Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Thematic Contents -- A Note on How to Use This Anthology -- Major Chinese Dynasties -- List of Symbols -- Introduction: Major Aspects of Chinese Poetry -- Part 1: Pre-Qin Times -- 1. Tetrasyllable Shi Poetry: The Book of Poetry (Shijing) -- C1.1 The Grove at Zhu (Mao no. 144) -- C1.2 The Peach Tree Tender (Mao no. 6) -- C1.3 Mulberries in the Lowlands (Mao no. 228) -- C1.4 I Beg of You, Zhong Zi (Mao no. 76) -- C1.5 The Banks of the Ru (Mao no. 10) -- C1.6 The Retiring Girl (Mao no. 42) -- C1.7 The River Has Branches (Mao no. 22) -- C1.8 Little Stars (Mao no. 21) -- C1.9 Gathering the White Artemesia (Mao no. 13) -- C1.10 The Kudzu Vine Grows Longer (Mao no. 2) -- C1.11 Gathering the Duckweed (Mao no. 15) -- C1.12 Egrets in Flight (Mao no. 278) -- C1.13 Woven (Mao no. 237) -- 2. Sao Poetry: The Lyrics of Chu (Chuci) -- C2.1 The Lord of the Xiang River (attrib. Qu Yuan) -- C2.2 The Lady of the Xiang River (attrib. Qu Yuan) -- C2.3 On Encountering Trouble (Qu Yuan) -- Part 2: The Han Dynasty -- 3. Fu Poetry: An Ancient-Style Rhapsody (Gufu) -- C3.1 Fu on the Imperial Park (Sima Xiangru) -- 4. Shi Poetry: Music Bureau Poems (Yuefu) -- C4.1 Songs to Pacify the World, for Inside the Palace, No. 1 (anon.) -- C4.2 Songs to Pacify the World, for Inside the Palace, No. 3 (anon.) -- C4.3 Behold, the Grand Unity (anon.) -- C4.4 We Fought South of the Walls (anon.) -- C4.5 Song of the East Gate (anon.) -- C4.6 There Is One I Love (anon.) -- C4.7 Marvelous! A Ballad (anon.) -- C4.8 Mulberry Along the Lane (anon.) -- 5. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: The "Nineteen Old Poems " -- C5.1 No. 1, On and On, Again On and On [You Go] (anon.) -- C5.2 No. 3, Green, Green Grows the Cypress on the Hilltop (anon.) -- C5.3 No. 13, I Ride My Carriage to the Upper East Gate (anon.).

C5.4 No. 6, I Cross the River to Pluck Hibiscus Flowers (anon.) -- C5.5 No. 16, Cold and Cold: The Year Approaches Its End (anon.) -- C5.6 No. 17, The First Winter Month: The Cold Air Comes (anon.) -- C5.7 No. 7, Bright Moon Shines in the Clear Night (anon.) -- Part 3: The Six Dynasties -- 6. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: Landscape and Farmstead Poems -- C6.1 Returning to Live on the Farm, No. 1 (Tao Qian) -- C6.2 On Drinking Wine, Twenty Poems, No. 5 (Tao Qian) -- C6.3 On Drinking Wine, Twenty Poems, No. 7 (Tao Qian) -- C6.4 On Moving House, Two Poems, No. 2 (Tao Qian) -- C6.5 Climbing Yongjia's Green Crag Mountain (Xie Lingyun) -- C6.6 What I Observed as I Crossed the Lake on My Way from Southern Mountain to Northern Mountain (Xie Lingyun) -- C6.7 Climbing the Lakeside Tower (Xie Lingyun) -- 7. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: New Topics -- C7.1 An Outing to the Eastern Field (Xie Tiao) -- C7.2 Jade Stairs Resentment (Xie Tiao) -- C7.3 Autumn Evening (Xiao Gang) -- C7.4 Evening Sun in the Rear Hall (Xiao Gang) -- C7.5 On Clouds (Xiao Gang) -- C7.6 On a Fair Lady Viewing a Painting (Xiao Gang) -- C7.7 On a Lone Duck (Xiao Gang) -- C7.8 Returning to the South of the City from the Encampment (Xiao Gang) -- C7.9 A Cold Garden: On What I See (Yu Xin) -- C7.10 In Response to Director Liu Zhen (Yu Xin) -- Part 4: The Tang Dynasty -- 8. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Pentasyllabic Regulated Verse (Wuyan Lüshi) -- C8.1 Spring Scene (Du Fu) -- C8.2 The Jiang and Han Rivers (Du Fu) -- C8.3 Climbing the Yueyang Tower with Xia Shi'er (Li Bai) -- C8.4 Zhongnan Mountain (Wang Wei) -- 9. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Heptasyllabic Regulated Verse (Qiyan Lüshi) -- C9.1 The Qu River, No. 2 (Du Fu) -- C9.2 On the River, I Came upon Waters Surging Like the Ocean: For Now, I Give This Short Account (Du Fu) -- C9.3 Autumn Meditations, No. 8 (Du Fu) -- C9.4 Dreaming Heaven (Li He).

C9.5 The Milky Way: Syrinx-Playing (Li Shangyin) -- C9.6 Sui Palace (Li Shangyin) -- C9.7 Untitled (Li Shangyin) -- C9.8 Brocade Zither (Li Shangyin) -- 10. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Quatrains (Jueju) -- C10.1 Ziye Song (anon.) -- C10.2 In Praise of Pear Blossoms on the Pond (Wang Rong) -- C10.3 Spring Lament (Jin Changxu) -- C10.4 Miscellaneous Poems, No. 2 (Wang Wei) -- C10.5 Climbing Crane Tower (Wang Zhihuan) -- C10.6 The Deer Fence (Wang Wei) -- C10.7 Calling-Bird Brook (Wang Wei) -- C10.8 Quiet Night Thoughts (Li Bai) -- C10.9 Amusing Myself (Li Bai) -- C10.10 Lament of the Jade Stairs (Li Bai) -- C10.11 Following the Army (Wang Changling) -- C10.12 Autumn Songs of the Hall of Abiding Faith (five poems) (Wang Changling) -- C10.13 Sending Off Meng Haoran to Guangling at Yellow Crane Tower (Li Bai) -- C10.14 Three Quatrains, No. 3 (Du Fu) -- C10.15 Red Cliff (Du Mu) -- C10.16 Dispelling Sorrow (Du Mu) -- C10.17 Chang'e (Li Shangyin) -- 11. Ancient-Style Shi Poetry: Continuation and Changes -- C11.1 Moved by Events I Encounter, No. 6 (Chen Zi'ang) -- C11.2 A Song on Ascending Youzhou Terrace (Chen Zi'ang) -- C11.3 A Lu Mountain Tune: Sent to Minister Lu Xuzhou (Li Bai) -- C11.4 Planting Flowers on the Eastern Slope, No. 1 (Bai Juyi) Planting Flowers on the Eastern Slope, No. 2 (Bai Juyi) -- Part 5: The Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty -- 12. Ci Poetry: Short Song Lyrics (Xiaoling) -- C12.1 To the Tune "Crows Call at Night " (attrib. Li Yu) -- C12.2 To the Tune "Southern Tune, " No. 1 (anon.) -- C12.3 To the Tune "Southern Tune, " No. 2 (anon.) -- C12.4 To the Tune "On the Water Clock at Night " (Wen Tingyun) -- C12.5 To the Tune "Buddha-Like Barbarian " (Wen Tingyun) -- C12.6 To the Tune "Audience at Golden Gate " (Wei Zhuang) -- C12.7 To the Tune "Beautiful Lady Yu " (Li Yu).

C12.8 To the Tune "Butterflies Lingering over Flowers " (attrib. Ouyang Xiu) -- C12.9 To the Tune "Sand in Silk-Washing Stream " (Yan Shu) -- 13. Ci Poetry: Long Song Lyrics (Manci) -- C13.1 To the Tune "Eight Beats of a Ganzhou Song " (Liu Yong) -- C13.2 To the Tune "Prelude to the River Tune " (Su Shi) -- C13.3 To the Tune "The Charm of Niannu ": Meditation on the Past at Red Cliff (Su Shi) -- C13.4 To the Tune "One Beat Followed by Another, a Long Tune " (Li Qingzhao) -- C13.5 To the Tune "Congratulating the Bridegroom " (Xin Qiji) -- C13.6 To the Tune "Groping for Fish " (Xin Qiji) -- 14. Ci Poetry: Long Song Lyrics on Objects (Yongwu Ci) -- C14.1 Secret Fragrance (Jiang Kui) -- C14.2 Dappled Shadows (Jiang Kui) -- C14.3 Prelude to the Oriole's Song (Wu Wenying) -- 15. Shi Poetry: Ancient and Recent Styles -- C15.1 Small Plum Tree in a Garden in the Hills, No. 1 (Lin Bu) -- C15.2 Lament for My Wife, Nos. 1, 2, 3 (Mei Yaochen) -- C15.3 Seeing Off Canliao (Su Shi) -- C15.4 Written on Master Huyin's Wall, No. 1 (Wang Anshi) -- C15.5 As Dawn Approached on an Autumn Night, I Went Out My Bramble Gate and, Met by Chilly Air, Was Moved to Write This, No. 2 (Lu You) -- C15.6 An Outing to Villages West of the Mountains (Lu You) -- C15.7 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random Inspirations: Spring, No. 10 (Fan Chengda) -- C15.8 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random Inspirations: Summer, No. 34 (Fan Chengda) -- C15.9 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random Inspirations: Autumn, No. 44 (Fan Chengda) -- C15.10 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random Inspirations: Summer, No. 35 (Fan Chengda) -- Part 6: The Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties -- 16. Qu Poetry: Song Poems (Sanqu) of the Yuan Dynasty -- C16.1 To the Tune "The Unbreakable String": Fat Couple (Wang Heqing).

C16.2 To the Tune "The Song of Shouyang" (Ma Zhiyuan) -- C16.3 To the Tune "Sky-Clear Sand": Autumn Thoughts (Ma Zhiyuan) -- C16.4 To the Tune "Sheep on Mountain Slope": Meditation on the Past at Tong Pass (Zhang Yanghao) -- C16.5 To the Tune "Drunk in a Peaceful Time": Idle Chats of the Woodcutter and the Fisherman (Qiao Ji) -- C16.6 To the Tune "Lüyaobian": Of Myself (Qiao Ji) -- C16.7 To the Tune "A Half": On Love (Guan Hanqing) -- C16.8 To the Tune "Clear River, a Prelude": On Separation, No. 4 (Guan Yunshi) -- C16.9 To the Tune "Spring Song": On Love (Bai Pu) -- C16.10 To the Tune "Heaven in a Drunkard's Eye": On the Big Butterfly (Wang Heqing) -- 17. Shi Poetry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties -- C17.1 Autumn Gaze (Li Mengyang) -- C17.2 Composed at Random: Sent to Master Fang (Yuan Hongdao) -- C17.3 Qinhuai: Miscellaneous Poems (Wang Shizhen) -- C17.4 Traveling in the Mountains: Miscellaneous Poem (Yuan Mei) -- C17.5 Recording Disorder in the Year Jiashen (Li Yu) -- C17.6 Song of Suffering Calamity (Wang Duanshu) -- C17.7 On the Full Moon: Written at Age Six (Gan Lirou) -- C17.8 Weeping for Elder Sister (Gan Lirou) -- C17.9 Hastening the Bride's Toilet (Gan Lirou) -- C17.10 Night in the Boudoir (Gan Lirou) -- C17.11 Expressing My Feelings (Gan Lirou) -- C17.12 Recited at Random (Gan Lirou) -- C17.13 On a Summer Day: Dwelling in the Mountains (Yan Liu) -- C17.14 Recited While Sick (Mengyue) -- 18. A Synthesis: Rhythm, Syntax, and Vision of Chinese Poetry -- C18.1 Sui Palace (Li Shangyin) -- C18.2 Crossing the Sea of Loneliness (Wen Tianxiang) -- C18.3 To the Tune "Sixteen-Character Song" (Cai Shen) -- C18.4 To the Tune "Sky-Clear Sand": Autumn Thoughts (Ma Zhiyuan) -- C18.5 To the Tune "Sky-Clear Sand": Of This Occasion (Qiao Ji) -- Phonetic Transcriptions of Entering-Tone Characters -- Abbreviations of Primary Texts -- Acknowledgments.

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