The index does not contain thematic entries, as they are already provided in the thematic table of contents beginning on page xi.
A Jiao 阿嬌 (wife of Emperor Wu of the Han)
Among the Flowers Collection. See Huajian ji
An Lushan 安禄山 (rebel general [703–757])
An Lushan Rebellion (755–763)
Analects. See Lunyu
Annotated Edition of “The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons.” See Wenxin diaolong zhu
Anthology of Refined Literature. See Wen xuan
ao lü 拗律 (skewed regulated verse)
Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846); ancient-style poems by
Bai Pu 白樸 (1226–after 1306), song poems by
Ban Gu 班固 (32–92)
Ban Jieyu 班婕妤 (Western Han dynasty)
Bao Yun 寶雲 (376?–449)
Bao Zhao 鮑照 (414–466)
“Bei zheng” 北征 (Northern Expedition; Du Fu)
“Beifen shi” 悲愤詩 (Poem of Lament and Indignation; attributed Cai Yan)
Beishi 北史 (History of the Northern Dynasties; Li Yanshou)
bi 比 (comparison)
Bian He 卞和 (ca. sixth century B.C.E.)
“Biao you mei” 摽有梅 (Falling Plums [Mao no. 20])
bieji 别集 (poetry or prose collection)
“Bingche xing” 兵車行 (Ballad of Army Carts; Du Fu)
Biographies of Various Ladies. See Lienü zhuan
bi-xing 比興 (compare and evoke)
Book of Changes. See Yijing
Book of Plum Trees. See Meipu
Book of Poetry, The. See Shijing
Book of the Way and Its Power. See Dao de jing
Bowu zhi 博物志 (A Comprehensive Account of Things; Zhang Hua)
bu 布 (display)
buyi 布衣 (man in linen [ordinary] clothes)
Cai Shen 蔡伸 (1088–1156), short song poem by
Cai Yan 蔡琰 (176?–early third century)
Cai Yong 蔡邕 (132–192)
Canliao 參寥 (1043–ca. 1116)
Cao Cao 曹操 (155–220)
“Cao chong” 草蟲 (Insects in the Grass [Mao no. 14])
Cao Pi 曹丕 (187–226)
Cao Zhi 曹植 (192–232)
chang duan ju 長短句 (long and short lines)
changdiao ci 長調詞 (long song lyric)
Chen Ling Gong 陳靈公 (Duke Ling of Chen [r. 613–599 B.C.E.])
Chen Ping 陳平 (d. 178 B.C.E.)
Chen Xun 陳洵 (1870–1942)
Chen Yang 陳暘 (twelfth century)
Chen Zi’ang 陳子昂 (661–702), ancient-style poems by
Chen Zilong 陳子龍 (1608–1647)
cheng 承 (to continue; to elaborate)
chenzi 襯字 (extrametrical syllables)
Chu Guangxi 儲光羲 (fl. 726)
Chu Huai Wang 楚懐王 (King Huai [d. 296 B.C.E.])
“Chu ju” 出車 (The Carts Come Out [Mao no. 168])
chuanqi 傳奇 (Tang short stories)
Chuci 楚辭 (Lyrics of Chu); and heptasyllabic shi poetry; rhythm and syntax of
Chuci buzhu 楚辭補注 (Further Annotated Edition of the “Chuci”; Wang Yi and Hong Xingzu)
Chuci xuan 楚辭選 (Selections from the “Chuci”; Ma Maoyuan)
Chuci zhangju 楚辭章句 (Commentary Edition of Chuci; Wang Yi)
ci 詞 (song lyric); compared with song poem; long; rhythm and syntax of; short
“Ci lun” 詞論 (A Critique of the Song Lyric; Li Qingzhao)
ci yan qing 詞言情 (ci gives voice to emotion)
Classic of History. See Shangshu
Collected Annotations of the “Grading of Poets.” See Shipin jizhu
Collected Commentaries of “Lisao.” See Lisao zuanyi
Collected Commentaries on “Liezi.” See Liezi jishi
Collected Works of Tao Yuanming. See Tao Yuanming ji
Collection of Musical Pieces. See Yue zhang ji
Collection of Yuefu Poetry. See Yuefu shiji
Commentary Edition of Chuci. See Chuci zhangju
Commentary on the Appended Phrases. See Xici zhuan
Complementary Annotations to the “History of the Han Dynasty.” See Han shu buzhu
Complete Shi Poetry of the Ming. See Quan Ming shi
Complete Shi Poetry of the Song. See Quan Song shi
Complete Shi Poetry of the Tang. See Quan Tang shi
Comprehensive Account of Things, A. See Bowu zhi
Concordance to “Yi ching,” A. See Zhouyi yinde
“Cong jun xing” 從军行 (Song of Serving in the Army)
“Critique of the Song Lyric, A.” See “Ci lun”
“Da qu” 大曲 (Grand Songs [poetry classification])
“Da ya” 大雅 (Greater Elegantiae)
“Dafeng ge” 大風歌 (Song of the Great Wind; Han Gaozu)
dafu 大赋 (large fu)
Dai Shulun 戴叔倫 (732–789)
danbo 淡泊 (placid and plain)
Dao de jing 道德經 (Book of the Way and Its Power)
“Deng lou fu” 登樓賦 (Fu on Climbing the Tower; Wang Can)
“Dengtuzi haose fu” 登徒子好色赋 (Fu on Master Dengtu, the Lecher)
Di 狄 (Northern Di [minority tribe])
“Di du” 杕都 (The Russet Pear [Mao no. 119])
diantie chengjin 點鐵成金 (touching iron and transforming it into gold)
diao 調 (musical key)
didao 地道 (way of earth)
diezi 疊字 (reduplicative binome)
Ding Fubao 丁福保 (1874–1952)
“Dong shan” 東山 (East Mountain [Mao no. 156])
Draft from the Pavilion for Chanting About Snow. See Yongxuelou gao
Drunken Words in the Garden of Art. See Yiyuan zhiyan
Du Fu 杜甫 (712–770); heptasyllabic quatrains by; heptasyllabic regulated verse by; influence of, in Ming–Qing poetry; pentasyllabic regulated verse by
“Du jiangyun sanfan” 渡江雲三犯 (Three Shifts of the Mode of “River-Crossing Clouds”)
Du Mu 杜牧 (803–852), heptasyllabic quatrains by
Duan Chengshi 段成式 (d. 863)
“Duan ge xing” 短歌行 (Short Song; Cao Cao)
duanju 斷句 (broken lines)
“Duanxiao nao ge” 短箫鐃歌 (Songs for Short Panpipe and Nao Bell)
duiju 對句 (parallel couplet)
E Huang 娥皇 (legendary wife of Shun and daughter of Yao)
Eight Sketches of the Literary World. See Saotan balüe
Essentials of the Arts. See Yi gai
Fan Chengda 范成大 (1126–1193); heptasyllabic quatrains by
Fan Kuai 樊噲 (d. 189 B.C.E.)
Fan Tai 范泰 (355–428)
Fan Wenlan 范文澜 (1893–1969)
feng 風 (airs)
“Feng ru song” 風入松 (The Wind Comes Through the Pines)
Feng Yansi 馮延巳 (903–960), short song poem by
Fenollosa, Ernest (1853–1908)
Fictions from Five Dynasties. See Wuchao xiaoshuo
Former Seven Masters. See Qian Qi Zi
fu 敷 (display)
fu 賦 (genre; rhapsody)
fu 賦 (style; exposition)
“Fu in Response to Zhen’s Epiphany.” See “Gan Zhen fu”
“Fu on Climbing the Tower.” See “Deng lou fu”
“Fu on Master Dengtu, the Lecher.” See “Dengtuzi haose fu”
“Fu on the Luo River Goddess.” See “Luo shen fu”
“Fu on the Ruined City.” See “Wu cheng fu”
Fu Yi 傅毅 (d. ca. 90)
fugu 復古 (return to the ancients)
Fuxi 伏羲 (demigod)
“Fuyun fu” 浮雲賦 (A Poetic Exposition on the Floating Clouds; Lu Ji)
Further Annotated Edition of the “Chuci.” See Chuci buzhu
Gan Lirou 甘立媃 (1743–1819): ancient-style poem by; heptasyllabic quatrain by; heptasyllabic regulated verse by; pentasyllabic quatrain by; pentasyllabic regulated verse by
“Gan Zhen fu” 感甄賦 (Fu in Response to Zhen’s Epiphany; Cao Zhi)
Gao Bing 高棅 (1350–1423)
Gao Buying 高步瀛 (1875–1940)
Gaoxian 高閑 (fl. ninth century)
Gaozong (宋) 高宗 (r. 1127–1163)
“Ge lei” 葛藟 (Kudzu Vine and Bean Creeper [Mao no. 71])
Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 (ca. 1167–1227)
Gong’an pai 公安派 (Gong’an school)
gongti shi 宮體詩 (palace-style poetry)
gu jiao hengchui qu 鼓角橫吹曲 (songs accompanied by drum, horn, and transverse flute)
Guan Hanqing 關漢卿 (ca. 1220–ca. 1307); song poem by
Guan Yunshi 貫雲石 (1286–1324), song poem by
“Guchui qu ci” 鼓吹曲辭 (Lyrics for Drum and Pipe Songs)
gufu 古賦 (ancient-style fu)
Guifeng Zongmi 圭峰宗密 (780–841)
gujue 古絕 (ancient jueju)
guo feng 國風 (airs of the states)
Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩 (twelfth century)
Guo Pu 郭璞 (276–324)
Guo Shaoyu 郭紹虞 (1893–1984)
Guo Ziyi 郭子儀 (697–781)
gushi 古詩. See guti shi
“Gushi shijiushou” 古詩十九首 (Nineteen Old Poems): lyrical mode of, compared with yuefu’s narrative; structure of; texture of; theme of
guti shi 古體詩 (gushi 古詩) (ancient-style poetry)
Han Aidi 漢哀帝 (Emperor Ai [r. 6–1 B.C.E.])
Han Feizi 韓非子 (The Work of Master Han Fei)
Han Gaozu 漢高祖 (Liu Bang 劉邦; Emperor Gaozu of the Han [r. 206–194 B.C.E.])
Han Shou 韓壽 (Jin dynasty)
Han shu 漢書 (History of the Han Dynasty; Ban Gu)
Han shu buzhu 漢書補注 (Complementary Annotations to the “History of the Han Dynasty”; Wang Xianqian)
Han Tuozhou 韓侂冑 (1151–1207)
Han Wudi 漢武帝 (Emperor Wu of the Han [r. 140–87 B.C.E.])
Han Yu 韓愈 (788–824)
Han Yuandi 漢元帝 (r. 48–33 B.C.E.)
Han Yuefu 漢樂府. See Yuefu
Han yuefu 漢樂府. See yuefu
haofang 豪放 (heroic abandon)
he 合 (to conclude; to enclose)
He Xun 何遜 (d. 518)
He Zhizhang 賀知章 (659–744)
History of the Han Dynasty. See Han shu
History of the Liu Song Dynasty. See Song shu
History of the Northern Dynasties. See Beishi
History of the Southern Dynasties. See Nanshi
History of the Sui Dynasty. See Sui shu
Hong Xingzu 洪興祖 (1090–1155)
“Hong yan” 鴻鴈 (Wild Geese [Mao no. 181])
Hou Jing 侯景 (d. 552)
Hu Yinglin 胡應麟 (1551–1602)
Hu Zhiyu 胡祇遹 (1227–1293)
huaigu 懐古 (meditation on the past)
Huainan Wang 淮南王 (Liu An 劉安; prince of Huainan [179–122 B.C.E.])
Huainanzi 淮南子 (The Work of Huainanzi)
Huajian ji 花間集 (Among the Flowers Collection); tradition of
huan tou 換頭 (change in meter, rhyme, setting, or mood in ci poetry)
Huang Chao Rebellion 黄巢 (875–884)
Hui Shi 惠施 (fl. 334–322 B.C.E.)
Huiyuan 惠遠 (334–416)
Huizong (宋) 徽宗 (Emperor Hui of the Song [r. 1100–1125])
“Hun yi” 婚義 (Meaning of Marriage [chapter in Li ji])
incremental repetition
ji 跡 (trace)
Ji jiu pian 急就篇 (Primer for Quickly Learning Chinese Characters; Shi You)
Jiang Kui 姜夔 (ca. 1155–1221), long song poem on objects by
Jiang Yan 江淹 (444–505)
“Jiangdu chun” 絳都春 (Spring in the Crimson City; Wu Wenying)
Jiangnan Wu sheng 江南吳聲 (Wu songs of the Jiangnan region)
Jiangsu 江蘇 (province in eastern China)
“Jiaosi ge” 郊祀歌 (Songs for the Suburban Sacrifices)
“Jiaren” 佳人 (Beautiful Lady; Du Fu)
jie 解 (stanza)
jiedui 借對 (borrowed parallelism)
“Jiming” 雞鳴 (Cocks Crow)
Jin Changxu 金昌緒 (fl. 713–742), pentasyllabic quatrain by
“Jin lü yi” 金縷衣 (The Garment Embroidered with Gold Thread)
jing 精 (essence)
jing 景 (natural scene)
jing 境 (scene)
Jing Chu xisheng 荊楚西聲 (western songs of Jing and Chu)
jing wai zhi jing 景外之景 (scene beyond scenes)
Jinglü yixiang 經律異相 (Differentiated Manifestations of Sutras and Laws)
Jingzhiju shihua 靜志居詩話 (Remarks on Poetry from the Dwelling of Quiet Intent; Zhu Yizun)
jinshi 進士 (scholar who passed the highest imperial examination)
jinti shi 近體詩 (recent-style poetry)
“Jiuge” 九歌 (Nine Songs)
ju jue yi bujue 句絕意不絕 (lines that end but meaning that does not end)
ju li 巨麗 (beauty of the large)
jueju 絕句 (cut-off lines or quatrain)
jufa 句法 (rules of sentences)
junzi 君子 (lord)
Jurchen 女真
juyan 句眼 (verse eye). See shiyan
Khublai Khan 忽必烈 (d. 1294)
kua shi 夸饰 (exaggerated ornamentation)
li 理 (literally, principle; way of life)
Li Bai 李白 (701–762); ancient-style poems by; pentasyllabic quatrains by; pentasyllabic regulated verse by
Li He 李賀 (791–817), ancient-style poem by
Li ji 禮記 (Record of Rituals)
Li Mengyang 李夢陽 (1475–1531), heptasyllabic regulated verse by
Li Qi 李奇 (commentator on the Han shu)
Li Qingzhao 李清照 (1084–1151); long song poem by
Li Shangyin 李商隱 (813–858); heptasyllabic quatrain by; heptasyllabic regulated verse by
Li Shimin 李世民 (Emperor Taizong of the Tang 唐太宗 [600–649])
Li Yannian 李延年 (d. 87 B.C.E.)
Li Yanshou 李延壽 (seventh century)
Li Yu 李煜 (937–978); short song poems by
Li Yu 李渔 (1611–1680), ancient-style poem by
Li Yuan 李淵 (Emperor Gaozu of the Tang 唐高祖 [r. 618–626])
Liang 梁
Liang Wudi 梁武帝 (Emperor Wu of the Liang [r. 502–549])
lianju 聯句 (linked verse)
lianmian zi 連綿字 (reduplicative binome)
lianzhu 聯珠 (linking pearls)
Lidai shihua xubian 歷代詩話續編 (Poetry Talks of Successive Dynasties: A Sequel)
Lienü zhuan 列女传 (Biographies of Various Ladies; Qiu Hu)
Liezi 列子
Liezi jishi 列子集釋 (Collected Commentaries on “Liezi”)
Lin Bu 林逋 (Lin Hejing 林和靖 [967–1028]); heptasyllabic regulated verse by
lingzi 領字 (leading words)
Lisao zuanyi 離騷纂義 (Collected Commentaries of “Lisao”; You Guoen)
Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, The. See Wenxin diaolong
“Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, The,” Annotated and Explicated. See Wenxin diaolong zhu shi
Liu An 劉安 (prince of Huainan [179–122 B.C.E.])
Liu Chen 劉辰 (legendary character, said to have encountered fairy maidens on Mount Tiantai and fallen in love with them in 72 C.E.)
Liu Wu 劉武 (prince of Liang [d. 144 B.C.E.])
Liu Xie 劉勰 (ca. 465–ca. 522)
Liu Xizai 劉熙載 (1813–1881)
Liu Yong 柳永 (987–1053); long song poem by
Liu Zhen 劉楨 (d. 598)
liushui dui 流水對 (running-water parallelism)
Lu Ji 陸機 (261–303)
Lu Qinli 逯钦立 (1911–1973)
“Lu xiao” 蓼蕭 (Tall Is the Southernwood [Mao no. 173])
Lu You 陸游 (1125–1209), heptasyllabic quatrain by; heptasyllabic regulated verse by
luan 亂 (envoi; coda)
lüfu 律賦 (regulated fu)
Lunyu 論語 (Analects; Confucius)
Luo Genze 羅根澤 (1900–1960)
“Luo shen fu” 洛神賦 (Fu on the Luo River Goddess; Cao Zhi)
Luofu 羅敷 (prominent figure in Han yuefu)
lüshi 律詩 (regulated verse); heptasyllabic; pentasyllabic; as quatrain
Lyrics of Chu. See Chuci
Ma Jianzhong 馬建忠 (1845–1900)
Ma Maoyuan 馬茂元 (1918–1989)
Ma shi wen tong 馬氏文通 (Mr. Ma’s Grammar; Ma Jianzhong)
Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠 (1250?–1323?), song poems by
manci 慢詞 (long song lyric)
Mei Gao 枚皋 (fl. ca. 140 B.C.E.)
Mei Sheng 枚乘 (d. ca. 140 B.C.E.)
Mei Yaochen 梅堯臣 (1002–1069), ancient-style poems by
“Meipi xing” 渼陂行 (Song of Lake Meipi)
Meipu 梅譜 (Book of Plum Trees; Fan Chengda)
Meng Kang 孟康 (ca. 180–260)
Mengzi 孟子 (ca. 372–ca. 289 B.C.E.)
Miluo Jiang 汨羅江 (Miluo River)
Miscellanea from Youyang. See Youyang zazu
Miscellaneous Notes on the Western Capital. See Xijing zaji
“Monograph on Music.” See “Yueshu”
Mr. Ma’s Grammar. See Ma shi wen tong
Mu zhai Records of Learning, The. See Mu zhai you xue ji
Mu zhai you xue ji 牧齋有學集 (The Mu zhai Records of Learning; Qian Qianyi)
“[Nangonglü] Gewei” 【南吕宫】隔尾 (To the Tune “Gewei” [nanlü key])
“[Nangonglü] Liangzhou” 【南吕宫】梁州 (To the Tune “Liangzhou” [nanlü key])
Nanshi 南史 (History of the Southern Dynasties)
New Songs of the Jade Terrace. See Yutai xinyong
Nong Yu 弄玉 (legendary princess who rode to heaven on a phoenix)
Northern Di. See Di
Nü Ying 女英 (legendary wife of Shun)
Ögödei Khan (d. 1241)
Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修 (1007–1072), short song poem by
pai ta zhi ru 排闥直入 (burst open the door and went straight in)
pailü 排律 (extended regulated verse)
Pan Yue 潘岳 (247–300)
pengpai 澎湃 (surging and swelling)
pianfu 駢賦 (parallel-style fu)
pianwen 駢文 (parallel prose)
pingdan 平淡 (placid and plain)
Pleasures of Tang Poetry. See Tang shi kuai
“Poetic Exposition on the Floating Clouds, A.” See “Fuyun fu”
poetic series
Poetry Talks of Successive Dynasties: A Sequel. See Lidai shihua xubian
Pound, Ezra (1885–1972)
Primer for Quickly Learning Chinese Characters. See Ji jiu pian
pu (puchen) 鋪 (鋪陳) (to display)
qi 氣 (breath)
qi 其 (connective)
qi 起 (to begin; to arise)
“Qi ai” 七哀 (Seven Sorrows; Wang Can)
Qi shi 七始 (Seven Beginnings)
Qian Qi Zi 前七子(one of the Former Seven Masters [1475–1531])
Qian Qianyi 錢謙益 (1582–1664)
Qiao Ji 喬吉 (1280–1345); song poems by
qiaogou xingsi 巧構形似 (artful structure and descriptive similitude)
qijue 七絕. See qiyan jueju
qilü 七律. See qiyan lüshi
“Qin fu yin” 秦婦吟 (The Lament of the Lady of Qin; Wei Zhuang)
Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇 (r. 221–215 B.C.E.)
qing 情 (emotion)
qing jing jiao rong 情景交融 (fusion of feeling and scene)
Qingxiang Wang 顷襄王 (King Qingxiang [r. 298–263 B.C.E.])
Qinzong (宋) 欽宗 (Emperor Qinzong of the Song [r. 1125–1126])
qiwen 奇文 (extraordinary writing)
qiyan 齊言 (equal-character line)
qiyan jueju 七言絕句 (qijue 七絕) (heptasyllabic quatrain)
qiyan lüshi 七言律詩 (qilü 七律) (heptasyllabic regulated verse)
qiyan shi 齊言詩 (poetry of equal-character lines)
qu 趨 (finale passage)
qu 曲 (song poem)
Qu Yuan 屈原 (340?–278 B.C.E.); “The Lady of the Xiang River” (attributed); “The Lord of the Xiang River” (attributed); “On Encountering Trouble,”
Quan Ming shi 全明詩 (Complete Shi Poetry of the Ming)
Quan Song shi 全宋詩 (Complete Shi Poetry of the Song)
Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Shi Poetry of the Tang)
Record of Rituals. See Li ji
Records of the Grand Scribe. See Shiji
Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World. See Renjian cihua
Remarks on Poetry from the Dwelling of Quiet Intent. See Jingzhiju shihua
Renjian cihua 人間詞話 (Remarks on Lyrics in the Human World; Wang Guowie)
Rong-Di 戎狄 (Rong and Di barbarians)
“Ru Pengli hu ko” 入彭蠡湖口 (Entering Pengli Lake; Xie Lingyun)
Ruan Ji 阮籍 (210–263)
Ruan Zhao 阮昭 (legendary character, said to have encountered fairy maidens on Mount Tiantai and fallen in love with them in 72 C.E.)
“Ruihe xian” 瑞鶴仙 (The Immortal of the Auspicious Crane)
rusheng 入聲 (entering tone)
“San bie” 三别 (Three Separations; Du Fu)
“San li” 三吏 (Three Officers; Du Fu)
sanqu 散曲 (song poems)
“Sanshu mei” 三姝媚 (Three Beautiful Women)
santao 散套 (song suite)
sao 騷 (poetic genre)
Saotan balüe 騷壇八律 (Eight Sketches of the Literary World; Wang Kaisu)
Selections from the “Chuci.” See Chuci xuan
Sequel to the Poetry Talks of the Tang, A. See Xu Tang shihua
shamanism
shan ge 山歌 (mountain songs)
shang si xia san 上四下三 (upper 4 and lower 3, a rhythm of heptasyllabic shi poetry)
Shanglin Yuan 上林苑 (Shanglin Park)
Shangshu 尙書 (Classic of History)
“Shao nan” 召南 (Nan-Type Songs from the States Set Up by the Duke of Shao [section of the Shijing])
Shaoxing 紹興 (present-day city)
shen 神 (spirit)
Shen Deqian 沈德潛 (1673–1769)
Shen Yue 沈約 (441–513)
shenqi 神氣 (inspired air)
shenyun 神韻 (spirit and resonance)
shi 詩 (poetic genre)
Shi ge 詩格 (Rules of Poetry; Wang Changling)
shi yan zhi 詩言志 (poetry expresses intent)
Shi You 史游 (fl. 48–33 B.C.E.)
shihua 詩話 (remarks on poetry)
Shiji 史記 (Records of the Grand Scribe; Sima Qian)
Shijing 詩經 (The Book of Poetry)
feng (airs) in: Mao no. 2; Mao no. 6; Mao no. 10; Mao no. 13; Mao no. 15; Mao no. 21; Mao no. 22; Mao no. 42; Mao no. 76; Mao no. 144
ya (odes) in: Mao no. 228; Mao no. 237; Mao no. 278
Shipin jizhu 詩品集注 (Collected Annotations of the “Grading of Poets”; Zhong Rong)
shisheng 詩聖 (poet-sage)
shixian 詩仙 (poet-immortal)
shiyan 詩眼 (juyan 句眼) (verse eye)
shizhong you hua 詩中有畫 (in his poems, there are paintings [said of Wang Wei])
shizi 實字 (content words)
shou 首 (head)
Shouyang 壽陽 (daughter of Song Wudi)
Shun 舜 (Chonghua 重華; sage-king)
Shusun Tong 叔孫通 (fl. 205–188 B.C.E.)
Sima Qian 司馬遷 (145–86? B.C.E.)
Sima Xiangru 司馬相如 (179–117 B.C.E.); “Fu on the Imperial Park,”
song 頌 (laude; hymn)
Song shu 宋書 (History of the Liu Song Dynasty; Shen Yue)
Song Wudi 宋武帝 (Emperor Wu of the Liu Song [r. 420–423])
Song Yu 宋玉 (fl. third century B.C.E.)
Su Shi 蘇軾 (Su Zizhan 蘇子瞻 or Su Dongpo 蘇東坡 [1037–1101]); ancient-style poems by; long song poem by
Sui shu 隋書 (History of the Sui Dynasty; Wei Zheng)
“Suochuang han” 鎖窗寒 (The Carved Lattice Window Is Cold)
Suzhou 蘇州
taimei 苔梅 (moss plum)
taiyuan 泰元 (Grand Unity)
Tang shi kuai 唐詩快 (Pleasures of Tang Poetry; Huang Zhouxing)
Tangshan Furen 唐山夫人 (Lady Tangshan [ca. 206 B.C.E.])
Tao Qian 陶潛 (Tao Yuanming 陶渊明 [365?–427]); pentasyllabic shi poems by
“Tao Yuanming ji xu” 陶渊明集序 (Preface to The Collected Works of Tao Yuanming; Xiao Tong)
“Ti Yuanming ‘Yinjiu shi’ hou” 題淵明 «飲酒詩» 後 (On Yuanming’s “Poems on Drinking Wine”; Su Shi)
tian ci 填詞 (filling in the words)
“Tian wen” 天問 (Questions for Heaven; Qu Yuan)
tiandao 天道 (way of heaven)
Tiantai 天臺 (famous mountain)
Tiantai school 天臺宗
“Treatise on Literature Divided by Genre.” See “Wenzhang liubie lun”
Wang Anshi 王安石 (Jinggong 荆公 [1021–1086]), heptasyllabic quatrains by
Wang Can 王粲 (177–217)
Wang Changling 王昌齡 (698–ca. 756); heptasyllabic quatrains by
Wang Duanshu 王端淑 (1621–ca. 1706), ancient-style poem by
Wang Guowei 王國維 (1877–1927)
Wang Heqing 王和卿 (fl. 1246), song poem by
Wang Jian 王建 (ca. 767–830)
Wang Kaisu 王楷蘇 (Qing dynasty)
Wang Li 王力 (1900–1986)
Wang Rong 王融 (468–494), pentasyllabic quatrain by
wang shi 王室 (royal chamber)
Wang Shizhen 王世贞 (1526–1590)
Wang Shizhen 王士禎 (1634–1711), heptasyllabic quatrain by
Wang Siren 王思任 (1575–1646)
Wang Wei 王維 (701?–761); pentasyllabic quatrains by; pentasyllabic regulated verse by
Wang Xianqian 王先谦 (1842–1918)
Wang Yao 王瑤 (1914–1989)
Wang Yi 王逸 (fl. 114–119)
Wang Zhaojun 王昭君 (concubine of Han Yuandi)
Wang Zhihuan 王之渙 (688–742), pentasyllabic quatrain by
wanyue 婉約 (delicate and restrained)
wei 尾 (tail)
Wei Zheng 魏徴 (580–643)
Wei Zhuang 韋莊 (ca. 836–910); short song poem by
weiwai zhi wei 味外之味 (flavor beyond flavor)
Wen Tianxiang 文天祥 (1236–1283), heptasyllabic regulated verse by
Wen Tingyun 温庭筠 (813?–870), short song poem by
Wen Wang (周) 文王 (King Wen of the Zhou)
Wen xuan 文選 (Anthology of Refined Literature; Xiao Tong)
Wen Yiduo 聞一多 (1899–1946)
Wenhui (taizi) 文惠太子 (Crown Prince Wenhui [458–493])
wenren hua 文人化 (literatified)
Wenxin diaolong 文心雕龍 (The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons; Liu Xie)
Wenxin diaolong zhu 文心雕龍注 (Annotated Edition of “The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons”; Fan Wenlan)
Wenxin diaolong zhu shi 文心雕龍註釋 (“The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons,” Annotated and Explicated; Liu Xie)
“Wenzhang liubie lun” 文章流別論 (Treatise on Literature Divided by Genre; Zhi Yu)
western Songs of Jing and Chu. See Jing Chu xisheng
wo 我 (self)
Work of Huainanzi, The. See Huainanzi
wu 物 (object)
wu 巫 (shaman)
“Wu cheng fu” 蕪城賦 (Fu on the Ruined City; Bao Zhao)
Wu songs of the Jiangnan region. See Jiangnan Wu sheng
Wu Weiye 吳偉業 (1609–1672)
Wu Wenying 吳文英 (ca. 1200–1260), long song poem on objects by
wu wo zhi jing 無我之境 (selfless state)
wu yi zi yan yuan 無一字言怨 (not a word verbalizes complaint)
Wu Zetian 武則天 (empress [r. 690–705])
Wuchao xiaoshuo 五朝小説 (Fictions from Five Dynasties)
wujue 五絕. See wuyan jueju
Wuxing 吳興 (president-day name for Huzhou 湖州 in Song times)
wuyan jueju 五言絕句 (wujue 五絕) (pentasyllabic quatrain)
wuyan lüshi 五言律詩 (pentasyllabic regulated verse)
wuyan shi 五言詩 (pentasyllabic poetry)
wuyin 五陰 (wuyun 五蘊) (Five Skandhas)
wuyue 五嶽 (five sacred mountains)
wuyun 五蘊. See wuyin
“Xi qiuhua” 惜秋華 (Lamenting Autumn’s Glory)
“Xia quan” 下泉 (Falling Stream)
Xiahou Kuan 夏侯寬 (fl. 193 B.C.E.)
xiang wai zhi xiang 象外之象 (the image beyond images)
xiangcao meiren 香草美人 (fragrant grasses and fair one)
“Xianghe ge ci” 相和歌辭 (Lyrics for Accompanied Songs [poetry classification])
Xiao Gang 蕭綱 (Liang Jianwendi 梁簡文帝; Emperor Jianwen of the Liang [503–551]), pentasyllabic shi poems by
Xiao Tong 蕭統 (501–531)
Xiao Yi 蕭繹 (Liang Yuandi 梁元帝; Emperor Yuan of the Liang [r. 552–554])
Xiaohong 小紅 (Little Scarlet)
xiaoling 小令 (short ci poem)
xiaoling 小令 (single song poem, a sanqu form)
xiaozhong jianda 小中見大 (to see big within small)
Xici zhuan 繫辭傳 (Commentary on the Appended Phrases)
Xie Huilian 謝惠連 (397–433)
Xie Lingyun 謝靈運 (康樂) (duke of Kangle [385–433]); pentasyllabic shi poems by
Xie Tiao 謝朓 (464–499); pentasyllabic shi poems by
Xie Wuyi 谢无逸 (1068–1112)
Xijing zaji 西京雜記 (Miscellaneous Notes on the Western Capital)
Xikun ti 西崑體 (Xikun style)
xin 心 (mind)
Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140–1207); long song poems by
xin yuefu 新樂府 (new Music Bureau poetry)
xing 興 (affective image)
“Xing lu” 行露 (Treading Frost [Mao no. 17])
xingling 性靈 (natural sensibility)
xingsi 形似 (verisimilitude)
xinhai 辛亥 (the year 1191)
Xiongnu 匈奴
“Xiuzhu pian” 修竹篇 (Tapering Bamboo; Chen Zi’ang)
“Xizhai xing ma” 西齋行馬 (Riding in the Western Residence; Xiao Gang)
Xu Tang shihua 續唐詩話 (A Sequel to the Poetry Talks of the Tang)
“Xu Xiaoxiu shi” 敘小修詩 (Preface to Xiaoxiu’s Poetry; Yuan Hongdao)
xuanxue 玄學 (abstruse learning)
xuanyan shi 玄言詩 (abstruse poetry)
Xuanzong (唐) 玄宗 (Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang [r. 712–756])
xunhuan wangfu 循环往復 (moving in a cycle; going and returning)
xuzi 虚字 (empty words)
ya 雅 (odes; elegantiae)
yan 艷 (prelude)
Yan Liu 顏鉚 (seventeenth or eighteenth century), pentasyllabic regulated verse by
Yan Shigu 颜師古 (583–645)
Yan Shu 晏殊 (991–1055), short song poem by
yan wai zhi yi 言外之意 (meaning beyond the words)
“Yan’er mei” 眼兒媚 (Charming Eyes; Huizong)
Yang Aiai 楊愛愛 (courtesan in Hangzhou, mentioned in a twelfth-century text, who was befriended at West Lake by a young man from Nanjing named Zhang Cheng)
Yang Defeng 楊德逢 (Huyin xiansheng 湖陰先生 [fl. 1080])
Yang Deyi 楊得意 (fl. 143 B.C.E.)
Yang Guang 楊廣 (Emperor Yang of the Sui 隋煬帝 [r. 605–617])
Yang Jian 楊堅 (Sui Wendi 隋文帝; Emperor Wen of the Sui [r. 581–604])
Yang Xiong 揚雄 (53 B.C.E.–18 C.E.)
Yang Zhu 楊朱 (fl. third century B.C.E.)
yanyue 燕樂 (banquet music)
“Yehe hua” 夜合花 (Magnolia Pumila)
yi 意 (idea)
yi 以 (in order to)
Yi gai 藝概 (Essentials of the Arts; Liu Xizai)
“Yi jiuyou” 憶舊游 (Remembering Old Journeys)
yi wo guan wu 以我觀物 (objects are seen through the perspective of the self)
yi wu guan wu 以物觀物 (objects are seen through the perspective of objects)
yi zhong zhi jing 意中之景 (scene within the mind)
yichang santan 一唱三嘆 (one note, three echoes)
“Yihu zhu” 一斛珠 (A Bushel of Pearls; Li Yu)
Yijing 易經 (Book of Changes)
yijing 意境 (idea-scape)
yimin 遺民 (people who lived under a former dynasty)
“Yin ma chang cheng ku xing” 飮馬長城窟行(Song of Letting Horses Drink at the Long Wall Spring)
Ying Bu 英布 (Qing Bu 黥布 [d. 196 B.C.E.])
yixiang 意象 (idea-image)
Yiyuan zhiyan 藝苑卮言 (Drunken Words in the Garden of Art; Wang Shizhen)
Yongming period 永明 (483–493)
yongshi 詠史 (reflections on history)
yongwu 詠物 (poems on things)
yongwu ci 詠物詞 (song lyrics on things)
yongwu fu 詠物賦 (rhapsodies on things)
yongwu shi 詠物詩 (poetry on things)
Yongxuelou gao 咏雪樓稿 (Drafts from the Pavilion for Chanting About Snow; Gan Lirou)
“You bi” 有駜 (The Robust Horse [Mao no. 298])
You Guoen 游國恩 (1899–1978)
you jing ru qing 由景入情 (entering the emotion through the scene)
you wo zhi jing 有我之境 (state in which the self is present)
youxian 游仙 (transcendental roaming)
Youyang zazu 酉陽雑俎 (Miscellanea from Youyang; Duan Chengshi)
youzi 遊子 (wanderer)
yu 於 (in)
Yu Xin 庾信 (513–581); pentasyllabic shi poems by
Yuan Hongdao 袁宏道 (1568–1610); heptasyllabic regulated verse by
Yuan Mei 袁枚 (1716–1798), pentasyllabic quatrain by
Yuan Zhen 元稹 (779–831)
Yuan Zhongdao 袁宗道 (1560–1600)
Yuan Zongdao 袁中道 (1570–1626)
Yue zhang ji 樂章集 (Collection of Musical Pieces; Liu Yong)
Yuefu 樂府 (Music Bureau)
yuefu 樂府 (Music Bureau poetry); and ci poetry; compared with the “Nineteen Old Poems,”; elements of, in Li Bai’s poetry; and Han popular songs; and Han ritual hymns; as source for Tang pentasyllabic quatrains
Yuefu shiji 樂府詩集 (Collection of Yuefu Poetry; Guo Maoqian)
“Yueshu” 樂書 (Monograph on Music; Shen Yue)
Yutai xinyong 玉臺新詠 (New Songs of the Jade Terrace)
zaju 雑劇 (drama)
zayan shi 雜言詩 (poetry of variable-character lines)
“Zhan cheng nan” 戰城南 (We Fought South of the Walls)
Zhang Cheng 張逞 (young man from Nanjing, mentioned in a twlefth-century text, who befriended the courtesan Yang Aiai at West Lake in Hangzhou)
Zhang Heng 張衡 (78–139)
Zhang Hua 張華 (232–300)
Zhang Yanghao 張養浩 (1269–1329), song poem by
“Zhao hun” 招魂 (Summoning the Soul)
Zhao Shixiong 趙師雄 (late sixth century)
Zhejiang 浙江 (province in southeastern China)
Zheng Zhuang Gong 鄭莊公 (Duke Zhuang of Zheng [r. 743–701 B.C.E.])
zhi 之 (of)
Zhi Yu 挚虞 (d. 211)
zhinü 織女 (Weaving Maid)
Zhiyi 智顗 (538–597)
zhong 中 (middle)
Zhong Rong 鍾嶸 (ca. 469–518)
Zhou li 周禮 (Zhou Ritual)
“Zhou nan” 周南 (Nan-Type Songs from the States Set Up by the Duke of Zhou [section of the Shijing])
Zhou Ritual. See Zhou li
Zhou Yu 周瑜 (Zhou Gongjin 周公瑾 [175–210])
Zhou Zhenfu 周振甫 (1911–2000)
Zhouyi yinde 周易引得 (A Concordance to “Yi ching”)
Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130–1200)
Zhu Yizun 朱彝尊 (1629–1709)
zhuan 轉 (to make a turn)
Zhuangzi 莊子 (ca. 369–ca. 286 B.C.E.)
Zhuo Wenjun 卓文君 (fl. 144 B.C.E.)
“Zi jing fu Fengxian xian yonghuai wubai zi” 自京赴奉先縣咏懐五百字 (From the Capital to Fengxian: Expressing My Feelings in 500 Words; Du Fu)
ziran 自然 (nature)
ziran 自然 (said of writing, natural or spontaneous)
Zuo Commentary on the “Spring and Autumn Annals.” See Zuo zhuan
Zuo zhuan 左傳 (Zuo Commentary on the “Spring and Autumn Annals”)