How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

272 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y Little Qiao just married done 小喬初嫁了 (xiăo qiáo chū jià liăo) masculi ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 273 capability rather than his military prowess. Many traditional commentators and modern sc ...

274 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y Drips and drops, drops and drips into evening. 18 How can all this B ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 275 The tune title of this piece (“Shengsheng man”) tells part of the story—a manci with dou ...

276 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y The whole piece can be summed up by one word, “sorrow.” As we have s ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 277 14 Those on the south side of the Yangtze who got drunk only to seek fame, How could the ...

278 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y not regret ancient people I not see 不恨古人吾不見 (bú hèn gŭ rén wú bú jià ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 279 posing himself as a modest noncontender. He laments how much he has declined, claims tha ...

280 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y two or three” (lines 19–20), the poet is not repeating his earlier l ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 281 16 You, do not dance! Have you not seen how those favored beauties fall to dust? 18 The ...

282 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y sir not see Yu- huan Fei- yan all dust dirt 君不見、玉環飛燕皆塵土 ▲ (jūn bú ji ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 283 the favor of her lord is dashed by the slander from her jealous rivals. How deep her dis ...

284 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y up emotions. The poet’s candor is tricky and his naïveté a pretense, ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s 285 Hightower, James R. “The Songwriter Liu Yung: Part 1.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studie ...

By the end of the Northern Song (960–1127), the ci, or song lyric, had evolved from its origin as a popular song in the ninth ce ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 287 song lyric called yongwu ci (song lyrics on objects), which became popula ...

288 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y 6 He Xun is now aging, His pen, once spring wind, is wholly forgotte ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 289 4 When wandering we meet— By the corner of the fence in the dusk, 6 Witho ...

290 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y still remember deep palace old event 猶記深宮舊事 (yóu jì shēn gōng jiù sh ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 291 Xiaohong passed by the famous Drooping-Rainbow Bridge on West Lake, the p ...