How to Read Chinese Poetry A Guided Anthology

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  4. Shi Poetry: Music Bureau Poems (Yuefu)
  
  
  
  


• C 4 1 Songs to Pacify the World, for Inside the Palace, No. 1 (anon.) jui-lung su


• C 4 2 Songs to Pacify the World, for Inside the Palace, No. 3 (anon.)


• C 4 3 Behold, the Grand Unity (anon.)


• C 4 4 We Fought South of the Walls (anon.)


• C 4 5 Song of the East Gate (anon.)


• C 4 6 There Is One I Love (anon.)


• C 4 7 Marvelous! A Ballad (anon.)


• C 4 8 Mulberry Along the Lane (anon.)


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  5. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: The “Nineteen Old Poems”
  
  
  
  


• C5. 1 No. 1, On and On, Again On and On [You Go] (anon.) Zong- qi Cai


• C 5. 2 No. 3, Green, Green Grows the Cypress on the Hilltop (anon.)


• C 5. 3 No. 13, I Ride My Carriage to the Upper East Gate (anon.)


• C 5. 4 No. 6, I Cross the River to Pluck Hibiscus Flowers (anon.)


• C 5. 5 No. 16, Cold and Cold: The Year Approaches Its End (anon.)


• C 5. 6 No. 17, The First Winter Month: The Cold Air Comes (anon.)


• C 5. 7 No. 7, Bright Moon Shines in the Clear Night (anon.)


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  6. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: Landscape and Farmstead Poems P a r t 3 t he s i x D y n a s t i e s
  
  
  
  


• C 6. 1 Returning to Live on the Farm, No. 1 (Tao Qian) wenDy swartZ


• C 6. 2 On Drinking Wine, Twenty Poems, No. 5 (Tao Qian)


• C 6. 3 On Drinking Wine, Twenty Poems, No. 7 (Tao Qian)


• C 6. 4 On Moving House, Two Poems, No. 2 (Tao Qian)


• C 6. 5 Climbing Yongjia’s Green Crag Mountain (Xie Lingyun)
  
  
  • Southern Mountain to Northern Mountain (Xie Lingyun) C 6. 6 What I Observed as I Crossed the Lake on My Way from
  
  
  
  


• C 6. 7 Climbing the Lakeside Tower (Xie Lingyun)


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  7. Pentasyllabic Shi Poetry: New Topics
  
  
  
  


• C 7. 1 An Outing to the Eastern Field (Xie Tiao) XiaoFei tian


• C 7. 2 Jade Stairs Resentment (Xie Tiao)


• C 7. 3 Autumn Evening (Xiao Gang)


• C 7. 4 Evening Sun in the Rear Hall (Xiao Gang)


• C 7. 5 On Clouds (Xiao Gang)


• C 7. 6 On a Fair Lady Viewing a Painting (Xiao Gang)


• C 7. 7 On a Lone Duck (Xiao Gang)
  
  
  • (Xiao Gang) C 7. 8 Returning to the South of the City from the Encampment
  
  
  
  


• C 7. 9 A Cold Garden: On What I See (Yu Xin) C on t e n t s vii


• C 7. 1 0 In Response to Director Liu Zhen (Yu Xin)


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  8. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Pentasyllabic Regulated Verse (Wuyan Lüshi ) P a r t 4 t he ta n g D y n a s t y
  
  
  
  


• C8. 1 Spring Scene (Du Fu) Zong- qi Cai


• C 8. 2 The Jiang and Han Rivers (Du Fu)


• C 8. 3 Climbing the Yueyang Tower with Xia Shi’er (Li Bai)


• C 8. 4 Zhongnan Mountain (Wang Wei)


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  9. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Heptasyllabic Regulated Verse (Qiyan Lüshi )
  
  
  
  


• C 9 1 The Qu River, No. 2 (Du Fu) robert asHmore
  
  
  • For Now, I Give This Short Account (Du Fu) C 9 2 On the River, I Came upon Waters Surging Like the Ocean:
  
  
  
  


• C 9 3 Autumn Meditations, No. 8 (Du Fu)


• C 9 4 Dreaming Heaven (Li He)


• C 9 5 The Milky Way: Syrinx-Playing (Li Shangyin)


• C 9 6 Sui Palace (Li Shangyin)


• C 9 7 Untitled (Li Shangyin)


• C 9 8 Brocade Zither (Li Shangyin)


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  10. Recent-Style Shi Poetry: Quatrains ( Jueju)
  
  
  
  


• C 1 0. 1 Ziye Song (anon.) CHarles egan


• C 1 0. 2 In Praise of Pear Blossoms on the Pond (Wang Rong)


• C 1 0. 3 Spring Lament (Jin Changxu)


• C 1 0. 4 Miscellaneous Poems, No. 2 (Wang Wei)


• C 1 0. 5 Climbing Crane Tower (Wang Zhihuan)


• C 1 0. 6 The Deer Fence (Wang Wei)


• C 1 0. 7 Calling-Bird Brook (Wang Wei)


• C 1 0. 8 Quiet Night Thoughts (Li Bai)


• C 1 0. 9 Amusing Myself (Li Bai)


• C 1 0. 1 0 Lament of the Jade Stairs (Li Bai)


• C 1 0. 1 1 Following the Army (Wang Changling)
  
  
  • (Wang Changling) C 1 0. 1 2 Autumn Songs of the Hall of Abiding Faith (five poems)
  
  
  • (Li Bai) C 1 0. 1 3 Sending Off Meng Haoran to Guangling at Yellow Crane Tower
  
  
  
  


• C 1 0. 1 4 Three Quatrains, No. 3 (Du Fu)


• C 1 0. 1 5 Red Cliff (Du Mu)


• C 1 0. 1 6 Dispelling Sorrow (Du Mu)


• C 1 0. 1 7 Chang’e (Li Shangyin)


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  11. Ancient-Style Shi Poetry: Continuation and Changes viii C on t e n t s
  
  
  
  


• C 1 1. 1 Moved by Events I Encounter, No. 6 (Chen Zi’ang) Paula varsano


• C 1 1. 2 A Song on Ascending Youzhou Terrace (Chen Zi’ang)


• C 1 1. 3 A Lu Mountain Tune: Sent to Minister Lu Xuzhou (Li Bai)


• C 1 1. 4 Planting Flowers on the Eastern Slope, No. 1 (Bai Juyi)


• Planting Flowers on the Eastern Slope, No. 2 (Bai Juyi)


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  12. Ci Poetry: Short Song Lyrics (Xiaoling) P a r t 5 t he F i v e D y n a s t i e s a nD t h e s o n g D y n a s t y
  
  
  
  


• C 1 2 1 To the Tune “Crows Call at Night” (attrib. Li Yu) maija bell samei


• C 1 2 2 To the Tune “Southern Tune,” No. 1 (anon.)


• C 1 2 3 To the Tune “Southern Tune,” No. 2 (anon.)


• C 1 2 4 To the Tune “On the Water Clock at Night” (Wen Tingyun)


• C 1 2 5 To the Tune “Buddha-Like Barbarian” (Wen Tingyun)


• C 1 2 6 To the Tune “Audience at Golden Gate” (Wei Zhuang)


• C 1 2 7 To the Tune “Beautiful Lady Yu” (Li Yu)
  
  
  • (attrib. Ouyang Xiu) C 1 2 8 To the Tune “Butterflies Lingering over Flowers”
  
  
  
  


• C 1 2 9 To the Tune “Sand in Silk-Washing Stream” (Yan Shu)


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  13. Ci Poetry: Long Song Lyrics (Manci )
  
  
  
  


• C 1 3. 1 To the Tune “Eight Beats of a Ganzhou Song” (Liu Yong) XinDa lian


• C 1 3. 2 To the Tune “Prelude to the River Tune” (Su Shi)
  
  
  • at Red Cliff (Su Shi) C 1 3. 3 To the Tune “The Charm of Niannu”: Meditation on the Past
  
  
  • (Li Qingzhao) C 1 3. 4 To the Tune “One Beat Followed by Another, a Long Tune”
  
  
  
  


• C 1 3. 5 To the Tune “Congratulating the Bridegroom” (Xin Qiji)


• C 1 3. 6 To the Tune “Groping for Fish” (Xin Qiji)


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  14. Ci Poetry: Long Song Lyrics on Objects (Yongwu Ci )
  
  
  
  


• C 1 4 1 Secret Fragrance (Jiang Kui) sHuen-Fu lin


• C 1 4 2 Dappled Shadows (Jiang Kui)


• C 1 4 3 Prelude to the Oriole’s Song (Wu Wenying)


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  15. Shi Poetry: Ancient and Recent Styles
  
  
  
  


• C 1 5. 1 Small Plum Tree in a Garden in the Hills, No. 1 (Lin Bu) ronalD egan


• C 1 5. 2 Lament for My Wife, Nos. 1, 2, 3 (Mei Yaochen)


• C 1 5. 3 Seeing Off Canliao (Su Shi)


• C 1 5. 4 Written on Master Huyin’s Wall, No. 1 (Wang Anshi)


• C 1 7. 1 0 Night in the Boudoir (Gan Lirou)


• C 1 7. 1 1 Expressing My Feelings (Gan Lirou)


• C 1 7. 1 2 Recited at Random (Gan Lirou)


• C 1 7. 1 3 On a Summer Day: Dwelling in the Mountains (Yan Liu)


• C 1 7. 1 4 Recited While Sick (Mengyue)


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  18. A Synthesis: Rhythm, Syntax, and Vision of Chinese Poetry
  
  
  
  


• C1 8. 1 Sui Palace (Li Shangyin) Zong- qi Cai


• C 1 8. 2 Crossing the Sea of Loneliness (Wen Tianxiang)


• C 1 8. 3 To the Tune “Sixteen-Character Song” (Cai Shen)


• C 1 8. 4 To the Tune “Sky-Clear Sand”: Autumn Thoughts (Ma Zhiyuan)


• C 1 8. 5 To the Tune “Sky-Clear Sand”: Of This Occasion (Qiao Ji)
  
  
  • Phonetic Transcriptions of Entering-Tone Characters
    
    
    • Abbreviations of Primary Texts
      
      
      • Acknowledgments
        
        
        • Contributors
        
        
        • Glossary-Index