
Gan-tang
That Shady Crab, translated by ``V. W. X.''	106	(1)
Don't Chop That Pear Tree	106	(1)
Ezra Pound
Gao-yang- In His Lambskin Coat, translated by ``V. W. X.''	107	(1)
Piao-you-mei - Like Falling Fruit, translated by ``V. W. X ''	107	(1)
Ye-yousi-jun - Lies a Dead Deer	108	(1)
Ezra Pound
Bo-zhou - That Boat of Cypress Wood	108	(2)
James Legge
Lu-yi - Green Robe	110	(1)
Ezra pound
Zhong-feng - Wild and Windy	111	(1)
Arthur Waley
Pao-you ku-ye - Bitter Blade	111	(1)
Arthur Cooper
Gu-feng - The Valley Wind	112	(2)
Arthur Waley
Bei-feng- Cold Is the North Wind	114	(1)
Burton Watson
Bo-zhou-Like a Lonely Bark, translated by ``V. W. X.''	114	(1)
Qiang-you-ci - Off the Wall, translated by ``V. W. X.''	115	(1)
Sang-zhong- Hunting the Dodder translated by ``V. W. X.''	116	(1)
Qi-yu
Behold That Bay	116	(1)
Thomas Percy
A Chinese Ode	117	(1)
Sir William Jones
A Chinese Ode	118	(1)
William Jones
Praise of Duke Wu of Wei	119	(1)
William Jennings
Meng - To a Man	120	(2)
Herbert Giles
Zhu-gan - This Rod, translated by ``V. W. X.''	122	(1)
You-hu - There's Fox	122	(1)
Arthur Cooper
Jun-zi yu-yi
He's to the War	123	(1)
Ezra Pound
Ode	123	(1)
James Legge
Jun-zi yang-yang- The Gudeman's Come Home	124	(1)
James Legge
Cai-ge
Taedium	124	(1)
Ezra Pound
Bean Flower	124	(1)
Wong Man
Jiang-Zhong-zi- Hep-Cat Chung	125	(1)
Ezra Pound
Zun-da-lu - If Along the Highroad	126	(1)
Arthur Waley
Nu-yue ji-ming - The Cock Is Crawin'	126	(1)
James Legge
Qian-shang - Gird Your Loins	127	(1)
Arthur Waley
Feng-yu - Cold Wind, and the Rain	127	(1)
Ezra Pound
Zi-jin - The Student's Blue Collar or Lapel	128	(1)
Ezra Pound
Chu-q: dong men - At the Great Gate	129	(1)
Ezra Pound
Ye-you man-cao- Mid the Bind-Grass	129	(1)
Ezra Pound
Zhi-hu-Young Soldier Thinks of Home	130	(1)
Rewi Alley
Shi-shu - Rats	130	(1)
Ezra Pound
Ge-sheng - The Kudzu Spreads Till It Darkens the Brier	131	(1)
Burton Watson
Yue-chu
A Moon Rising	132	(1)
Arthur Waley
Moonrise	133	(1)
John Cayley
Ze-bi - By That Swamp's Shore	133	(1)
Arthur Waley
Su-guan
The White Cap	134	(1)
James Legge
Plain Cap	134	(1)
Arthur Waley
Shi-you chang-chu - In the Lowlands	135	(1)
Arthur Waley
Qi-yue - In the Seventh Month	135	(3)
Arthur Waley
Elegantiae	138	(6)
Lua-ming - Salt Lick!	138	(1)
Ezra Pound
Si-mu - Request for Furlough	139	(1)
Ezra Pound
Cai-wei - We Pick Ferns, We Pick Ferns	140	(1)
Burton Watson
Yu-li - Fine Fish to Net	141	(1)
Ezra Pound
Gu-feng
The Zephyr's Sigh	142	(1)
Sir John Francis Davis
The Valley Wind	143	(1)
Arthur Waley
Wu-jiang da-ju - Don't Walk Beside the Big Carriage	143	(1)
Burton Watson
Qing-ying - Buzz Buzz, the Blue Flies	144	(1)
Burton Watson
Greater Odes of the Kingdom	144	(3)
Mian - The House of Zhou	144	(2)
James Legge
Ling-tai - He Measured Out His Spirit Tower	146	(1)
Heng Kuan
Odes of Temple and Altar	147	(3)
Chen--gong- King's Serfs	147	(1)
Wong Man
Yi-xi - Halloa!	148	(1)
Wong Man
Feng-nian - Good Year	148	(1)
Wong Man
Zai-shan - Weed Grass	149	(1)
Wong Man
Eight Ancient Poems from The Fountain of Old Poems	150	(1)
James Legge
Song of the Peasants in the Time of Yao	150	(1)
Prayer at the Winter Thanksgiving	150	(1)
Yao's Warning	150	(1)
Inscription on a Bathing Vessel	150	(1)
Inscription on a Staff	151	(1)
Inscription on a Robe	151	(1)
A Writing on a Door	151	(1)
A Writing on an Ink-Stone	151	(1)
Further Reading	151	(2)
Editors' Note	153	(2)
The Source: Prose of the Ancients: Early Narrative and Philosophy	155	(82)
Narrative	156	(1)
The Book of History: Two Selections	156	(5)
A Dialogue Upon the Maxims of the Ancient Kings, or the Counsels of Kau Yau	156	(2)
Du Halde
The Metal-Bound Coffer	158	(3)
James Legge
The Spring and Autumn Annals Book 3, Reign of Duke Zhuang, Years 1-6	161	(4)
James Legge
The Zuo Commentary: Selected Episodes	165	(7)
Burton Watson
A Wife's Dilemma	166	(1)
Chong'er: The Years of Wandering	166	(5)
The Death of Duke Jing of Jin	171	(1)
The Death of Duke Zhuang of Zhu	172	(1)
Attitudes Toward the Supernatural	172	(5)
The Battle of the Snakes	173	(1)
Human Sacrifice	173	(2)
Destiny	175	(1)
The Speaking Stone	175	(1)
Fighting Dragons	176	(1)
Omens	176	(1)
Intrigues of the Warring States: Selected Anecdotes	177	(6)
J. I. Crump
The Handsome Man	178	(1)
The Treasury Report	179	(1)
The Tiger and the Fox	179	(1)
Yurang's Revenge	180	(3)
Philosophy	183	(1)
The Book of Changes	183	(9)
The First Hexagram: Kien (Qian), Latin version by Regis, de Mailla, and de Tartre (1736)	184	(2)
The First and Second Hexagrams: Qian and Kun	186	(2)
James Legge
The Fifty-Second Hexagram: Gen	188	(4)
Richard Wilhelm
The Analects of Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 B.C.)	192	(10)
Confucius Sinarum Philosophus, Latin version by Intorcetta, Herdtrich, Rougemortt and Couplet (1687)	193	(1)
Fourteen Maxims from The Morals of Confucius (1691)	194	(3)
Seventeen Fragments	197	(3)
James Legge
Six Fragments	200	(2)
Ku Hung-ming
The Way and Its Power. Six Chapters	202	(4)
Arthur Waley
Zhuangzi (c. 369-c. 286 B.C.)	206	(14)
Four Passages	207	(1)
Herbert Giles
Big and Useless	207	(1)
Life is a Dream	208	(2)
Prince Hui's Cook	210	(1)
Autumn Floods	211	(1)
Twelve Passages	212	(1)
Burton Watson
The Transformation of Things	212	(1)
The Freeing of the Bound	213	(1)
Brief, Sudden, and Chaos	214	(1)
I'll Drag My Tail in the Mud	215	(1)
Are You Trying to Shoo Me	215	(1)
What Fish Really Enjoy	215	(1)
Peace in a Vast Room	216	(1)
Lack-Limb and Lame-Gait	216	(1)
The Skull	217	(1)
Gamecocks	217	(1)
Look for Me in the Dried Fish Store	218	(1)
Confucius	218	(1)
Two Passages	219	(1)
A. C. Graham
The Pipes of Heaven	219	(1)
The Axis of the Way	220	(1)
Mencius (372-289 B.C.): Three Passages	220	(4)
David Collie
The Compassionate Heart	221	(1)
The Man of Qi	222	(1)
Fish and Bear's Paw	223	(1)
Han Feizi (d. 233 B.C.): Two Passages	224	(2)
Burton Watson
Mr. He's Jade	224	(1)
The Stump-Watcher	225	(1)
Liezi: Ten Passages	226	(8)
A. C. Graham
Possessing the Way	226	(1)
The Way of Stealing	227	(1)
The Keeper of Monkeys	228	(1)
Dreaming and Waking	228	(1)
Still in Jin	229	(1)
Mister Simple of North Mountain	230	(1)
The Size of the Sun	231	(1)
A Good Listener	231	(1)
The Artificial Men	232	(1)
Duke Jing's Tears	233	(1)
Further Reading	234	(1)
Editors' Note	235	(2)
The Songs of the South: Shamanism and Poetry	237	(30)
Introduction	238	(2)
David Hawkes
Qu Yuan (c. 340-278 B.C.)	240	(24)
On Encountering Trouble	240	(13)
David Hawkes
The Nine Songs	253	(2)
David Hawkes
The Great Unity, God of the Eastern Sky	255	(1)
The Lord Within the Clouds	255	(1)
The Goddess of the Xiang	256	(2)
The Lady of the Xiang	258	(1)
The Great Master of Fate	259	(1)
The Lesser Master of Fate	260	(1)
The Lord of the East	260	(1)
The River Earl	261	(1)
The Mountain Spirit	262	(1)
Hymn to the Fallen	262	(1)
Honoring the Dead	263	(1)
Further Reading	264	(3)
Part 2: The Han Dynasty and the Period of Disunion (206 B.C.-A.D. 589)
Red and Purple Threads: Rhapsodies from the Han and Six Dynasties	267	(62)
Introduction	269	(1)
Burton Watson
Song Yu (c. 290-c. 223 B.C.), attrib.:
The Wind	270	(2)
Burton Watson
The Gao Tang Rhapsody	272	(6)
Arthur Waley
Jia Yi (200-168 B.C.):
The Owl	278	(3)
Burton Watson
Mei Sheng (d.141 B.B.):
The Seven Exhortations to Rise	281	(11)
john Scott
Sima Xiangru (179-117 B.C.), attrib.:
The Beautiful Person	292	(3)
John Scott
The Mighty One	295	(3)
Burton Watson
Yang Xiong (53 B.C.-A.D. 18):
The Sweet Springs Palace	298	(9)
David Knechtges
Zhang Heng (78-139):
The Bones of Zhuangzi	307	(2)
Arthur Waley
Wang Yanshou (c. 124-c. 148):
The Nightmare	309	(2)
Arthur Waley
Wang Can (177-217):
Climbing the Tower	311	(3)
Burton Watson
Cao Zhi (192-232):
The Goddess of the Luo	314	(4)
Burton Watson
Mu Hua (fl. c. 800):
The Sea	318	(9)
David Knechtges
Further Reading	327	(2)
Mortals and Immortals: Historical and Pseudo-Historical Writings from the Han and Six Dynasties	329	(54)
Mortals	330	(1)
Sima Qian (c. 145-c. 85 B.C.): Records of the Grand Historian	330	(21)
Three Biographies	330	(1)
Burton Watson
Lu Buwei: Wealth and Power	331	(6)
Nie Zheng, Man of Valor	337	(4)
Jing Ke, Assassin	341	(10)
Ban Gu (32-92): History of the Former Han	351	(8)
Two Biographies	351	(1)
Burton Watson
Dongfang Shuo, Jester Extraordinary	352	(4)
Madam Li, Imperial Concubine	356	(3)
Doctors, Diviners and Magicians	359	(1)
Fan Ye (398-445): History of the Later Han	359	(6)
Three Biographies	359	(1)
Kenneth DeWoskin
Guo Yu, Physician	359	(2)
Fei Changfang, Magician	361	(4)
Zuo Ci, Magician	365	(1)
Chen Shou (23,3-297): Records of the Three Kingdoms	365	(6)
Two Biographies	365	(1)
Kenneth DeWoskin
Zhu Jianping, Physiognomist	365	(3)
Zhou Xuan, Diviner of Dreams	368	(3)
Immortals	371	(1)
Liu Xiang (c. 79-c. 6 B.B.), attrib.: Lives of Immortals	371	(2)
Five Biographies	371	(1)
Lionel Giles
Ma Shi Huang, Horse Doctor	371	(1)
Mao Nu, Hairy Woman	371	(1)
Duzi, Master Calf	372	(1)
Wen Bin, Vendor of Straw Sandals	372	(1)
Yin Sheng, Beggar Boy	373	(1)
Ge Hong (283-343), attrib.: Lives of Divine Immortals	373	(8)
Two Biographies	373	(1)
Lionel Giles
Liu An, Prince of Huainan	374	(2)
Jiao Xian: Fire and Snow	376	(1)
Three Biographies	377	(1)
Benjamin Penny
Shen Jian: Balls of Medicine	377	(1)
Li Babai: Eight Hundred	378	(1)
Jie Xiang: Minced Fish and Ginger	379	(2)
Further Reading	381	(2)
We Fought South of the City Wall: Ballads and Folksongs of the Han and Six Dynasties	383	(30)
Introduction: Ballads from the Music Bureau	384	(1)
Burton Watson
Han Dynasty	385	(1)
Eleven Poems	385	(6)
Anne Birrell
Greening Yang	385	(1)
A Withered Fish	385	(1)
The Ballad of the Orphan Boy	385	(2)
At Fifteen I Joined the Army	387	(1)
We Fought South of the City Wall	387	(1)
Mulberry on the Bank	388	(1)
West Gate Ballad	389	(1)
Dew on the Shallot	390	(1)
Artemisia Village	390	(1)
Almighty on High!	390	(1)
The One I Love	391	(1)
Ten Old Poems	391	(5)
Arthur Waley
Life-Parting	392	(1)
The Grass by the River Bank	392	(1)
The Cypress on the Mound	393	(1)
Man in the World Lodging	393	(1)
Man's Life a Sojourning	394	(1)
No Road Back	394	(1)
Take a Lamp and Wander Forth	395	(1)
The Year Draws to Its End	395	(1)
At the Beginning of Winter	395	(1)
The Bright Moon	396	(1)
Southeast the Peacock Flies	396	(10)
Burton Watson
A Sad Song	406	(1)
Burton Watson
The Six Dynasties
Southern Dynasties	407	(2)
Seven Ziye Songs	407	(1)
John Frodsham
At Sunset I Strolled	407	(1)
Was I Not Made for Love?	407	(1)
The First Time I Set Eyes on You	407	(1)
So Long and Still No Mate	408	(1)
Spring	408	(1)
Summer	408	(1)
Autumn	408	(1)
Four Ziye Songs	408	(1)
Burton Watson
The Fragrance Comes from the Scent I Wear	408	(1)
Summer	409	(1)
Autumn	409	(1)
Winter	409	(1)
Northern Dynasties	409	(3)
Three Northern Yuefu Ballads	409	(1)
John Frodsham
The Ballad of Mulan	409	(2)
Breaking a Willow-Branch	411	(1)
Driving Goats into a Valley	412	(1)
Qiyuge	412	(1)
Burton Watson
Further Reading	412	(1)
Tigers Setting the Wind Astir: Poets of the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties	413	(30)
Introduction	414	(1)
Burton Watson
Xiang Yu (232-202 B.C.):
The Hegemon's Lament	414	(1)
Burton Watson
Liu Bang, Emperor Gao of Han (256-195 B.C.):
Song of the Great Wind	415	(1)
Burton Watson
Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han (157-87 B.C.): Two Poems	415	(1)
Arthur Waley
The Autumn Wind	415	(1)
Li Furen	416	(1)
Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhao of Han (?95-74 B.C:):
Written in Early Autumn at the Pool of Sprinkling Water	416	(1)
Amy Lowell
Florence Ayscough
Zhang Heng (78-139):
Epithalamium	416	(2)
John Frodsham
Kong Rong (153-208):
A First-Born	418	(1)
Herbert Giles
Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Later Han (156-189):
Proclaiming the Joy of Certain Hours	418	(1)
Amy Lowell
Florence Ayscough
Cao Cao (155-220):
Graveyard Song	419	(1)
John Frodsham
Song on Enduring the Cold	420	(1)
Burton Watson
Ruan Yu (d. 212):
Driving My Chariot Through the Northern Suburbs Gate	421	(1)
John Frodsham
Xu Gan (171-217):
The Wife's Thoughts	421	(1)
Burton Watson
Wang Can (177-217):
Poem of Seven Sorrows	422	(1)
John Frodsham
Chen Lin (d. 217):
Song: I Watered My Horse at the Long Wall Caves	423	(1)
Burton Watson
Liu Zhen (d. 217):
Poem Without a Category	424	(1)
Burton Watson
Zhongchang Tong (179-220):
Speaking My Mind	425	(1)
Burton Watson
Cao Pi (187-226):
A Song of Yan	425	(2)
John Frodsham
Cao Zhi (192-232): Seven Poems	427	(5)
John Frodsham
Four of Six Miscellaneous Poems	427	(2)
Far-Off Journey	429	(1)
Emotion	430	(1)
White Horses	430	(2)
Fu Xuan (217-278):
Pity Me!	432	(1)
Anne Birrell
Zhang Hua (232-300):
Emotion	433	(1)
John Frodsham
Pan Yue (247-300):
Homeward	433	(1)
Anne Birrell
In Mourning for His Dead Wife	434	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Lu Ji (261-303):
Summoning the Recluse	435	(1)
John Frodsham
Zuo Si (d. 306):
Summoning the Recluse	436	(1)
John Frodsham
Guo Pu (226-324):
First Poem of Wandering Immortals	437	(1)
John Frodsham
Vision: Second Poem of Wandering Immortals	438	(1)
Graeme Wilson
Yang Fang (fourth century):
The Joy of Union	438	(1)
Burton Watson
Yu Chan (fl. 317):
Looking at Stone Drum Mountain	439	(1)
John Frodsham
Zhan Fangsheng (fl. 386):
Poem About My Study at the Back of the House	440	(1)
John Frodsham
Further Reading	440	(3)
Bamboo Grove, Golden Valley, Orchid Pavilion: Coteries of the Third and Fourth Centuries	443	(48)
Introduction	444	(1)
Jacques Gernet
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove	445	(1)
Portraits from a late fourth-century tomb, with commentary by Ellen Johnston Laing, and anecdotes from A New Account of Tales of the World by Liu Yiqing (403-444)	445	(1)
Richard B. Mather
Wang Rong (234-305):	445	(2)
Spoiling the Mood; Master Huang's Wineshop	446	(1)
Shan Tao (205-283):	447	(1)
Unpolished Jade	448	(1)
Ruan Ji (210-263):	448	(8)
Whistling; Commandant of Infantry; Nothing Amiss; A Rough and Rugged Terrain; The Whites of His Eyes	449	(2)
Eight Poems of My Heart	451	(1)
Jerome Ch'en
Michael Bullock
Sleepless at Midnight	451	(1)
In My Youth	451	(1)
Last Rays of the Sun	451	(1)
Weird Dances	452	(1)
Inscribe on Your Heart	452	(1)
Day and Night	452	(1)
As Dew-Drops Freeze	453	(1)
In the Shadow of Death	453	(1)
Learning	453	(1)
Graeme Wilson
In Answer to Fu Yi's Letter	454	(2)
Donald Holzman
Xi Kang (223-262):	456	(11)
I Came, I'm Leaving; Solitary Pine; The Melody Is No More	457	(1)
The Lute: A Rhapsody, extracts	458	(5)
Robert Van Gulik
A Song of Disillusionment	463	(1)
John Turner
Letter to Shan Tao	463	(4)
J. R. Hightower
Xiang Xiu (c. 221-300):	467	(3)
Recalling Old Times: A Rhapsody	468	(2)
Burton Watson
Liu Ling (c. 225-280):	470	(2)
So Much Earth or Wood; The Virtue of Wine	471	(1)
Hymn to the Virtue of Wine	471	(1)
Richard Mather
Ruan Xian (234-305):	472	(2)
Underpants; Pigs and Men	472	(2)
Golden Valley	474	(1)
Shi Chong (249-300):	474	(5)
Longing to Return: A Lament	474	(1)
Helmut Wilhelm
Preface to the Golden Valley Poems	475	(1)
Richard Mather
Biography of Shi Chong, extract, from the History of the Jin Dynasty	476	(3)
Helmut Wilhelm
Orchid Pavilion	479	(1)
Wang Xizhi (309-c. 365):
Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Poems	479	(3)
H. C. Chang
Zhidun (314-366):
Song of My Mountain Dwelling	482	(1)
John Frodsham
Sun Chuo (314-371):
An Autumn Day	483	(1)
John Frodsham
Wandering on Mount Tiantai: A Rhapsody	483	(5)
Burton Watson
Further Reading	488	(1)
Editors' Note	489	(2)
Tao Yuanming (365-427): The Gentleman of the Five Willow Trees	491	(32)
Introduction	493	(1)
Burton Watson
The Gentleman of the Five Willow Trees	493	(2)
J. R. Hightower
Nineteen Poems	495	(17)
William Acker
Substance, Shadow and Spirit	495	(4)
Five Poems on Returning to Dwell in the Country	499	(3)
Four Poems Written While Drunk	502	(3)
Two Miscellaneous Poems	505	(1)
A Picnic by the Xie River	506	(2)
Written on the First Day of the Fifth Month	508	(1)
Putting the Blame on His Sons	509	(1)
In Reply to a Poem	509	(1)
Liu Chaisang
Harmonizing with a Poem by the Registrar Guo	510	(1)
Seeing Off a Guest at Captain Wang's Headquarters	510	(1)
Written on the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month of the Year Yi-you	511	(1)
Six Poems	512	(3)
Gladys Yang
Yang Xianyi
Miscellaneous Poem	512	(1)
Two Poems Written While Drunk	513	(1)
Three Dirges	513	(2)
The Peach Blossom Spring	515	(2)
J. R. Hightower
The Return: A Rhapsody	517	(2)
J. R Hightower
Elegy	519	(1)
J. R. Hightower
Further Reading	520	(3)
The Murmuring Stream and the Weary Road: Xie Lingyun and Bao Zhao	523	(18)
Xie Lingyun (385-433):
Ten Poems	524	(1)
John Frodsham
On Spending Some Time at the Bai'an Pavilion	524	(1)
On Climbing Stone Drum Mountain, Near Shangshu	525	(1)
On Climbing Mount Green Crag in Yongjia	526	(1)
All Around My New House at Stone Gate	526	(1)
Written on the Lake on My Way Back to the Retreat at Stone Cliff	527	(1)
On Climbing the Highest Peak of Stone Gate	528	(1)
What I Saw When I Had Crossed the Lake	528	(1)
I Follow the Jinzhu Torrent	529	(1)
A Poem on Stone House Mountain	530	(1)
Last Poem	530	(1)
Replying to a Poem from My Cousin Huilian	531	(1)
Burton Watson
Bao Zhao (414-466):
Six Songs of the Weary Road	532	(1)
John Frodsham
A Goblet of Wine	533	(1)
This Bronze Censer	533	(1)
Water Spilt	534	(1)
The Grass by the River	534	(1)
Folded Wings	535	(1)
A Rough Road	535	(1)
Imitating the Old Poems	536	(1)
Burton Watson
Ballad in Imitation of ``The Prince of Huainan''	536	(1)
Burton Watson
Ballad: A Song in the Night	537	(1)
Joseph R Allen
Ballad: The Boatman's Song	537	(1)
Joseph R Allen
The Desolate City: A Rhapsody	538	(2)
Burton Watson
Further Reading	540	(1)
New Songs from a Jade Terrace: Court Poetry of the Southern Dynasties	541	(22)
Introduction	542	(1)
Anne Birrell
David Hawkes
Yan Yanzhi (384-456):
A Pure Wife	543	(3)
Anne Birrell
Shen Yue (441-512): Five Poems	546	(2)
Anne Birrell
I Climb High to Look at Spring	546	(1)
Night After Night	546	(1)
Spring	547	(1)
Peach	547	(1)
Green, Green Riverside Grass	547	(1)
Kong Zhigui (447-501):
Wandering Round Mount Taiping	548	(1)
John Frodsham
Xie Tiao (464-499):
Five Poems	548	(1)
John Frodsham
Complaint of the Jade Staircase	548	(1)
A Prince Went Wandering	549	(1)
An Autumn Night	549	(1)
Looking at the Morning Rain	549	(1)
I Sit in My Lofty Study	550	(1)
In a Provincial Capital Sick in Bed	551	(1)
Burton Watson
Xiao Yan (464-549): Four Poems	552	(1)
Anne Birrell
A Border Guard	552	(1)
The Candle	552	(1)
The Flute	552	(1)
Morning Sun	552	(1)
He Xun (died c. 517): Three Poems	553	(1)
John Frodsham
Spring Wind	553	(1)
Singing-Girls in the Brazen Bird	553	(1)
Watching the New Moon	554	(1)
Xiao Zihui (fl. 519):
Winter Dawn	554	(1)
John Frodsham
Zhang Shuai (475-527): Two Poems	554	(1)
Anne Birrell
Staring	555	(1)
Pining	555	(1)
Yu Jianwu (487-550):
On the Third Day I Wait on the Emperor	555	(1)
John Frodsham
Xiao Gang (503-551): Four Poems	556	(1)
Anne Birrell
Spiders' Spun Threads	556	(1)
I Play My Zither	556	(1)
I Can Sigh	556	(1)
Soft Echoes	556	(1)
Xu Ling (507-583): Three Poems	557	(1)
Anne Birrell
Bagatelle	557	(1)
The Dance	557	(1)
A Maid's Thanks for a Mirror	557	(1)
Yu Xin (513-581):
Five Poems	558	(1)
John Frodsham
The Season of Shadow	558	(1)
Offered in Thanks for a Present of Wine and a Goose	559	(1)
Harmonizing with Great Officer Yan's Poem	559	(1)
Harmonizing with the Monk Heling's Poem	560	(1)
Running Into Snow While Journeying Through the Suburbs	560	(1)
Knights Errant	560	(1)
John Minford
Jiang Zong (518-590):
Melancholy in the Women's Apartments	561	(1)
John Frodsham
Chen Shubao (553-604):
A Jade Tree Blossoms in the Back Garden	561	(1)
John Frodsham
Further Reading	562	(1)
Green Bag and Yellow Covers: A Miscellany of Prose from the Han and Six Dynasties	563	(62)
Li Si (d. 208 B.C.):
On the Employment of Foreigners	564	(1)
Herbert Giles
Chao Cuo (d. 154 B.C.):
On War	565	(3)
Herbert Giles
On the Value of Agriculture	568	(3)
Herbert Giles
Liu An, Prince of Huainan (d. 122 B.C.):
On the Nature of Tao	571	(1)
Herbert Giles
Sima Xiangru (179-117 B.C.):
Against Hunting	572	(1)
Herbert Giles
The Prince of Zhongshan (fl. 110 B.C.):
Music	573	(1)
Herbert Giles
Liu Che, Emperor Wu of Han (157-187 B.C.):
Heroes Wanted! A Proclamation	574	(1)
Herbert Giles
Dongfang Shuo (154-93 B.C.):
Self Recommendation	574	(1)
Herbert Giles
Sima Qian (c. 145-c. 85 B.C.):
Letter to Ren An	575	(7)
J. R. Hightower
Li Ling (d. 74 B.C.):
A Reply to Su Wu	582	(4)
Herbert Giles
Lu Wenshu (first century B.C.):
On Punishments	586	(2)
Herbert Giles
Wang Chong (27-91):
On Spirits	588	(1)
Herbert Giles
Cai Yong (133-192):
Stele for Wang Ziqiao	589	(3)
Donald Holzman
Zhongchang Tong (179-220):
On Happiness, translated from the French of Etienne Balazs	592	(1)
H. M. Wright
Zhuge Liang (181-284):
On Deploying the Army	593	(3)
Robert Joe Cutter
Wang Su (195-256):
Jade	596	(1)
Herbert Giles
Li Mi (c. 225-c. 290):
Memorial Expressing My Feelings	597	(2)
David Knechtges
Faxian (c. 337-422):
From Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms, A Chinese Pilgrim in Ceylon	599	(6)
Herbert Giles
Kumarajiva (344-413):
Faith Is the Substance	605	(1)
Herbert Giles
Zong Bing (375-443):
On Landscape Painting	606	(1)
Wing-tsit Chan
Bao Zhao (414-466):
Dalei Riverbank: From a Letter to My Sister	607	(2)
Kang-i Sun Chang
Kong Zhigui (447-501):
Proclamation on North Mountain	609	(4)
J. R Hightower
Wu Jun (469-520):
Pleasure in Mountains and Streams	613	(1)
H. C. Chang
Zu Hongxun (died c. 550):
Eagle Hill (From a Letter to Yang Xiuzhi)	614	(1)
H. C. Chang
Yang Xuanzhi (fl. c. 550):
The Monasteries of Luoyang, extracts	615	(5)
W. J. Jenner
Yan Zhitui (531-c. 590):
Last Will, from Family Instructions for the Yan Clan	620	(2)
Teng Ssu-yu
Zhou Xingsi (fl. 550):
The Thousand Character Classic, extracts	622	(1)
E. C. Bridgman
Further Reading	623	(2)
The Carving of Dragons: Early Literary Criticism	625	(26)
Introduction	626	(1)
Craig Fisk
The ``Great Preface'' to the Book of Songs, extract	626	(2)
Samuel Kidd
Stephen Owen
Cao Pi (187-226):
On Literature	628	(2)
Siu-kit Wong
Lu Ji (261-303): Literature: A Rhapsody	630	(15)
Achilles Fang
Preface	631	(1)
Preparation	632	(1)
Process	632	(1)
Words, Words, Words	633	(1)
Virtue	634	(1)
Diversity	635	(1)
Multiple Aspects	636	(1)
Revision	637	(1)
Key Passages	637	(1)
Plagiarism	638	(1)
Purple Patches	638	(1)
Five Imperfections	639	(2)
Variability	641	(1)
Masterpiece's	642	(1)
The Poet's Despair	642	(1)
Inspiration	643	(1)
Coda: Encomium	644	(1)
Liu Xie (c. 465-c. 520):
On Imagination (Chapter 26 of The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons)	645	(4)
Siu-kit Wong
Further Reading	649	(1)
Editors' Note	650	(1)
Spirits and Humors: Strange Tales from the Six Dynasties	651	(26)
Gan Bao (fl. 315): In Search of Spirits, Twelve Tales	652	(13)
Kenneth DeWoskin
Tongue Splicing and Other Arts	653	(1)
The Seance	653	(1)
The Tomb of the Three Kings	654	(1)
Han Ping and His Wife	655	(1)
Li E Returns from the Dead	656	(2)
Song Dingbo Sells a Ghost	658	(1)
Scholar Tan	659	(1)
The Grave Wedding of Lu Chong	660	(3)
Li Ji, the Serpent Slayer	663	(1)
The Cave of the Sick Dragon	664	(1)
People Growing Horns	664	(1)
Sex Changes	665	(1)
Liu Yiqing (403-444): A New Account of Tales of the World, Twelve Tales	665	(8)
Richard B. Mather
Riches and Clogs	667	(1)
Lady Guo	667	(1)
Hearing the Way in the Morning	667	(1)
Drunk Again	668	(1)
In My Pants	669	(1)
Liu Bao	669	(1)
The Strength of an Impulse	670	(1)
Shallots	670	(1)
An Unusual Flavor	671	(1)
Trees	671	(1)
Temper	672	(1)
Over the Wall	672	(1)
Further Reading	673	(4)
Part 3: The Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (589-960)
The Great River: Poets of the Early Tang	677	(22)
Introduction	678	(1)
Stephen Omen
Wang Ji (585-644):
Four Poems	678	(1)
Stephen Owen
Farmers	678	(1)
View of the Wilds	679	(1)
Written on the Tavern Wall	680	(1)
Drinking Alone	680	(1)
To a Kill Joy	680	(1)
Herbert Giles
Record of Drunk-Land	681	(1)
Herbert Giles
Lu Zhaolin (634-c.684):
Chang'an	682	(6)
Stephen Owen
Luo Binwang (before 640-684): Two Poems	688	(2)
Stephen Owen
On the Cicada: In Prison	688	(1)
Mooring by Jiangzhen in the Evening	689	(1)
Wang Bo (649-676): Two Poems	690	(1)
Stephen Omen
Parting by Moonlight in a River Pavilion	690	(1)
Departing from Yiyang in the Early Morning	690	(1)
Chen Zi'ang (661-702): Seven Poems	690	(4)
Stephen Owen
Meditation on the Past at White Emperor City	691	(1)
Staying in Luoxiang County for the Evening	691	(1)
Entering Qiao Gorge and Anju Creek	692	(1)
Song on Youzhou Terrace	692	(1)
Stirred by My Experiences: Three of a Series of Thirty-Eight Poems	693	(1)
Du Shenyan (died c. 705): Two Poems	694	(1)
Stephen Owen
Written at Jumble-Rock Mountain by the South Sea	694	(1)
Lodging in Annam	695	(1)
Song Zhiwen (d. 712):
On Old Zhang's Pine Tree	695	(1)
Stephen Owen
Shen Quanqi (c. 650-713):
First Reaching Huanzhou	696	(1)
Stephen Omen
Zhang Yue (667-731): Two Poems	696	(1)
Stephen Owen
Hearing Bells at Night in the Mountains	696	(1)
Composition in Drunkenness	697	(1)
Further Reading	697	(2)
Wang Wei (701-761): Poet and Painter	699	(22)
Introduction	701	(1)
H. C. Chang
Poems from Wheel River, Ten from a Sequence of Twenty, with Accompanying Poems by Pei Di (b. 716)	702	(6)
Jerome Ch'en
Michael Bullock
The Cove of the Wall of Meng	702	(1)
The Hill of Huazi	703	(1)
The Hill of the Hatchet-Leaved Bamboos	704	(1)
The Deer Enclosure	704	(1)
The Magnolia Enclosure	705	(1)
The Path of the Ashtrees	705	(1)
Lake Yi	705	(1)
The Stream at the House of the Luans	706	(1)
The Hermitage of the Bamboos	706	(1)
The Bank of the Magnolias	707	(1)
Letter to Pei Di Written in the Mountains	708	(1)
H. C. Chang
Nine Poems	709	(4)
Jerome P. Seaton
To Magistrate Zhang	709	(1)
Mount Zhongnan	709	(1)
Passing Hidden Fragrance Temple	710	(1)
On the Mountain	711	(1)
Birdsong Torrent	711	(1)
In Retirement at Zhongnan	711	(1)
Autumn Mountain Evening	712	(1)
Mission to the Frontier	712	(1)
Dike of the Cormorants	713	(1)
A Poem of Farewell, Eight Versions	713	(3)
Der Abschied des Freundes	713	(2)
Hans Bethge
Goodbye to Meng Haoran	715	(1)
Herbert Giles
``So Farewell. And If For Ever, Still For Ever Fare Ye Well,''	715	(1)
J. B. Fletcher
At Parting	715	(1)
Witter Bynner
Seeing Someone Off	715	(1)
Burton Watson
To See a Friend Off	716	(1)
Wai-lim Yip
Parting	716	(1)
Stephen Owen
Farewell	716	(1)
Pauline Yu
Six Poems, translated by various hands	716	(3)
Farewell to Spring	716	(1)
Sir J. F. Davis
Playfully Inscribed on a Large Boulder	717	(1)
David Lattimore
Melody of Wei City	717	(1)
William Dolby
You Come from My Village	718	(1)
C. H. Kwock
Vincent McHugh
Weeping for Ying Yao	718	(1)
Burton Watson
Climbing to the Monastery of Perception	719	(1)
Pauline Yu
Further Reading	719	(2)
Li Bo (701-762): The Banished Immortal	721	(44)
Introduction	722	(1)
Burton Watson
A Preface and Twenty Poems	723	(19)
Elling Eide
Preface for the Poetry from a Spring Evening Party	723	(1)
Quiet Night Thought	723	(1)
The Road to Shu Is Hard	723	(2)
My Trip in a Dream to the. Lady of Heaven Mountain	725	(3)
Xiangyang Song	728	(1)
Take Wine	729	(1)
Bring On the Wine	730	(1)
Song of the Heavenly Horse	731	(1)
Early Departure from White Emperor Fortress	732	(1)
A Lu Mountain Song	733	(2)
Climbing Xie Tiao's North Tower at Xuan in Autumn	735	(1)
A Farewell Dinner for My Uncle Li Yun, the Collator	735	(1)
Inscribed at Summit Temple	736	(1)
In Praise of a Gold and Silver Painted Scene of the Buddha Manifestation	736	(2)
Up Into the Clouds Music	738	(2)
Drinking Alone in the Moonlight: 1-4	740	(2)
Inscription on an Old Tomb at Guangling	742	(1)
Old Dai's Wine Shop	742	(1)
Six Poems, translated by Ezra Pound, from the Chinese of Rihaku, from the notes of the late Ernest Fenollosa, and the decipherings of the Professors Mori and Ariga	742	(6)
The River Merchant's Wife: A Letter	743	(1)
Poem by the Bridge at Ten-shin	744	(1)
The Jewel Stairs' Grievance	744	(1)
Exile's Letter	745	(2)
Separation on the River Kiang	747	(1)
Taking Leave of a Friend	748	(1)
Four Poems	748	(3)
Arthur Cooper
On Visiting a Taoist Master in the Daitian Mountains	748	(1)
Abandon	749	(1)
Longing	749	(1)
Hard Is the Journey	750	(1)
Four Poems	751	(2)
David Young
For Du Fu	751	(1)
To Wang Lun	752	(1)
Conversation among the Mountains	752	(1)
Autumn Lines	752	(1)
Four Versions	753	(3)
A Statement of Resolutions After Being Drunk on a Spring Day	753	(1)
Amy Lowell
Florence Ayscough
Un Jour de Printemps	754	(1)
Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys
Der Trinker im Fruhling	755	(1)
Hans Bethge
``The Best of Life Is But...''	755	(1)
Herbert Giles
Two Versions	756	(2)
River Ghant	756	(1)
Amy Lowell
Florence Ayscough
En Bateau	757	(1)
Marquis d'Hervey de Saint-Denys
Four Versions	758	(2)
Ivresse d'Amour	758	(1)
Judith Gautier
Sy-che and the King, translated from the French of Judith Gautier	759	(1)
Powys Mathers
Intoxication of Love, translated from the French of Judith Gautier	759	(1)
James Whittal
For the Dancer of the King of Wu	759	(1)
Robert Payne
Three Versions	760	(1)
La Flute Mysterieuse	760	(1)
Judith Gautier
The Mysterious Flute, translated from the French of Judith Gautier	760	(1)
Stuart Merrill
A Flute of Marvel, translated from the French of Judith Gautier	760	(1)
E. Powys Mathers
Spring Night in Luoyang - Hearing a Flute	760	(1)
Burton Watson
Six Poems, translated by various hands
A Solitary Carouse on a Day in Spring	761	(1)
R K Douglas
A Snapshot	761	(1)
Herbert Giles
Drinking with a Friend	761	(1)
Jerome P. Seaton
Night Mooring at Cow's Creek	762	(1)
C. H. Kwock
Vincent McHugh
A Night with a Friend	762	(1)
Burton Watson
Her Presence Was a Roomful of Flowers	762	(1)
John Scott
Further Reading	763	(2)
Du Fu (712-770): The Sage of Poetry	765	(52)
Introduction	766	(1)
Burton Watson
Seven Poems, Chinese texts, with commentary, exegesis, and prose	767	(18)
David Hawkes
On a Prospect of Mount Tai	767	(2)
Moonlit Night	769	(3)
Spring Scene	772	(2)
Thinking of My Brothers on a Moonlit Night	774	(3)
Dreaming of Li Bo	777	(3)
From a Height	780	(2)
On Yueyang Tower	782	(3)
Sixteen Poems	785	(8)
Burton Watson
Song of the Beautiful Ladies	785	(1)
Song of Pengya	786	(1)
Lovely Lady	787	(1)
Presented to Wei Ba, Gentleman in Retirement	788	(1)
The Man with No Family to Take Leave of	789	(1)
Five of Seven Songs Written During the Qian-yuan Era	790	(1)
On the Spur of the Moment	791	(1)
A Guest Arrives	791	(1)
Restless Night	792	(1)
Quatrain: In Late Sun	792	(1)
They Say You're Staying in a Mountain Temple	792	(1)
On the River	793	(1)
Nine Poems	793	(3)
Florence Ayscough
Wasteland - Gazing Far Away	793	(1)
A Traveler at Night Writes His Thoughts	794	(1)
Six Cut-Shorts (Quatrains):
Sun Lengthens	794	(1)
River Jade-Gray	794	(1)
Sun Rises from Water	795	(1)
Shady, Shady	795	(1)
West of Hut	795	(1)
Yellow Orioles	795	(1)
Flying From Trouble	795	(1)
Eight Poems	796	(3)
Kenneth Rexroth
Written on the Wall at Zhang's Hermitage	796	(1)
Visiting Zan, Abbot of Dayun	797	(1)
Jade Flower Palace	797	(1)
Traveling Northward	798	(1)
By the Winding River	798	(1)
Loneliness	798	(1)
Clear After Rain	799	(1)
Brimming Water	799	(1)
Four Poems	799	(4)
Stephen Owen
Facing the Snow	799	(1)
Walking Alone by the Riverbank Seeking Flowers	800	(1)
My Thatched Roof Is Ruined by the Autumn Wind	800	(2)
Autumn Meditation: 7	802	(1)
Two Ballads	803	(4)
Arthur Cooper
The Ballad of the Army Wagons	803	(1)
Ballad on Seeing a Pupil of the Lady Gongsun Dance the Sword Mime	804	(3)
Two Poems	807	(1)
Jerome P. Seaton
Village by the River	807	(1)
Second Letter to My Nephew Wulang	808	(1)
Two Poems	808	(1)
David Lattimore
Night Feast, Zuo Family Village	808	(1)
Thinking of My Little Boy	809	(1)
Four Late Poems	809	(1)
A. C. Graham
Midnight	809	(1)
The Autumn Wastes: 1 & 2	809	(1)
Deep in Winter	810	(1)
Six Versions	810	(3)
An Evening Shower in Spring	810	(1)
Sir J. F. Davis
La Pluie de Printemps	811	(1)
Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys
The Kindly Rain	811	(1)
W. J. B. Fletcher
Spring Night, Happy Rain	812	(1)
Florence Ayscough
Spring Rain	812	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Good Rain: A Night in Spring	812	(1)
Jerome P. Seaton
Three Versions	813	(2)
The Pressgang	813	(1)
Herbert Giles
The Conscription	813	(1)
E. H. Parker
The Pressgang at Shihao Village	814	(1)
Jerome P. Seaton
Further Reading	815	(1)
Editors' Note	816	(1)
Spring, River, Flowers, Moon, Night: Poets of the High Tang	817	(30)
Introduction	818	(1)
Stephen Omen
Three Poets in a Tavern: An Anecdote, from an Early-Ninth-Century Collection	818	(2)
Stephen Owen
Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-c. 720):
Spring, River Flowers, Moon, Night	820	(3)
David Lattimore
Wang Han (fl. 713):
A Reason Fair (Liangzhou Song)	823	(1)
Herbert Giles
He Zhizhang (659-745):
The Return	823	(1)
Herbert Giles
Zhang Jiuling (678-740):
Climbing a Tall Building on an Autumn Evening	824	(1)
Stephen Owen
Wang Zhihuan (688-742):
Hooded Crane Tower	824	(1)
Stephen Owen
Meng Haoran (689-740):
Seven Poems	825	(1)
Witter Bynner
A Night Mooring on the Jiande River	825	(1)
A Spring Morning	825	(1)
From a Mooring on the Tonglu to a Friend in Yangzhou	825	(1)
Taking Leave of Wang Wei	826	(1)
In Summer at the South Pavilion Thinking of Xing	826	(1)
At the Mountain-Lodge of the Buddhist Priest Ye	826	(1)
Returning at Night to Lumen Mountain	827	(1)
In Passing an Old Friend's Farm	827	(1)
Soame Jenyns
Cui Hao (d. 754):
Yellow Crane Tower	827	(1)
Stephen Owen
Li Qi (fl. 725):
To Zhang Xu	828	(1)
Stephen Omen
Wang Changling (c. 690-c. 756):
Three Poems	829	(1)
Stephen Owen
Autumn Evening on the Great Lake	829	(1)
Song by the Walls	830	(1)
At the Stream's Source in Spring: A Party	830	(1)
Under a Border-Fortress	830	(1)
Witter Bynner
Liu Zhangqing (c. 710-c. 787):
Four Poems	831	(1)
Witter Bynner
On Parting with the Buddhist Pilgrim Lingche	831	(1)
While Visiting on the South Stream the Taoist Priest Chang	831	(1)
Climbing in Autumn for a View from the Temple	832	(1)
On Seeing Wang Leave for the South	832	(1)
Snow on Lotus Mountain	833	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Cen Shen (715-770): Two Poems	834	(1)
Stephen Owen
Song for General Zhao	834	(1)
On the West Tower in Guozhou	834	(1)
Gao Shi (716-765): Four Poems	835	(2)
Stephen Owen
The Ruined Terrace	835	(1)
Ji Gate	835	(1)
The North Tower of Golden Fort	835	(1)
The Song of the Fisherman	836	(1)
Chu Guangxi (fl. 742): Three Poems	837	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
A Mountain Spring	837	(1)
Tea	837	(1)
Evening in the Garden, (c)ear After Rain	838	(1)
Yuan Jie (719-772):
After the Raiders Have Gone	838	(1)
Stephen Omen
Qian Qi (722-.c. 780):
Kingfisher with Fish in Beak	839	(1)
Stephen Owen
From My Study at the Mouth of the Valley	840	(1)
Witter Bynner
Dedicated to the Hermit Cui	841	(1)
Jerome P. Seaton
Chang Jian (fl. 749):
A Buddhist Retreat Behind Broken-Mountain Temple	841	(1)
Witter Bynner
Qiu Wei (eighth century):
Seeking a Hermit on West Mountain and Not Finding Him	841	(1)
John Minford
Gu Kuang (c. 725-c. 814):
Hard Traveling	842	(1)
Stephen Owen
Geng Wei (late eighth century):
Autumn Day	843	(1)
Stephen Owen
Dai Shulun (782-789):
Su Creek Pavilion	844	(1)
Stephen Omen
Wei Yingwu (737-c. 792): Five Poems	844	(2)
Witter Bynner
Autumn Night Message: To Qiu	844	(1)
At Chuzhou on the Western Stream	844	(1)
A Poem to a Taoist Hermit on Qnanjiao Mountain	845	(1)
Mooring at Twilight in Yuyi District	845	(1)
East of the Town	845	(1)
Lu Lun (737?-798?):
Two Frontier Songs: Matching Rhymes With General Zhang	846	(1)
Wong Man
Further Reading	846	(1)
Stones Where the Haft Rotted: Poets of the Mid Tang	847	(24)
Introduction	848	(1)
Stephen Owen
Meng Jiao (751-814):
Five Poems	849	(1)
Stephen Owen
Laments of the Gorges: 1 & 2	849	(1)
Apricots Die Young: 1 & 2	850	(1)
Lament for Lu Yin	851	(1)
The Stones Where the Haft Rotted	851	(1)
A. C. Graham
Risks	852	(1)
Graeme Wilson
Li Yi (748-827):
On Hearing a Flute at Night from the Wall of Shouxiang	852	(1)
Witter Bynner
Zhang Ji (mid-eighth century):
A Night-Mooring near Maple Bridge	852	(1)
Witter Bynner
Han Yu (768-824):
Autumn Thoughts	852	(2)
Burton Watson
A Withered Tree	854	(1)
A. C. Graham
Two Poems
Stephen Owen
To Hou Xi	854	(1)
Losing a Tooth	855	(2)
Song of the Stone Drums	857	(2)
Innes Herdan
Three Poems	859	(1)
Herbert Giles
The Wounded Falcon	859	(2)
Humanity	861	(1)
Discontent	861	(1)
Liu Yuxi (772-842):
Two Poems	862	(1)
Stephen Omen
Raven Robe Lane	862	(1)
Gazing on Lake Dongting	862	(1)
Looking at My Knife-Hilt: A Song	863	(1)
Daniel Bryant
The City of Stones	863	(1)
Amy Lowell
Florence Ayscough
Liu Zongyuan (773-819): Five Poems	864	(3)
Witter Bynner
River-Snow	865	(1)
Reading Buddhist Classics with Chao at His Temple in the Early Morning	865	(1)
Dwelling by a Stream	865	(1)
From the City Tower of Liuzhou	865	(1)
An Old Fisherman	866	(1)
Jia Dao (779-843): Four Poems	867	(2)
Stephen Omen
Weeping for the Zen Master Boyan	867	(1)
Evening View as the Snow Clears	867	(1)
Looking for the Recluse and Not Finding Him	868	(1)
Spending the Night at a Mountain Temple	868	(1)
Further Reading	869	(2)
Bo Juyi (772-846): Madly Singing in the Mountains	871	(32)
Introduction	872	(1)
Arthur Waley
Twenty-three Poems	873	(10)
Arthur Waley
Planting Bamboos	873	(1)
Passing Tianmen Street in Chang'an	873	(1)
The Flower Market	873	(1)
The Chancelor's Gravel Drive	874	(1)
The Charcoal-Seller	874	(1)
Golden Bells	875	(1)
Lazy Man's Song	876	(1)
Winter Night	876	(1)
The Chrysanthemums in the Eastern Garden	877	(1)
Remembering Golden Bells	878	(1)
Madly Singing in the Mountains	878	(1)
Eating Bamboo-Shoots	879	(1)
The Red Cockatoo	879	(1)
Climbing the Lingying Terrace and Looking North	879	(1)
Realizing the Futility of Life	880	(1)
The Cranes	880	(1)
On His Baldness	880	(1)
To a Talkative Guest	881	(1)
Inscription Written by Me in My Small Garden	881	(1)
Sitting Quietly: Written During My Illness	881	(1)
A Dream of Mountaineering	882	(1)
Laozi	882	(1)
Last Poem	883	(1)
Two Ballads	883	(11)
The Everlasting Wrong	883	(7)
Herbert Giles
Song of the Lute: Preface and Poem	890	(4)
Burton Watson
Bo Juyi and Yuan Zhen: Record of a Poetic Friendship	894	(6)
Arthur Waley
Poem for Yuan Zhen	894	(1)
At the End of Spring: To Yuan Zhen	894	(1)
The Letter	894	(2)
Yuan Zhen to Bo Juyi	896	(1)
Bo Juyi to Yuan Zhen: A Letter	896	(2)
Dreaming That I Went with Li and Yu to Visit Yuan Zhen	898	(1)
The Death of Yuan Zhen	899	(1)
Dreaming of Yuan Zhen	899	(1)
On Hearing Someone Sing a Poem	899	(1)
Yuan Zhen
Yuan Zhen (779-831):
The Pitcher	900	(1)
Arthur Waley
Three Poems	901	(1)
John Scott
You're No Exception	901	(1)
The Song of the Pearl-Fishers	901	(1)
Nearly a Sky Half Clear, Not Yet Half Light	901	(1)
Further Reading	902	(1)
Editors' Note	902	(1)
The Patterned Lute: Poets of the Late Tang	903	(52)
Introduction	904	(1)
James J. Y. Liu
Li He (791-817): Eight Poems	904	(11)
John Frodsham
Chang'gu	905	(4)
Under the Walls of Ping City	909	(1)
Song of the Magic Strings	909	(1)
Magic Strings	910	(1)
Farewell Song of Magic Strings	911	(1)
Song of an Arrowhead from Changping	912	(1)
Song: A Lovely Girl Combing Her Hair	913	(1)
Song: Dragons at Midnight	914	(1)
Du Mu (803-852):
Four Poems	915	(1)
A. C. Graham
Easing My Heart	915	(1)
To Judge Han Chuo at Yangzhou	915	(1)
Recalling Former Travels: 1 & 2	916	(1)
Six Poems	916	(1)
R F. Burton
Egrets	916	(1)
A Mountain Walk	916	(1)
Spring South of the River	916	(1)
A Tower by the Yangtze River	917	(1)
Basin Pond	917	(1)
Plantains	918	(1)
Three Poems	918	(1)
Herbert Giles
Too Lace	918	(1)
A Wilderness	918	(1)
Old Love	919	(1)
Take the Bottle, and Ascend	919	(1)
Herbert Morrison
Li Shangyin (c. 813-858):
Three Poems	920	(1)
James J. Y. Liu
Without Title	920	(1)
High Noon	921	(1)
Chamber Music	922	(2)
Nine Poems	924	(1)
A. C. Graham
Untitled Poems: 1-5	924	(3)
The Walls of Emerald: 1-3	927	(1)
The Patterned Lute	928	(2)
Wen Tingyun (c. 813-870):
Four Poems	930	(1)
Witter Bynner
She Sighs on Her Jade Lute	930	(1)
To a Friend Bound East	930	(1)
Near the Lizhou Ferry	930	(1)
The Temple of Su Wu	931	(1)
Two Poems	932	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
In the Mountains as Autumn Begins	932	(1)
Passing a Ruined Palace	932	(1)
Wei Zhuang (c. 836-910):
The Lament of the Lady of Qin	933	(11)
Lionel Giles
Sikong Tu (837-908):
The Twenty-Four Modes of Poetry	944	(1)
Herbert Giles
Energy - Absolute	944	(1)
Tranquil Repose	945	(1)
Slim - Stout	945	(1)
Concentration	945	(1)
Height-Antiquity	946	(1)
Refinement	946	(1)
Wash - Smelt	947	(1)
Strength	947	(1)
Embroideries	948	(1)
The Natural	948	(1)
Conservation	948	(1)
Set Free	949	(1)
Animal Spirits	949	(1)
Close Woven	950	(1)
Seclusion	950	(1)
Fascination	950	(1)
In Tortuous Ways	951	(1)
Actualities	951	(1)
Despondent	951	(1)
Form and Feature	952	(1)
The Transcendental	952	(1)
Abstraction	953	(1)
Illumined	953	(1)
Motion	953	(1)
Further Reading	954	(1)
Editors' Note	954	(1)
Red Leaf: Women Poets from the First Century B.C. to the Tenth Century A.D.	955	(20)
Introduction	956	(1)
Ling Chung
Zhuo Wenjun (fl. 150-115 B.C.), attrib.:
A Song of White Hair	957	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Ling Chung
Ban Jieyu (first century B.C.), attrib.:
Song of Regret	958	(1)
Burton Watson
Cai Yan (born c. 178), attrib.:
Poem of Sorrow	959	(4)
John Frodsham
Su Xiaoxiao (late fifth century):
A Song of Xiling Lake	963	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Ling Chung
Bao Linghui (fl. 464): Two Poems	963	(1)
Anne Birrell
In the Key of Farewell	964	(1)
Poem Sent to a Traveler	964	(1)
Shen Manyuan (fl. 540): Two Poems	964	(1)
Anne Birrell
Her Tiara Flowers	964	(1)
Parody of the Other Woman	965	(1)
Li Ye (eighth century):
A Greeting to Lu Yu	965	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Ling Chung
Zhao Luanluan (? eighth century): Five Poems	965	(2)
Kenneth Rexroth
Ling Chung
Slender Fingers	965	(1)
Red Sandalwood Mouth	966	(1)
Willow Eyebrows	966	(1)
Cloud Hairdress	966	(1)
Creamy Breasts	966	(1)
Xue Tao (768-831): Five Poems	967	(2)
Jeanne Larsen
Cicadas	967	(1)
Wind	967	(1)
Dog Parted from Her Master	968	(1)
Parrot Parted from Her Cage	968	(1)
Crabapple Brook	968	(1)
Guan Panpan (eighth to ninth century):
Mourning	969	(1)
Kenneth Rexroth
Ling Chung
Yu Xuanji (c. 844-868): Five Poems	970	(2)
Genevieue Wimsatt
Divided by the Han River	970	(1)
Spring Passion	970	(1)
Voicing Deepest Thoughts	971	(1)
Selling Wilted Peonies	971	(1)
Vanishing Spring Moves to Regret	972	(1)
Huangfu Mei (fl. 910):
The Story of Yu Xuanji	972	(2)
Jeanne Kelly
Further Reading	974	(1)
Cold Mountain: Poetry of Zen and the Tao	975	(14)
Seng Can, the Third Zen Patriarch (d. 606):
The Believing Mind	976	(1)
Graeme Wilson
Xuanjue (665-713), attrib.: Four Quatrains from the Canticle of the Way	976	(1)
Jerome P. Seaton
Roar of the Lion	976	(1)
Heart's Mirror Clear	976	(1)
The One Moon Seen	977	(1)
Let Them Mock!	977	(1)
Wang the Zealot (Tang dynasty): Four Poems	977	(2)
C. H. Kwock
Vincent McHugh
Bumping on an Ass	977	(1)
Get Blind Drunk	978	(1)
A Piece of the Loot	978	(1)
The Ghosts Clap Hands	978	(1)
``Cold Mountain'' (Hanshan, Tang dynasty): Fourteen Poems	979	(4)
Gary Snyder
Asking Shadow	979	(1)
In a Tangle of Cliffs	979	(1)
In the Mountains	980	(1)
The Wrecked Town	980	(1)
Cold Mountain	980	(1)
The Way to Cold Mountain	980	(1)
Settled at Cold Mountain	981	(1)
The Cold Mountain Path	981	(1)
Rough and Dark	981	(1)
Back at Cold Mountain	982	(1)
House Without Walls	982	(1)
Happy Among These Cliffs	982	(1)
Like a Drifting Boat	983	(1)
Try and Make It	983	(1)
Jiaoran (730-799): Four Poems	983	(1)
Stephen Owen
Cold Mountain	983	(1)
Playful Poem	983	(1)
Spontaneous Poems: 1 & 2	984	(1)
Lingche (746-816): Two Poems	984	(1)
Stephen Owen
In Reply to Wei Dan	984	(1)
Spending the Night at East Forest Temple	985	(1)
Xuanjian (782-865):
Zen Sermon	985	(1)
Graeme Wilson
Guanxiu (852-912):
Four Paradise Poems	986	(1)
Edward H. Schafer
Han Wo (844-925):
Letter to a Zen Master	987	(1)
Graeme Wilson
Further Reading	988	(1)
Return to the Source: Essays of the Tang Dynasty	989	(30)
Introduction	990	(1)
J. R. Hightower
Li Hua (died c. 769):
On an Old Battlefield	991	(2)
Herbert Giles
Han Yu (768-824): Five Essays	993	(16)
Herbert Giles
The Source: On the True Faith of a Confucianist	993	(5)
On a Bone from Buddha's Body	998	(3)
A Bone of Fo, another version	1001	(3)
R. Brookes from Du Halde
Proclamation to the Crocodile	1004	(2)
In Memoriam - 1	1006	(2)
In Memoriam - 2	1008	(1)
Liu Yuxi (772-842):
My Humble Home	1009	(1)
Herbert Giles
Liu Zongyuan (773-819):
Four Essays	1009	(1)
Herbert Giles
Catching Snakes	1010	(1)
Congratulations on a Fire	1011	(1)
The Beauties of Buddhism	1012	(1)
Pas Trop Gouverner: Camel-back the Gardener	1013	(2)
Two Records of Yongzhou	1015	(1)
A. R. Davis
On First Making an Excursion to the Western Hill	1015	(1)
The Small Hill West of the Flat-Iron Lake	1016	(1)
Further Reading	1017	(2)
The World in a Pillow: Classical Tales of the Tan Dynasty	1019	(58)
Introduction	1020	(1)
J. R. Hightower
Shen Jiji (c. 741-c. 805): Two Tales	1021	(11)
Chi-chen Wang
The World in a Pillow	1021	(3)
Miss Ren, or The Fox Lady	1024	(8)
Chen Xuanyou (fl. 779):
The Departed Spirit	1032	(2)
E. D. Edwards
Li Chaowei (eighth century):
The Dragon King's Daughter	1034	(13)
John Minford
Yuan Zhen (779-831):
The Story of Yingying	1047	(10)
J. R. Hightower
Anon:
The Curly-Bearded Hero	1057	(7)
Cyril Birch
Li Fuyan (c. 775-833):
Betrothal Inn	1064	(3)
Robert Joe Cutter
The Alchemist	1067	(5)
J. R. Hightower
Liu Zongyuan (773-819):
Mid-River	1072	(4)
William Nienhauser
Further Reading	1076	(1)
Turning the Scrolls: Ballads and Stories from Dunhuang	1077	(34)
Introduction	1078	(1)
Arthur Waley
Victor Mair
Maxime Weinslein
Meng Jiangnu at the Long Wall	1079	(2)
Arthur Waley
The Emperor Taizong in Hell	1081	(7)
Arthur Waley
The Quest of Mulian or The Great Maudgalyayana Rescues His Mother from Hell	1088	(22)
Eugene Eoyang
Further Reading	1110	(1)
Among the Flowers: Lyrics of the Tang and Five Dynasties	1111	(22)
Introduction	1112	(1)
Kang-i Sun Chang
Eight Popular Lyrics from the Dunhuang Manuscripts	1113	(2)
Marsha Wagner
The Girl and Her Companion	1113	(1)
Reed Flowers Turn White	1113	(1)
Over the Pillow	1114	(1)
Yesterday Morning	1114	(1)
Behind the Mountain	1114	(1)
The Red Stove Warms the Room	1114	(1)
Drop by Drop	1115	(1)
Do Not Pluck Me	1115	(1)
Wei Yingwu (737-c. 792): Two Lyrics	1115	(1)
Marsha Wagner
Tartar Horse	1116	(1)
Milky Way	1116	(1)
Wang Jian (c. 768-833): Two Lyrics	1116	(1)
Marsha Wagner
Round Fan	1116	(1)
Willow	1117	(1)
Liu Yuxi (772-842):
Red Blossoms	1117	(1)
Burton Watson
Parrot Island	1117	(1)
Marsha Wagner
Bo Juyi (772-846): Three Lyrics	1117	(1)
Marsha Wagner
Jiangnan	1118	(1)
Hangzhou	1118	(1)
Wu	1118	(1)
Wen Tingyun (c. 813-870):
Five Lyrics	1118	(1)
Glen Baxter
Gold Glimmers and Fades	1119	(1)
News So Seldom Comes	1119	(1)
In Her Moonlit Chamber	1119	(1)
In the South Courtyard	1119	(1)
A Brilliant Moon	1120	(1)
Embers of Incense	1120	(1)
John Minford
Wei Zhuang (c. 836-910):
Four Lyrics	1121	(1)
Lois Fusek
A Candle Dies	1121	(1)
A Green Pond	1121	(1)
Hidden Tears	1121	(1)
The Moon Dips Low	1122	(1)
I Remember	1122	(1)
John Minford
Li Cunxu (885-926):
Deep Peach Glades	1123	(1)
C. H. Kwock
Vincent McHugh
Niu Xiji (fl. 925):
Spring Mountains	1123	(1)
C. H. Kwock
Vincent McHugh
Feng Yansi (c. 903-960):
The Cloud That Drifted	1124	(1)
John Minford
Li Jing (916-961): Two Lyrics	1125	(1)
Alan Ayling
Duncan Mackintosh
Sorrow for Spring	1125	(1)
The West Wind Ferries Grief	1125	(1)
Zhang Bi (tenth century):
Butterfly	1125	(1)
John Scott
Mao Wenxi (tenth century):
I Mustn't Ask	1126	(1)
Burton Watson
Li Yu (937-978):
Five Lyrics	1126	(1)
Sam Houston Brock
Nightlong I Wander	1127	(1)
My Idlest Dreams: 1 & 2	1127	(1)
The Flowered Woods	1127	(1)
The Past	1128	(1)
One Dream	1128	(1)
Immeasurable Pain!	1128	(2)
Arthur Waley
The River Rolling Eastward	1130	(1)
Cyril Birch
Shaken, They Cling Again	1130	(1)
John Turner
Silent and Alone	1130	(1)
Amy Lowell
Florence Ayscough
Further Reading	1131	(2)
Note on Pronunciation	1133	(2)
Conversion Tables: Hanyu Pinyin to Wade-Giles; Wade Giles to Hanyu Pinyin	1135	(12)
Further Reading	1147	(8)
Major Chinese Dynasties and Periods	1155	(2)
List of Permissions	1157	(8)
Index of Authors	1165	(8)
Index of Translators and Commentators	1173