How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

292 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y former is also unmistakably clear. The management of time deserves a ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 293 bluebirds, the sense of solitude refers to the plum tree and to the lyric ...

294 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y nese throughout history. In the poetry of Tang poets, notably Li Bai ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 295 The daughter of Song Wudi (r. 420–423), Princess Shouyang, lay down under ...

296 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y Shadows” more poignant. But these two pieces, however complementary, ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 297 From a high pavilion I gaze into the distance 34 At the color of grass at ...

298 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y Brocade Maid secretly convey deep feeling 錦兒偷寄幽素 ▲ (jĭn ér tōu jì yō ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 299 precipitous pavilion gaze limit 危亭望極 (wēi tíng wàng jí) grass color heave ...

300 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y solely from the poet’s lyrics, without any corroboration from other, ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 301 is reminiscent of the following lines from a song lyric set to the tune “ ...

302 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y In “Prelude to the Oriole’s Song,” Wu Wenying compares his romantic ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 303 chun,” describing the experience of encountering a woman who looks like h ...

304 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y The second strophe brings in the power of a memento (a handkerchief ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 305 notes Zhu Yizun, “Introduction,” in Ci zong (Selected Song Lyrics [ from ...

306 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y Yang Tiefu, Wu Mengchuang ci jianshi (The Ci Poetry of Wu Wenying, ...

c i P oe t ry : long s ong ly riC s on ob j eC t s 307 C H i ne s e Chen Xun 陳洵. Haixiao shuoci 海綃說詞 (Haixiao’s Discourses on Ci ...

This chapter presents poems from both parts of the Song dynasty, the Northern Song (960–1127) and the Southern Song (1127–1279). ...

Sh i P oe t ry : anC i e n t anD r e C e n t s t y l e s 309 expression of highly wrought emotion. So distinct did the general t ...

310 t He F i v e Dy na s t i e s anD t He s ong Dy na s t y the lunar calendar, may fall anytime between late January and late F ...

Sh i P oe t ry : anC i e n t anD r e C e n t s t y l e s 311 symbol of literati ideals, inseparable from the self-image of the m ...