How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

52 Pr e - q i n t i m e s “lady” who has eluded him in his previous journeys. This introduces the last sha- manistic flight of t ...

Sao P oe t ry : t He Lyr i cS of c h u 53 done just that. Pulled by his dragon steeds, accompanied by phoenixes and other supern ...

54 Pr e - q i n t i m e s ages, when such relief often could be had only vicariously through a text. And, finally, Qu Yuan’s exa ...

Sao P oe t ry : t He Lyr i cS of c h u 55 Gao Yang, also known as Zhuan Xu, was a legendary lord (di). Qu Yuan’s ancestors were ...

56 Pr e - q i n t i m e s and abducting the Luo goddess to be his wife. Some commentators, among them Hawkes, regard the referen ...

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“Shanglin fu” (Fu on the Imperial Park) is an example of the most important poetic form of the Han dynasty (206 b.C.e.–220 C.e.) ...

60 t He Han Dy na s t y what he sees from the tower. He sees the Zhang River, with its small tributary that connects with the tw ...

f u P oe t ry : an anC i e n t-s t y l e r Ha P s oDy 61 C 3. 1 Fu on the Imperial Park 上林賦 (shànglín fù) Lord No-such grinned ...

62 t He Han Dy na s t y Pass through the middle of cinnamon groves, 經乎桂林之中 (jīng hū guì lín zhī zhōng) Cross into broad and bo ...

f u P oe t ry : an anC i e n t-s t y l e r Ha P s oDy 63 Dwell submerged in the deep recesses. 潛處乎深巖 (qián chù hū shēn yán) Fis ...

64 t He Han Dy na s t y For a thousand leagues of flat marshland, 亭皋千里 (tíng gāo qiān lĭ) There is nothing that has not been t ...

f u P oe t ry : an anC i e n t-s t y l e r Ha P s oDy 65 One lifts his skirt to cross the iced-over streams. 涉冰揭河 (shè bīng ...

66 t He Han Dy na s t y Are striped and streaked like patterned fish scales. 玢豳文磷 (bīn bīn wén lín) Red jade, mottled and mar ...

f u P oe t ry : an anC i e n t-s t y l e r Ha P s oDy 67 Like the sounds of bells and chimes, 蓋象金石之聲 (gài xiàng jīn shí zhī shē ...

68 t He Han Dy na s t y Sir Wei accompanies the chariot. 衛公參乘 (wèi gōng cān shèng) Guards and attendants marching on the flan ...

f u P oe t ry : an anC i e n t-s t y l e r Ha P s oDy 69 Then, little by little he increases the pace, 然後侵淫促節 (rán hòu qīn y ...

70 t He Han Dy na s t y 360 Westward he gallops to Xuanqu, 西馳宣曲 (xī chí xuān qŭ) Sculls the heron-prow on Oxhead Lake, 濯鷁牛首 ( ...

f u P oe t ry : an anC i e n t-s t y l e r Ha P s oDy 71 Chu,’ jesters and dwarfs, entertainers from Didi, everything to delight ...