Poems of the Late T’ang

Contents......Page 8
Preface (11)......Page 9
The Translation of Chinese Poetry (13)......Page 10
Late Poems of Tu Further (712–70) (39)......Page 35
The Autumn Wastes (41)......Page 37
At the Corner of the World (44)......Page 40
Midnight (45)......Page 41
Stars and Moon on the Yangtse (46)......Page 42
To My Younger Brother (47)......Page 43
Yangtse and Han (48)......Page 44
Deep in Winter (49)......Page 45
Autumn Meditation (51)......Page 47
Meng Chiao (751–814) (57)......Page 53
Sadness of the Gorges (59)......Page 54
An Excursion to the Gragon Pool Temple on Chung-nan (60)......Page 55
Stopping on a Journey at the East Water Pavilion at Lo-ch\'eng (61)......Page 56
On Mount Ching (62)......Page 57
Wanderer\'s Song (63)......Page 58
Song of the Old Man of the Hills (64)......Page 59
Wandering on Mount Chung-nan (65)......Page 60
Complaint of a Neglected Wife (66)......Page 61
Impromptu (67)......Page 62
Autumn Thoughts (68)......Page 63
The Stones where the Haft Rotted (69)......Page 64
Han Yü (768–824) (71)......Page 65
Autumn Thoughts (73)......Page 67
A Withered Tree (74)......Page 68
Evening: for Chang Chi and Chou K\'uang (75)......Page 69
From The South Mountains (76)......Page 70
Lu T\'ung (died 835) (81)......Page 74
The Eclipse of the Moon (83)......Page 75
Li Ho (791–817) (89)......Page 81
The Liang Terrace (93)......Page 85
Magic Strings (94)......Page 86
A Piece for Magic Strings (95)......Page 87
On and on for ever (96)......Page 88
On the Frontier (97)......Page 89
The Northern Cold (98)......Page 90
An Arrowhead from the ancient Battlefield of Ch\'ang-p\'ing (99)......Page 91
Sing Loud (100)......Page 92
Bring in the Wine (102)......Page 94
Autumn Comes (103)......Page 95
A Dream of Heaven (104)......Page 96
Up in Heaven (105)......Page 97
A Bronze Immortal takes Leave of Han (106)......Page 98
High Dike (109)......Page 101
Dawn in Stone City (110)......Page 102
The King of Ch\'in drinks Wine (111)......Page 103
The Grave of Little Su (113)......Page 105
From Criticisms (114)......Page 106
A Girl Combs her Hair (115)......Page 107
The Watchman\'s Drum in the Streets of Officials (116)......Page 108
Don\'t Go Out of the Door (117)......Page 109
Musing (119)......Page 111
Tu Mu (803–52) (121)......Page 112
Easing My Heart (123)......Page 113
Egrets (124)......Page 114
Spring in Chiang-nan (125)......Page 115
To Judge Han Ch\'o at Yang-chou (126)......Page 116
The Retired Official Yüan\'s High Pavilion (127)......Page 117
The Gate Tower of Ch\'i-an City (128)......Page 118
On the Road (129)......Page 119
The Pool behind Ch\'i-an (130)......Page 120
Pien River blocked by Ice (131)......Page 121
At Clear Brook in Ch\'ih-chou (132)......Page 122
Travelling in the Mountains (133)......Page 123
Farewell Poem (134)......Page 124
In Ch\'i-an, on a Chance Theme (135)......Page 125
Shih Ch\'ung\'s \'Golden Valley\' Garden (136)......Page 126
Recalling former Travels No. 1, 2, 3 (137)......Page 127
Climbing to Lo-yu Plateau, before leaving for Wu-hsing (138)......Page 128
Autumn Evening (139)......Page 129
Red Slope (140)......Page 130
Li Shang-yin (812?–58) (141)......Page 131
Untitled Poems (145)......Page 135
Willow (154)......Page 144
The Lady in the Moon (155)......Page 145
Exile (156)......Page 146
First Month: at Ch\'ung-jang House (157)......Page 147
Day after Day (158)......Page 148
Night Rains: to my Wife up North (159)......Page 149
To Tzǔ-chih: among the \'Flowers\' (160)......Page 150
Written on a Monastery Wall (161)......Page 151
Crooked River (162)......Page 152
Ma-Wei (163)......Page 153
Peonies (165)......Page 155
The Walls of Emerald (167)......Page 157
The Patterned Lute (169)......Page 159
References (174)......Page 164