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A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY CHINESE POEMS PRELIMINARY NOTE CONTENTS

PART I PART II

PART I

INTRODUCTION

Principal Chinese Dynasties THE LIMITATIONS OF CHINESE LITERATURE TECHNIQUE THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CHINESE POETRY

THE METHOD OF TRANSLATION BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES CHAPTER I

BATTLE THE MAN-WIND AND THE WOMAN-WIND MASTER TĒNG-T’U THE ORPHAN THE SICK WIFE COCK-CROW SONG THE GOLDEN PALACE “OLD POEM” MEETING IN THE ROAD FIGHTING SOUTH OF THE CASTLE THE EASTERN GATE OLD AND NEW SOUTH OF THE GREAT SEA THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY OATHS OF FRIENDSHIP BURIAL SONGS SEVENTEEN OLD POEMS THE AUTUMN WIND LI FU-JĒN SONG OF SNOW-WHITE HEADS TO HIS WIFE LI LING LAMENT OF HSI-CHÜN CH’IN CHIA CH’IN CHIA’S WIFE’S REPLY SONG

CHAPTER II

SATIRE ON PAYING CALLS IN AUGUST ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU TWO POEMS THE RUINS OF LO-YANG THE COCK-FIGHT A VISION THE CURTAIN OF THE WEDDING BED REGRET TAOIST SONG A GENTLE WIND WOMAN DAY DREAMS THE SCHOLAR IN THE NARROW STREET THE DESECRATION OF THE HAN TOMBS BEARER’S SONG THE VALLEY WIND

CHAPTER III

POEMS BY T’AO CH’IEN

CHAPTER IV

INVITING GUESTS CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN SAILING HOMEWARD FIVE “TZŬ-YEH” SONGS THE LITTLE LADY OF CH’ING-HSI (A CHILDREN’S SONG) PLUCKING THE RUSHES (A BOY AND GIRL ARE SENT TO GATHER RUSHES FOR THATCHING) BALLAD OF THE WESTERN ISLAND IN THE NORTH COUNTRY SONG SONG OF THE MEN OF CHIN-LING (MARCHING BACK INTO THE CAPITAL) THE SCHOLAR RECRUIT THE RED HILLS DREAMING OF A DEAD LADY THE LIBERATOR A POLITICAL ALLEGORY LO-YANG WINTER NIGHT THE REJECTED WIFE PEOPLE HIDE THEIR LOVE THE FERRY THE WATERS OF LUNG-T’OU (THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER) FLOWERS AND MOONLIGHT ON THE SPRING RIVER TCHIREK SONG

CHAPTER V

BUSINESS MEN TELL ME NOW ON GOING TO A TAVERN STONE FISH LAKE CIVILIZATION A PROTEST IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF CH’IEN FU (A.D. 879) ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON THE PEDLAR OF SPELLS BOATING IN AUTUMN THE HERD-BOY HOW I SAILED ON THE LAKE TILL I CAME TO THE EASTERN STREAM A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE POEM THE LITTLE CART

PART II Po Chü-i (A.D. 772-846)

INTRODUCTION

AN EARLY LEVÉE Addressed to Ch’ēn, the Hermit BEING ON DUTY ALL NIGHT IN THE PALACE AND DREAMING OF THE HSIEN-YU TEMPLE PASSING T’IEN-MĒN STREET IN CH’ANG-AN AND SEEING A DISTANT VIEW OF CHUNG-NAN[50] MOUNTAIN THE LETTER REJOICING AT THE ARRIVAL OF CH’ĒN HSIUNG GOLDEN BELLS REMEMBERING GOLDEN BELLS ILLNESS THE DRAGON OF THE BLACK POOL A Satire THE GRAIN TRIBUTE THE PEOPLE OF TAO-CHOU THE OLD HARP THE HARPER OF CHAO THE FLOWER MARKET THE PRISONER THE CHANCELLOR’S GRAVEL-DRIVE (A Satire on the Maltreatment of Subordinates) THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAIRIES MAGIC THE TWO RED TOWERS (A Satire against Clericalism) THE CHARCOAL-SELLER (A Satire against “Kommandatur”) THE POLITICIAN THE OLD MAN WITH THE BROKEN ARM (A Satire on Militarism) KEPT WAITING IN THE BOAT AT CHIU-K’OU TEN DAYS BY AN ADVERSE WIND ON BOARD SHIP: READING YÜAN CHĒN’S POEMS ARRIVING AT HSÜN-YANG (Two Poems) MADLY SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS RELEASING A MIGRANT “YEN” (WILD GOOSE) TO A PORTRAIT PAINTER WHO DESIRED HIM TO SIT SEPARATION HAVING CLIMBED TO THE TOPMOST PEAK OF THE INCENSE-BURNER MOUNTAIN EATING BAMBOO-SHOOTS THE RED COCKATOO AFTER LUNCH ALARM AT FIRST ENTERING THE YANG-TZE GORGES ON BEING REMOVED FROM HSÜN-YANG AND SENT TO CHUNG-CHOU PLANTING FLOWERS ON THE EASTERN EMBANKMENT CHILDREN PRUNING TREES BEING VISITED BY A FRIEND DURING ILLNESS ON THE WAY TO HANGCHOW: ANCHORED ON THE RIVER AT NIGHT STOPPING THE NIGHT AT JUNG-YANG THE SILVER SPOON THE HAT GIVEN TO THE POET BY LI CHIEN THE BIG RUG AFTER GETTING DRUNK, BECOMING SOBER IN THE NIGHT REALIZING THE FUTILITY OF LIFE RISING LATE AND PLAYING WITH A-TS’UI, AGED TWO ON A BOX CONTAINING HIS OWN WORKS ON BEING SIXTY CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY CLIMBING THE LING YING TERRACE AND LOOKING NORTH GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH A LITTLE DANCING GIRL, AGED FIFTEEN DREAMING OF YÜAN CHĒN A DREAM OF MOUNTAINEERING EASE ON HEARING SOMEONE SING A POEM BY YÜAN CHĒN THE PHILOSOPHERS TAOISM AND BUDDHISM LAST POEM

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