Contents -- Introduction 前 -- Prehistory 史前時代 -- The Spring and Autumn Period 春秋(770-475 B.C.) -- In the Seventh Month (Shijing) 七月《 經》 -- Rouse not the Dog (Shijing) 有死 《 經》 -- War-drum (Shijing) . 《 經》 -- Fluff-ball (Shijing) 伯兮《 經》 -- Tuck up your Clothes (Shijing) . 《 經》 -- Tightly Bound (Shijing) 綢繆《 經》 -- Winning Smiles (Shijing) 氓《 經》 -- The Warring States 戰國(475-221 B.C.) -- In the Beginning there was... (Qu Yuan) 天問 屈原・節. -- The God of the Yellow River (Qu Yuan) 河伯 屈原 -- Lament for the Fall of Ying (Qu Yuan) 哀 屈原 -- The Qin Dynasty 秦(221- 206 B.C.) -- Encircled (Xiang Yu) 垓下歌 羽 -- The Han Dynasty 漢(206 B.C.-220 A.D.) -- Cartwheels (Anonymous) 悲歌 無名氏 -- Parting at Dawn (Anonymous) 別 無名氏 -- Vultures (Anonymous) 戰城南 無名氏 -- Home-coming (Anonymous) 十五從 征 無名氏 -- Even Hungry, I'll not Feed with Tigers (Anonymous) 猛 無名氏 -- Promise (Anonymous) 上 無名氏 -- A Length of Silk (Anonymous) 客從 方來 無名氏 -- The Building of the Great Wall (Chen Lin) 城窟 琳 -- Eighteen Pieces for the Hujia (Cai Yan) 笳十八拍 . 節. -- Wine! Let's Sing with it a Song (Cao Cao) 短歌 曹操 -- Wei, Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties 晉南北朝 (220-624 A.D.) -- Beans and the Beanstalk (Cao Zhi) 七. 曹植 -- Overnight Stop at Longtou (Anonymous) 歌 無名氏 -- Dancing by the River (Anonymous) 孟津河 無名氏 -- Jujube (Anonymous) 前一株棗 無名氏 -- The Well on Top of Mount Huayin (Anonymous) 山 井 無名氏 -- Ballad of the Three Gorges (Anonymous) 三峽 無名氏 -- Wordless (Tao Yuanming) 結廬在人境 淵明 -- Resignation (Bao Zhao) 對案不 照 -- A String my Zither Broke (Yu Xin) 家住 縣前 .信 -- The Tang Dynasty 唐(624-907 A.D.) -- The Distant View on Top ... (Chen Zi'ang) 登幽州 歌 子昂 -- Worship at Shrine of Master Kong (Li Longji) 經 祭孔子 李 基 -- Taishan Peak (Du Fu) 望嶽 杜甫 -- Down the River to Jiangling (Li Bai) 朝發白帝城 李白 -- Pastorale (Wang Wei) 渭川田家 王維 -- Chance Encounter Afloat (Cui Hao) 干曲 崔.

A Parting Cup (Wang Wei) 別 王維 -- Tonight We Feast (Li Bai) 將 李白 -- A Flask of Wine Alone among Flowers (Li Bai) 月下獨 李白 -- Chariots Rumble (Du Fu) 兵 杜甫 -- Hu is Emptied (Li Bai) 無人 李白 -- Autumn Night in Frontier Land (Du Fu) 月夜憶 弟 杜甫 -- Brief Encounter with a Cousin (Li Yi) 喜 外弟有 別 李益 -- Poor Old Liu Wenshu (Huang Fanchuo) 嘲劉文樹 .幡綽 -- Pick Your Flowers When in Bloom (Du Qiuniang) 縷 杜秋娘 -- O Shoo away that Nightingale (Jin Changxu) 春怨 昌緒 -- Wolves of the Manor (Kan Man Er) 狼 坎曼爾 -- The First Emperor (Du Mu) 山作 杜牧 -- The Bronze Man's Farewell (Li He) 仙人 漢歌 李 -- A Lost Paradise (Wang Wei) 桃源 王維 -- Like Flower, but not a Flower (Bai Juyi) 白居易 -- Mother (Meng Jiao) 子吟 孟 -- Invitation (Bai Juyi) 問劉十九 白居易 -- Bashan's Rain (Li Shangyin) 夜 寄北 李商 -- Water (Liu Yuxi) 水 劉禹 -- Sunset (Li Shangyin) 登樂 原 李商 -- Green Hills (Li Bai) 山中問答 李白 -- Untitled (Li Shangyin) 無 李商 -- A Parting Gift (Du Mu) 別 杜牧 -- Chrysanthemums (Huang Chao) 不第后 .. -- Song and its preceding Five Dynasties 宋 五代 (907-1273 A.D.) -- A Moonlike Vision (Wei Zhuang) -- A Very Special Taste (Li Yu) 相 李煜 -- Rouge-Tinted Wine (Li Yu) 相 李煜 -- East Wind (Li Yu) 美人 李煜 -- She's Learned to Make the Pipa Cry (Wang Anguo) 清平樂 王安國 -- Where is Spring? (Huang Tingjian) 清平樂 .庭堅 -- Wildgoose on a Snow-bound Field (Su Shi) 和子由澠池懷 -- Plum Blossoms in the Shade (Su Shi) 梅 -- White Ash (Su Shi) 書 竹湛師房 -- Where Brows and Eyes Entwine (Su Shi) 卜算子 -- Watch on a Lone Fortress (Fan Zhongyan) 漁家傲 仲淹 -- Cricket (Wang Anshi) 促織 王安石 -- Visions of Home (Wang Anshi) 白 想 江南 王安石 -- One Autumn Morning (Su Shi) 秋早川原淨 -- Found on a Wall of Xiongzhou Station (Jiang Xingju's daughter) 減字木 . 祖女 -- The Festival of Lights (Li Qingzhao) 永 樂 李清照 -- On Brown Heron Tower (Yue Fei) 滿江紅 岳 -- O Sorrow, Why Dost Borrow (Xin Qiji) 桑子 棄疾 -- Roundoff 结.

The March of the Volunteers (National Anthem) (Nie Er, Tian Han) 義勇 曲 國歌 曲、田漢 -- This Festering Wound of History (unknown) .史的創 佚名 -- Dark Tears (Yau Shun-chiu) 墨. 游 -- Ambition of the Common Man (Lunxizhishi) 匹夫之志 淪 志士 -- Appendix I: Timeline and Maps -- Appendix II: Historical Sources, Original Poems -- Appendix III: A Recital of the Poems -- Appendix IV: Captions of Illustrations -- Appendix V: Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms.