How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

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C on t e n t s ix

C 1 5. 5 As Dawn Approached on an Autumn Night, I Went Out
My Bramble Gate and, Met by Chilly Air, Was Moved
to Write This, No. 2 (Lu You) 317
C 1 5. 6 An Outing to Villages West of the Mountains (Lu You) 320
C 1 5. 7 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random
Inspirations: Spring, No. 10 (Fan Chengda) 322
C 1 5. 8 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random
Inspirations: Summer, No. 34 (Fan Chengda) 322
C 1 5. 9 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random
Inspirations: Autumn, No. 44 (Fan Chengda) 323
C 1 5. 1 0 Fields and Gardens Through the Four Seasons, Random
Inspirations: Summer, No. 35 (Fan Chengda) 324


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  1. Qu Poetry: Song Poems (Sanqu) of the^ Yuan Dynasty^329
    XinDa lian
    C 1 6. 1 To the Tune “The Unbreakable String”: Fat Couple
    (Wang Heqing) 330
    C 1 6. 2 To the Tune “The Song of Shouyang” (Ma Zhiyuan) 332
    C 1 6. 3 To the Tune “Sky-Clear Sand”: Autumn Thoughts
    (Ma Zhiyuan) 334
    C 1 6. 4 To the Tune “Sheep on Mountain Slope”: Meditation on
    the Past at Tong Pass (Zhang Yanghao) 335
    C 1 6. 5 To the Tune “Drunk in a Peaceful Time”: Idle Chats of the
    Woodcutter and the Fisherman (Qiao Ji) 338
    C 1 6. 6 To the Tune “Lüyaobian”: Of Myself (Qiao Ji) 340
    C 1 6. 7 To the Tune “A Half ”: On Love (Guan Hanqing) 342
    C 1 6. 8 To the Tune “Clear River, a Prelude”: On Separation, No. 4
    (Guan Yunshi) 344
    C 1 6. 9 To the Tune “Spring Song”: On Love (Bai Pu) 345
    C 1 6. 1 0 To the Tune “Heaven in a Drunkard’s Eye”: On the Big
    Butterfly (Wang Heqing) 347

  2. Shi Poetry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 354
    graCe s. Fong
    C 1 7. 1 Autumn Gaze (Li Mengyang) 355
    C 1 7. 2 Composed at Random: Sent to Master Fang (Yuan Hongdao) 357
    C 1 7. 3 Qinhuai: Miscellaneous Poems (Wang Shizhen) 359
    C 1 7. 4 Traveling in the Mountains: Miscellaneous Poem (Yuan Mei) 360
    C 1 7. 5 Recording Disorder in the Year Jiashen (Li Yu) 362
    C 1 7. 6 Song of Suffering Calamity (Wang Duanshu) 364
    C 1 7. 7 On the Full Moon: Written at Age Six (Gan Lirou) 369
    C 1 7. 8 Weeping for Elder Sister (Gan Lirou) 369
    C 1 7. 9 Hastening the Bride’s Toilet (Gan Lirou) 370

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