Chinese Poetry

by Yip, Wai-Lim

• ISBN13: 9780822319467
• ISBN10: 0822319462
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-06-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"Yip, himself a poet, captures the rhythm of Chinese nature poetry in his characteristically punctuated and contracted imagery. The inclusion of the word-for-word annotations is a feature that distinguishes the book from most anthologies of Chinese poetry in translation."--Jing Wang, author of "The Story of Stone"

Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition	xiii
TRANSLATING CHINESE POETRY
The Convergence of Languages and Poetics--A Radical Introduction	1	(28)
From The Shih Ching, Or The Book of Songs	29	(24)
Nos. 1, 23, 65, 95, 167, 234	34	(19)
From The Ch'u Tz'u, Songs of The South	53	(12)
Lament for Ying	56	(9)
Chu Yuan
From Nineteen Ancient Poems (Anon.)	65	(10)
Nos. 1, 3, 14	68	(7)
From The Yueh-Fu, Collection of Ballad-Songs of The Bureau of Music	75	(24)
O Heavens	76	(2)
Him I'm Thinking of	78	(2)
South of the Yangtze	80	(2)
Fighting South of the Ramparts	82	(2)
The East Gate	84	(3)
Sad Song	87	(1)
Old Song	88	(2)
At Fifteen I Went to War	90	(2)
Water the Horses at a Breach in the Great Wall	92	(3)
Ballad of the Mulberry Road	95	(4)
Literary Yueh-Fu	99	(22)
Bitter Cold: A Song	100	(4)
Ts'ao Ts'ao
Water the Horses at a Breach in the Great Wall	104	(4)
Chen Lin
Woe Indeed	108	(2)
Ts'ao Chih
Bearers' Song	110	(2)
T'ao Ch'ien
From Weary Road: 18 Songs by Pao Chao Nos. 1, 4, 5, 14	112	(9)
From The Yueh-Fu of The Southern Dynasties	121	(8)
4 ``Tzu-yeh'' Songs	122	(4)
Spring Song	126	(1)
Song of the Little Miss by the Green Rill	127	(1)
Tchirek Song (northern Yueh-fu)	128	(1)
Landscape Poetry, Or Poems Of ``Mountains And Rivers''	129	(34)
View of the Blue Sea	132	(2)
Ts'ao Ts'ao
Poems from the Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface (in part)	134	(6)
Wang Hsi-chih
Orchid Pavilion	135	(1)
Wang Hsi-chih
Orchid Pavilion	136	(2)
Sun Cho
Orchid Pavilion	138	(1)
Wang Pin-chih
The Third Day of the Third Month at the Meandering River	139	(1)
Yu Ch'en
Sailing into the South Lake	140	(2)
Chan Fang-sheng
Sailing Back to the Capital	142	(1)
Chan Fang-sheng
From Poems on Roaming with Immortals	143	(1)
Kuo P'u
Scene from the South Hill to the North Hill Passing the Lake	144	(2)
Hsieh Ling-yun
From Chin-chu Creek, past the Ridge, along the Stream	146	(3)
Hsieh Ling-yun
Night: Setting Out from Shih-kuan Pavilion	149	(14)
Hsieh Ling-yun
Ascend Lu-shan	150	(2)
Pao Chao
To Hsuan-ch'eng, past Hsin-lin-p'u, toward Pan Ch'iao	152	(2)
Hsieh T'iao
Ascend the Three Mountains toward the Evening: Looking Back at the Capital	154	(2)
Hsieh T'iao
Roaming the East Field	156	(2)
Hsieh T'iao
Viewing the Three Lakes	158	(1)
Hsieh T'iao
The River Song	159	(1)
Wang Yung
Trip on Mount T'ai-p'ing	160	(1)
K'ung Chih-kuei
Poem	161	(2)
Wu Yun
Poems Of ``Fields And Gardens'': Examples From T'ao Ch'ien	163	(8)
Home to Farm 1	164	(2)
Home to Farm 5	166	(2)
Drinking Wine: Poem No. 5	168	(3)
Poems Of New Metrical Patterns (Chin-T'I-Shih)	171	(74)
Wu-lu (Five-character Eight-line Regulated Poems)	177	(1)
Harmonizing a Spring Poem by Premier Lu of Chin-ling	178	(1)
Tu Shen-yen
Stayover at Pei-ku-shan	179	(1)
Wang Wan
Taking Leave of a Friend	180	(1)
Li Po
Crossing Ching-men to See a Friend Off	181	(1)
Li Po
Listening to the Lute Played	182	(1)
Monk Chun
Shu Li Po
On Visiting Taoist Recluse of Tai-t'ien-shan and Not Finding Him	183	(1)
Li Po
To See a Friend off to Shu	184	(1)
Li Po
Mount Chungnan	185	(1)
Wang Wei
Answer to Vice-Prefect Chang	186	(1)
Wang Wei
Villa at the Foot of Mount Chungnan	187	(1)
Wang Wei
Autumn Dusk at a Mountain Lodge	188	(1)
Wang Wei
Passing the Temple of Teeming Fragance	189	(1)
Wang Wei
Floating on the River Han	190	(1)
Wang Wei
Spring Scene	191	(1)
Tu Fu
Spring Vigil in the Imperial Chancellery	192	(1)
Tu Fu
New Moon	193	(1)
Tu Fu
Moonlit Night	194	(1)
Tu Fu
Night Feast at the Tsos	195	(1)
Tu Fu
Spring Day: Thinking of Li Po	196	(2)
Tu Fu
From Miscellaneous Poems of Ch'in-chou	198	(4)
Tu Fu
Ch'i-lu (Seven-character Eight-line Regulated Poems)	201	(1)
Ascend the Phoenix Terrace	202	(2)
Li Po
Night Up in the Tower	204	(2)
Tu Fu
A Guest	206	(2)
Tu Fu
Hearing of Imperial Forces Retaking Ho-nan and Ho-pei	208	(2)
Tu Fu
Climbing on the Double Ninth Day	210	(2)
Tu Fu
The Inlaid Lute	212	(2)
Li Shang-yin
Without Title (I)	214	(2)
Li Shang-yin
Without Title (II)	216	(2)
Li Shang-yin
Spring Rain	218	(2)
Li Shang-yin
Hearing a Startled Bird during Stayover at Chin-ch'ang Pavilion	220	(4)
Li Shang-yin
Wu-chueh (Five-character Four-line ``Curtailed'' Poems)	223	(1)
Bird-Singing Stream	224	(1)
Wang Wei
4 Examples from the Poems of River Wang	225	(4)
Wang Wei
In the Mountain	229	(1)
Wang Wei
Springtime Sleep	230	(1)
Meng Hao-jan
Stayover at Chien-teh River	231	(1)
Meng Hao-jan
Wu-chueh: 2 poems	232	(2)
Tu Fu
River Snow	234	(1)
Liu Tsung-yuan
Ascend the Heron Tower	235	(1)
Wang Chih-huan
Autumn Night: A Letter Sent to Ch'iu	236	(2)
Wei Ying-wu
Ch'i-chueh (Seven-character Four-line ``Curtailed'' Poems)	237	(1)
To See Meng Hao-jan off to Yang-chou	238	(1)
Li Po
Hearing the Flute in the City of Loyang in a Spring Night	239	(1)
Li Po
Complaint from a Lady's Chamber	240	(1)
Wang Ch'ang-ling
Night-Mooring at Maple Bridge	241	(1)
Chang Chi
Mooring at River Ch'in-huai	242	(1)
Tu Mu
Night Rains: A Letter to Go North	243	(1)
Li Shang-yin
Ch'ang-O	244	(1)
Li Shang-yin
Poems After The Style Of Ancient Poems (Ku-Shih), Including The Literary Yueh-Fu	245	(108)
To See a Friend Off	247	(1)
Wang Wei
after Source of the Peach Blossom Stream	248	(4)
Wang Wei
To See Secretary Shu-yun Off at the Hsieh T'iao Tower in Hsuan-ch'eng	252	(2)
Li Po
Ku Feng by Li Po: No. 6	254	(2)
Ku Feng by Li Po: No. 14	256	(4)
Ku Feng by Li Po: No. 18	260	(4)
River Song	264	(2)
Li Po
Poem Composed at the Command of the Emperor	266	(3)
Li Po
Remembering Our Excursion in the Past: A Letter Sent to Commissary Yen of Ch'ao County	269	(5)
Li Po
The Song of Ch'ang-kan (Yueh-fu)	274	(4)
Li Po
Yu Chieh Yuan (Jade Steps Grievance--Yueh-fu)	278	(1)
Li Po
Looking at Mount T'ai-shan	279	(1)
Tu Fu
Song of the War-chariots (Yueh-fu)	280	(4)
Tu Fu
Dreaming of Li Po: 2 poems	284	(4)
Tu Fu
Song of the P'i-p'a	288	(10)
Po Chu-i
Morning Walk in Autumn to South Valley Passing an Abandoned Village	298	(2)
Liu Tsung-yuan
King Ch'in Drinks Wine	300	(2)
Li Ho
Cold in the North (after Yueh-fu)	302	(1)
Li Ho
On and On: An Ancient Song (Yueh-fu)	303	(1)
Li Ho
High the Mount of Wu (Yueh-fu)	304	(5)
Li Ho
Tz'u (lyrics written to set tone-patterns)	305	(4)
Tune: ``Beautiful Barbarians''	309	(1)
Li Po
Tune: ``Beautiful Barbarians''	310	(2)
Wen T'ing-yun
Tune: ``Beauty Yu''	312	(2)
Li Yu
Tune: ``Walk on the Imperial Street''	314	(2)
Fan Chung-yen
Tune: ``Bells in the Rains''	316	(2)
Liu Yung
Tune: ``Charming Nien-nu''	318	(2)
Su Tung-p'o
Tune: ``Immortal by the River''	320	(2)
Su Tung-p'o
Tune: ``Ch'ing-p'ing Song''	322	(2)
Huang T'ing-chien
Tune: ``Prince Lan-ling''	324	(3)
Chou Pang-yen
Tune: ``Dream Song''	327	(1)
Li Ch'ing-chao
Tune: ``Hairpin Phoenix''	328	(2)
Lu Yu
Tune: ``Moon of the Western River''	330	(4)
Hsin Ch'i-chih
Ch'u (songs, originated from Yuan drama and metamorphosed from the Tz'u form, with set tone-patterns)	333	(1)
Tune: ``Vast Virtue''	334	(2)
Kuan Han-ch'ing
Tune: ``Four Pieces of Jade''	336	(2)
Kuan Han-ch'ing
Tune: ``Drunk in the East Wind''	338	(2)
Lu Chih
Tune: ``Sky Pure Sand''	340	(1)
Ma Chih-yuan
Tune: ``Winds of Falling Plums''	341	(1)
Ma Chih-yuan
Tune: ``Song of Clear River''	342	(2)
Ma Chih-yuan
Tune: ``Full Court of Fragrance''	344	(2)
Yao Sui
Tune: ``Sheep on a Mountain Slope''	346	(2)
Chang Yang-hao
Tune: ``Sheep on a Mountain Slope''	348	(2)
Liu Chih
Tune: ``Unbroken''	350	(1)
Chang K'o-chiu
Tune: ``Traveler Welcoming the Immortal''	351	(1)
Chang K'o-chiu
Tune: ``Merriment before the Palace Hall''	352	(1)
Chang K'o-chiu
Selected Bibliography	353