How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

152 t He siX Dy na s t i e s have been tortured by suspicion and fear about the inconstancy of the beloved; now that they are to ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : ne w t o P i C s 153 4 For the reclusive gentleman, a bed full of books. 隱士一牀書 (yĭn sh ...

154 t He siX Dy na s t i e s and his friend Hui Shi look at the fish swimming in the water and hold a famous discussion about “w ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : ne w t o P i C s 155 To the south I climbed the slope of Ba Mound and turned my head to ...

156 t He siX Dy na s t i e s the conquest of the Chen in 589, an edict by Emperor Wen of the Sui ordered the destruction of the ...

P e n ta s y l l a biC Sh i P oe t ry : ne w t o P i C s 157 Graham, William T., Jr. The Lament for the South: Yu Hsin’s “Ai Chi ...

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The Tang dynasty, one of China’s greatest dynasties, is seen by many as the golden age of Chinese poetry. It saw an unprecedente ...

162 t He tang Dy na s t y poems by Du Fu, Li Bai (701–762), and Wang Wei (701–761) will show how these three greatest Tang poets ...

r e C e n t-s t y l e Sh i P oe t ry : P e n ta s y l l a biC r e gul at eD v e r s e 163 beacon fire span◦ three month 烽火連三月 ( ...

164 t He tang Dy na s t y The conspicuous absence of personal pronouns is another noteworthy feature apparent in the word-for-wo ...

r e C e n t-s t y l e Sh i P oe t ry : P e n ta s y l l a biC r e gul at eD v e r s e 165 (verbs of emotional response), and “te ...

166 t He tang Dy na s t y The second couplet performs its expected function of cheng: to continue by focus- ing on a set of para ...

r e C e n t-s t y l e Sh i P oe t ry : P e n ta s y l l a biC r e gul at eD v e r s e 167 The four readings of the second couple ...

168 t He tang Dy na s t y thousand gold taels” in the next line. It seems to denote the first three months of 757, when the rebe ...

r e C e n t-s t y l e Sh i P oe t ry : P e n ta s y l l a biC r e gul at eD v e r s e 169 cosmic vision, characterized by the in ...

170 t He tang Dy na s t y │ │ │ ─ ─. These two line combinations (1 and 2; 3 and 4) constitute the two standard couplets in rece ...

r e C e n t-s t y l e Sh i P oe t ry : P e n ta s y l l a biC r e gul at eD v e r s e 171 cated by the shaded areas). In these t ...