Poets of the Chinese Revolution by Benton, Gregor -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Halftitle Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Chronology of Dynasties List of Poets and Emperors Quoted or Mentioned in the Poems Note on the Translation Note on Transcription Introduction Chen Duxiu

Introduction 1. Lament for Wang Xiyan 2. Inscription on a Painting of Saigō Nanshū Hunting 3. Indignation at the Habits of the Day 4. A Poem Written for Wang Huibo on the Occasion of His Journey to the East 5. Lament for He Meishi 6. The Fourth of Ten Poems 7. Before Lingyin Temple 8. A Visit to Taoguang 9. A Visit to Hupao 10. Ode to the Crane 11. Stirred Emotions (First of Twenty Poems) 12. Tears alongside Luxury and Debauchery (Fourteenth of Fifty-Six Poems) 13. Tears alongside Luxury and Debauchery (Fifty-Sixth of Fifty-Six Poems) 14. To Shen Yinmo (Fourth of Four Poems) 15. Recollections of Guangzhou in the Spring

Zheng Chaolin

Introduction 1. Poet in Space 2. Buried Alive 3. Stamps (1) 4. Dr Faust 5. How the Mighty Fall 6. My Native Place 7. Fading Beauty 8. Quo Vadis? 9. My Tiny Cell 10. Training Monkeys 11. Commemorating Li Yu 12. Boat Tour 13. Blind Man on a Blind Horse 14. The Earth Turns 15. Dreamtime 16. Suzhou Gardens (1) 17. Suzhou Gardens (2) 18. Our Grandchildren’s Grandchildren 19. Duckweed 20. The Seasons 21. When Yin Attains Its Limit 22. The Host 23. Loneliness 24. Where Is the Warmth? 25. A Revolution without Breaks or Interruptions 26. My Career 27. Meeting Liu Jingzhen 28. Christmas 29. Moonrise 30. To My Wife and Child 31. My Son’s Death 32. A Handsome Place 33. Forever Dissident 34. Human Bustle 35. Magpie Bridge 36. Guttering Candles 37. The Waxing and the Waning Moon 38. Wartime Sojourn in Anhui 39. Memorial to Ding 40. Two Birthday Poems 41. Sending Off the Stove God 42. But for His Unyielding Character 43. Buddha’s Birthday 44. Autumn Thoughts 45. Autumn Night 46. A Poem for New Year’s Day 47. Qingming 48. Intoning History (Three of Six Poems) 49. Memories of Deep Autumn (Six of Fourteen Poems) 50. Stamps (2)

Post-Prison Poems

51. Boat Trip 52. A Playful Four-Line Poem Echoing Yang Muzhi 53. In Imitation of Yang Muzhi 54. Bide Not Your Time 55. A New Guest on Deep Lane 56. The Firewood Cutter and the Taoyuan Spring 57. Gong Zizhen Railed at Wrongs 58. The Waking of the Insects 59. Requesting Criticism from Comrade Xie Shan 60. Reflections on a Tour of the Historic Site of the Buersaiweike [Bolshevik] Editorial Department 61. An Assemblage of Gong Zizhen’s Poetry for Self-Consolation 62. Landscape Painting 63. A Response to Rong Sun 64. Response to Mr Chen Jingxian’s Gift of a Poem 65. A Reply to Comrade Xie Shan

Chen Yi

Introduction 1. In Mourning for Comrades Ruan Xiaoxian and He Chang 2. Climbing Dayu Mountain 3. Bivouacking 4. Guerrilla Fighting in Gannan 5. On My Thirty-Fifth Birthday 6. Three Stanzas Written at Meiling 7. To Friends 8. Lines Improvised While Coming Down the Mountains on the Occasion of the Second United Front between the Guomindang and the Communists 9. Arriving in Gaochun for the First Time during the Eastern Expedition 10. Ten Years 11. Reunion with Comrades of the Eighth Route Army Sent South, Some of Whom I Have Not Seen for More Than Ten Years

Mao Zedong

Introduction 1. Changsha 2. The Long March 3. Snow 4. The People’s Liberation Army Captures Nanjing 5. Reply to Mr Liu Yazi 6. Reply to Mr Liu Yazi 7. Beidaihe 8. Swimming 9. Reply to Li Shuyi 10. Farewell to the God of Plague (I) 11. Farewell to the God of Plague (II) 12. Shaoshan Revisited 13. Climbing Lushan 14. Trotsky Visits the Far East (Reflections on Reading the Press) 15. An Inscription on a Photograph of Militia Women 16. Reply to a Friend 17. An Inscription on a Picture Taken by Comrade Li Jin of the Fairy Cave on Lushan 18. Reply to Comrade Guo Moruo 19. Ode to the Plum Blossom 20. Winter Clouds 21. Reply to Comrade Guo Moruo 22. On Reading History 23. Climbing the Jinggang Mountains Again 24. Two Birds: A Dialogue 25. The Desire for Action 26. Inspection 27. Presented to Guo [Moruo] the Elder after Reading On Feudalism

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