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Index
Cover
Series List
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Thematic Contents
Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series
Preface to the Volume
Chronology of Historical Events
Symbols and Abbreviations
Introduction: The Cultural Role of Chinese Poetry
Part I: Pre-Han Times
1. Poetry and Diplomacy in Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan)
2. Poetry and Authorship: The Songs of Chu (Chuci)
Part II: The Han Dynasty
3. Empire in Text: Sima Xiangru’s “Sir Vacuous/Imperial Park Rhapsody” (“Zixu/Shanglin fu”)
4. Poetry and Ideology: The Canonization of the Book of Poetry (Shijing) During the Han
5. Love Beyond the Grave: A Tragic Tale of Love and Marriage in Han China
Part III: The Six Dynasties
6. Heroes from Chaotic Times: The Three Caos
7. The Worthies of the Bamboo Grove
8. The Poetry of Reclusion: Tao Qian
9. The Struggling Buddhist Mind: Shen Yue
Part IV: The Tang Dynasty
10. Knight-Errantry: Tang Frontier Poems
11. Tang Civil Service Examinations
12. Tang Women at the Public/Private Divide
13. Poetry and Buddhist Enlightenment: Wang Wei and Han Shan
14. Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon: Li Bai and the Poetics of Wine
15. Du Fu: The Poet as Historian
16. Poetry and Literati Friendship: Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen
17. Li He: Poetry as Obsession
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Glossary-Index
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