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CONTENTS

Introduction

11

     Moon

12

     Flowers

14

     Dragons

20

     Sources of Inspiration

26

     Chinese Verse Form

30

     Epochs in Chinese Poetry

32

     Conclusion

34

Lines From The Tomb Of An Unknown Woman

39

A Word From The Wind

40

Wang Po

41

     A King of Tang

41

Wang Wei

43

     While Roses Fall

43

Li Po

44

     Along the Stream

45

     The Palace of Chao-Yang

45

     The Two Visits

47

          Visit to the Cold Clear Spring

47

          Visit to the White Stream Rapids

47

     Spring Rhapsodies

48

          I. Delight

48

          II. Sadness

50

          III. Sorrow

52

     Bright Autumntide

53

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Tu Fu

55

     In Exile

56

     The Ghost-Road

57

     Sailing across Lake Mei-Pei

57

Ch‘Ang Ch‘ien

60

     The Tomb of Chao-Chün

61

Ts‘ui Hao

62

     Boating Song of the Yo Eh

62

Han Yü

63

     Disappointment

63

Po Chü-I

65

     In Yung-Yang

65

     Rain at Dawn

66

     Myself

67

     Morning Studies

68

     The Little Crow

68

     At Forty-one

69

     A Night on Lake T‘ai

69

Ou-Yang Hsiu

70

     Return

70

     The Pavilion of Abounding Joy

71

     Wild Geese

71

     Bell Hill

71

     Songs of the Night

72

Wang An-shih

73

     At the Parting Ways

73

Su Tung-p‘o

74

     Dreaming at Golden Hill

74

     At the Kuang-li Pavilion

75

     Farewell to Chao Tâ-lin

75

     On the River at Hui-Ch‘ung

76

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Liu Tzu-hui

77

     Listening to the Harp

77

     Autumn Moonlight

78

Wen T‘ung

79

     Morning

79

     Evening

79

Lu Yu

80

     Song of Three Gorges

80

Liu Ch‘ang

81

     Autumn Thoughts

81

     On Waking from Sleep

81

Anon

83

     Riding by Moonlight

83

Liu Chi

84

     The Convent of Siang-Fu

84

     Night, Sorrow, and Song

85

Yang Chi

87

     Lines Written in Exile

87

Anon

88

     Plum Blossom

88

     Calycanthus Flower

89

Yuan Mei

90

     A Feast of Lanterns

91

     A Medley of Perfume

91

     Willow Flowers

91

     Illusion

92

     The Secret Land

92

     In an Old Library

93

     A Challenge from the Moon

94

     After the Rain

94

     Home

95

Note

96


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