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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CHINA Matches Found: 1577 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A CHINESE FAN PAINTING, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is late afternoon, the cherries bloom Subject(s): China; Fans; Paintings And Painters A DREAM OF MOUNTAINEERING, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: At night, in my dream, I stoutly climbed a mountain Last Line: Between the two, I get as much as I lose. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Dreams; Mountain Climbing; Sleep; Nightmares A FAREWELL SONG OF WHITE CLOUDS, by LI PO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The white clouds float over the mountains of chu Last Line: Go swiftly home, o my friend! Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China; Clouds A GENTLE WIND, by FU HSUAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A gentle wind fans the calm night Last Line: To me they seem no more than weeds or chaff. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsiu-i; Fu Xuan Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Wind A PROTEST IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF CH'IEN FU (A.D. 879), by TS'AO SUNG Poem Text First Line: The hills and rivers of the lowland country Last Line: Is made out of ten thousand corpses. Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Freedom; Protest, Social; Liberty A VERY EARLY MORNING EXERCISE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chan yuen is on the threshold of a remarkable career Subject(s): Introspection; Men; Nanking, China A VISIT TO YUAN-CHIU IN THE MOUNTAINS, by LI PO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Forth to sylvan retreats I went, a vagabond Last Line: It was lucid day-break when I spoke of going. Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China; Mountain Climbing; Mountains; Wandering & Wanderers; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Wanderlust; Vagabonds; Tramps; Hoboes ABOARD A BOAT ON A MOONLIT NIGHT, by TAI FU-KU Poem Source First Line: Moonlight fills the boat and floods an empty sky Last Line: Dew drips from paulownias on broken arch bridge Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ABOVE THE RIVER, HEAVY ON THE HEART, by SU SHIH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Above the river, heavy on the heart, thousandfold hills Last Line: My hill friends will soon be sending poems to call me home. Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Variant Title(s): Above The River, Heavy On The Heart (1088) Subject(s): Heaven; Mountains; Paintings And Painters; Yangzi River, China; Paradise; Hills; Downs (great Britain) ACCOMPANY THE EMPEROR ON A VISIT TO THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE, by WU ZETIAN Poem Source First Line: Upon seeing the place that my deceased mother once patronized Last Line: Even tears of blood will not bring her back Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Mothers ACCOMPLICES, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: After all those years Last Line: Into subterranean pools %to contemplate darkness again Subject(s): China - Democracy ACCOUNT OF A DREAM IN XIAO TEMPLE, by NARA SINGDE Poem Source First Line: How can I pass these nights far from home? Last Line: And I was here facing %fire in a globe of glass Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Solitude ACCOUNT OF A VISIT TO LU MOUNTAIN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Straw sandals, cane of green bamboo Last Line: My lu mountain poems are summed up in this Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Mountains ACCOUNT OF THE PAVILION FOR SETTING THE CRANES FREE: SONG, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The cranes go off in flight Last Line: In the western hills you cannot linger longer Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Cranes (birds) ACTRESS SCORNS WEALTH AND HONOR TO PRESERVE HER CHASTITY, by LI YU+(2) Poem Source First Line: Beauty's power to stir the heart Last Line: They think - she's shy Subject(s): Beauty; Chastity; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) AEROGRAMMES, by RUSSELL CHARLES LEONG Poem Source First Line: Par avion via airmail Last Line: Of the next %immutable %aerogramme Subject(s): Aviation And Aviators; China; Cities; Travel AFTER A NOVEMBER TYPHOON, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Our warden is the south sea, gloomy, threatening Last Line: And rising, like a delirious mandarin duck Subject(s): Family Life - China; Typhoons AFTER GETTING DRUNK, BECOMING SOBER IN THE NIGHT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our party scattered at yellow dusk and I came home to bed Last Line: And in my ears something sounded like the music of flutes and strings. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks & Drinking; Wine AFTER LUNCH, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: After lunch - one short nap Last Line: "just go on living, regardless of ""short"" or ""long." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AFTER THE ANTHOLOGY, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Artemis, more passionate Last Line: To sleep exhausted until you return Subject(s): Artemis; China; Mythology - Classical; Passion AFTER THE ANTHOLOGY, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Artemis, more passionate Last Line: To sleep axhausted till you return Subject(s): Artemis; China; Mythology - Classical; Passion AFTER THE HAINAN LEGEND, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: A hainan youth, the unrivaled hunter among the villagers Last Line: And somersaulting and glimmering around the winter sun Subject(s): Family Life - China AFTER THE NIGHT, by JIANG SHIWEI Poem Source First Line: Softly, you open your door Last Line: Like two fish after mating, %each swimming its own way Subject(s): China - Democracy AGAIN PASSING THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Her doorway set in white stone cliff Last Line: You asked of purple asphodel Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology ALARM AT FIRST ENTERING THE YANG-TZE GORGES, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Above, a mountain ten thousand feet high Last Line: Will be laid at last in an un-named grave! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fear; Yangzi River, China ALL, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: All is fated %all cloudly Last Line: Every explosion heralds an instant of stillness, %every death reverberates forever Subject(s): China - Democracy ALLEGORY, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Red peaches everywhere don their spring colors Last Line: So how can I become an immortal like shuangcheng? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ALREADY AN EXPATRIATE POET, by JANE BAILEY Poem Source First Line: Nights, he waits in the hospital lobby Last Line: Alone, crying into his bowl of rice Subject(s): China; Love; Poetry And Poets ALSO ALL; IN ANSWER TO BEI DAO'S 'ALL', by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Not all trees are felled by storms Last Line: Though we might stumble under the load Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy AN EARLY LEVEE ADDRESSED TO CH'EN, THE HERMIT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At ch'ang-an - a full foot of snow Last Line: And not getting up till the sun has mounted the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANCHORED AT CHIN-HUAI RIVER, by TU MU Poem Source First Line: Mist veils the cold water, Last Line: Back court flowers on the farther bank Subject(s): China; Rivers ANCHORED AT GUAZHOU, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Jinkow and guazhou %the distance Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ANCHORED NEAR DUTOU ON HUAI RIVER AT SUNSET, by SU SHUNQIN Poem Source First Line: Spring clouds adrift Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ANCHORED OVERNIGHT AT MAPLE BRIDGE, by CHANG CHI+(2) Poem Source First Line: Crows caw the moon sets frost fills the sky Last Line: The sound of the midnight bell reaches a traveler's boat Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANCHORED OVERNIGHT ON THE CHINHUAI, by TU MU Poem Source First Line: Vapor shrouds the icy water moonlight shrouds the sand Last Line: Across the moat girls still sing 'rear palace flowers' Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANONYMOUS OLD POEM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At fifteen I went with the armies Last Line: Then I went out the gate and gazed east, %and the tears fell, soaking my robes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homecoming ANONYMOUS OLD POEM (1), by SU WU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When I bound my hair and became your wife Last Line: If you die, I will think of you forever Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell ANONYMOUS OLD POEM (2), by SU WU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flesh and blood join as branch to leaf Last Line: I want you to stay and pour it out, %solace of a lifetime's closeness Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell ANOTHER EARLY MORNING EXERCISE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One hundred feet overhead the fog from the pacific Subject(s): China; Morning ANOTHER EARLY MORNING EXERCISE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: One hundred feet overhead the fog from the pacific Last Line: Talking little, %rifles in their hands Subject(s): China; Morning ANOTHER POEM ON MR. ZHENG'S EASTERN PAVILION, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This splendid pavilion enters azure mists Last Line: Towards evening I seek the road I must take, %with tattered clouds flying past horse's flank Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANOTHER REPENTANCE, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: Buddhists tell of kalpa fires Last Line: I am resolved to burn in the lamp %these words of parable Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) ANSWER, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: The scoundrel carries his baseness around like an id card Last Line: Can you see it there? That ancient ideogram - %the eye of the future, gazing back Subject(s): China - Democracy ANSWERING A FRIEND'S GIFT OF CHARCOAL, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: In a plain cottage among green hills Last Line: Warmed a body bent and twisted %into a straight body Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Gratitude ANSWERING LI YING WHO SHOWED ME HIS POEMS ABOUT SUMMER FISHING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Though we lived in the same lane Last Line: Lost beyond roads in a sea of mist Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANSWERING MAGISTRATE ZHANG, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Now late in life I love only stillness Last Line: You ask the pattern of failure and success? - %the fisherman's song reaches deep past the shore Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life ANSWERING PEI DI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Murky and flooding, cold currents broaden Last Line: I know in my heart it's beyond white clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mount Zhong-nan, China; Rain ANSWERING THE POEM LEFT BY MR. SU, NOMINALLY OF THE BUREAU OF FORESTRY, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Humbly I dwell by the valley's mouth Last Line: A bell's infrequent tolling that broke %through gibbons' night cries Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests APRIL IN THE COUNTRY, by WONG JUAN Poem Source First Line: All the hills and plains Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ARK, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: The ship you've boarded Last Line: Till cool flames float up %from every cabin Subject(s): China - Democracy ARMY SONG, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: A dust storm over the gobi Last Line: Word has come that they've captured %the tu-yu-hun alive Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ARMY WAGONS; A BALLAD, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The wagons went by rumbling Last Line: When the sky grows shadowed and rains pour down, %you hear their voices wailing Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life ARRIVING AT HSUN-YANG: 1, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A bend of the river brings into view two triumphal arches Last Line: By misty waters and rainy sands, while the yellow dusk thickens. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips ARRIVING AT HSUN-YANG: 2, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are almost come to hsun-yang: how my thoughts are stirred Last Line: They have taken the trouble, these civil people, to meet their new prefect! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips AS I STEP OVER A PUDDLE AT THE END OF WINTER, I THINK OF AN ANCIENY CHINESE GOVERNOR, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography First Line: Po chu-I, balding old politician, Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Middle West; China; Seeking; Midwest; Old Northwest; Central States; North Central States ASKING FOR A CAT, by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: Since autumn the rodents have taken Last Line: I purchased a fish strung on a willow twig %to beseech you for a kitty Subject(s): Animals; Cats; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ASSEMBLY LINE, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In time's assembly line Last Line: For my own manufactured fate Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy AT A PARTY GIVEN BY FAN ZHONG-YAN THE GUESTS SPOKE OF EATING BLOWFISH, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: Spring isles grow with shoots of reeds Last Line: I really think that saying is fair Subject(s): Blowfish; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) AT AN IMPERIAL BANQUET IN PENGLAI HALL OFFERING PRAISE FOR THE ...., by TU SHEN-YEN Poem Source First Line: The northern dipper hangs beside the wall Last Line: Long may you keep the ways of yao alive Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AT CHINGTZU TEMPLE SEEING OFF LIN TZU-FANG AT DAWN, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Finally west lake in the month of july Last Line: And their sunlit flowers are a different kind of red Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AT DAYBREAK I CROSSED THE PING-JIANG RIVER AND CLIMBED ON FOOT ..., by WANG SHIH-CHEN Poem Source First Line: I really did 'cross above clouds' Last Line: He wanted no fief of ten thousand homes %in the world of mortal men Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Mountain Climbing AT MISTER TS'UI'S VILLA IN LANTIEN ON THE NINTH, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: An old man mourning fall I try to console myself Last Line: Let's find some prickly ash after we get drunk Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AT SU TERRACE VIEWING THE PAST, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Old gardens, a ruined terrace, willow trees new Last Line: That shone once on a lady in the palace of the king of wu Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Fu-ch'a, King Of Wu, China AT THE BANQUET TO THE CHINESE EMBASSY, by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brothers, whom we may not reach Last Line: To swell the rushing hoang-ho! Subject(s): China AT THE END OF SPRING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Deep lane, poor families; I have few friends Last Line: I am a loosed boat floating a thousand miles Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Perched in a tower of this ancestral wall Last Line: To espy the ruseful raiders, and his mind %torn with sharp love of the home left far behind Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Great Wall, China AT THE YANGZI AND HAN, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: They roll on and on, rippling and surging Last Line: The fishing boat on its way home Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Han River, China; Yangzi River, China ATTENDING A BANQUET AT PRINCESS CH'ANG-NING'S EASTERN ESTATE, by LI CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Her country estate overlooks a blue domain Last Line: Their philanthropic majesties postpone their departure Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ATTENDING A BANQUET AT THE NEW RESIDENCE OF PRINCESS AN-LO, by SHEN CH'UAN-CH'I Poem Source First Line: Her royal highness loves immortals and gods Last Line: She toasts his long life with 'joy pervades heaven' Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ATTENDING A BANQUET ON THE GREAT BEGINNING, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Pale moon and scattered stars encircle chienchang court Last Line: An offering of red clouds for the sage on high Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUGUST 17, SLEEPING IN DAYTIME, by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: In this world's red dust, wearing hat of straw Last Line: Rolling the waves on the river Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) AUGUST SLEEPWALKER, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: The stone bell tolls on the seabed Last Line: The august sleepwalker %has seen the sun in the night Subject(s): China - Democracy AUGUST SLEEPWALKER, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: On the sea-floor a stone bell, tolling Last Line: The august sleepwalker has seen %the midnight sun Subject(s): China - Democracy AUTUMN, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: Autumn's a blue country Last Line: The destination sign will fall %from the side of my railroad car Subject(s): China - Democracy AUTUMN AT THE GATE, by LIU HAN Poem Source First Line: The quacking is gone the jade screen is empty Last Line: Paulownia leaves cover the steps in the moonlight Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN CARES: 2, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The autumn's moon complexion is ice Last Line: A beech tree looming and bare, %sound and echo like sad notes plucked Subject(s): Autumn; Beech Trees; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons; Trees AUTUMN COVERS ALL THE WORLD, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: They are more thrifty than I am Subject(s): Autumn; China; Seasons AUTUMN DAY, by KENG WEI Poem Source First Line: The day's late light fills a village lane Last Line: Millet sways in autumn wind Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN DAY ON THE LAKE, by HSUEH YING Poem Source First Line: Sailing on the great lake at sunset Last Line: Who can tell me why they flow east Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN EVENING, by TU MU Poem Source First Line: Silver lantern autumn light chills her painted screen Last Line: Lying down she gazes at the weaving maid and herdboy stars Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN HILLS: 1, by GU YAN-WU Poem Source First Line: Autumn hills, more autumn hills Last Line: Men of yan and ting of olden days %are still found south of the city Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) AUTUMN INSPIRATION: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Jade dew wounds a forest of maples Last Line: In paiti at dusk the mallets beat faster Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN INSPIRATION: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A hillside town of a thousand homes rests in morning light Last Line: In wuling their robes are light and their horses well-fed Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN INSPIRATION: 3, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Penglai hall looks south toward the mountains Last Line: I often return to court below the painted gates Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN INSPIRATION: 4, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Kunming lake was the jewel of the han Last Line: Rivers and marshes are a fisherman's world Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN LONGING IN CH'ANG-AN, by CHAO KU Poem Source First Line: Desolate cloud shapes brush past the dawn Last Line: A prisoner from ch'u I wear a strange hat Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN MOON, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: A pure stream flows past a jade green peak Last Line: White clouds and yellow leaves appear without end Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN MOONLIGHT ON LAKE DONG-TING, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Clouds veil the moon Last Line: The sound %blows out the flame Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) AUTUMN ON NAN-YUEH (WITH THE EXILED UNIVERSITIES OF PEKING), by WILLIAM EMPSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If flight's as general as this Last Line: The streams will chatter as they flow Subject(s): China - Japanese Invasions (1874-1945); Nan-yueh (mountain); Universities & Colleges AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Jade white dew scars and harms Last Line: Pounding blocks urgent in dusk Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: On kui-zhou's lonely walls Last Line: In front of sandbars has cast its light %on flowers of the reeds Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 3, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A thousand homes of the mountain town Last Line: And the mantles they wear are light Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 4, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have been told that chang-an Last Line: Is the longing of my heart Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 5, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Palace towers of peng-lai Last Line: Take my place in dawn court's ranks? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 6, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From the mouth of the ju-tang gorge Last Line: Qin since ancient times has been %land of emperors Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 7, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The waters of kun-ming pool Last Line: Lakes and rivers fill the earth, %and one old man, fishing Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lakes; Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 8, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At kun-wu hill the yu-su brook Last Line: Head hanging in bitterness Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN THOUGHTS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Like oxen on fire we're driven by desire Last Line: Where can I find yuan-lung's old tower Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN THOUGHTS, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Withered vines, old trees, twilight crows Last Line: A man, broken-hearted, on a far horizon Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) AUTUMN THOUGHTS (8), by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Blown tumbling, leaves that fall to the ground Last Line: There's something on my mind just now, %a task to be done that never ends Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN WIND, by WU-TI (157 B.C.- 87 B.C.) Poem Source First Line: The autumn wind rises Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Wind AUTUMN WIND AT HANGU PASS: WRITTEN ON COMMAND, by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: Autumn winds lift up Last Line: Attesting to the mystic sage's return Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AWAY FROM HOME AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, by SSU-MA KUANG Poem Source First Line: In may when it's mild and the rain finally stops Last Line: Everywhere sunflowers lean toward the sun Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BALLAD OF AN OLD CYPRESS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In front of the shrine of zhu-ge liang Last Line: It has always been true that the greatest timber %is hardest put to use Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Cypress Trees BALLAD OF CHANGKAN, by TS'UI HAO Poem Source First Line: Where are you from good sir Last Line: Perhaps we're from the same place Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BALLAD OF MOUNT JING, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Swarms of flies cluster around my sick horse Last Line: At a moment like this the traveler's heart %is a flag in the wind a hundred feet high Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains BALLAD OF MU-LAN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tsk, tsk, and tsk, tsk Last Line: But when two hares run side by side, %who can tell if I'm a boy or girl? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fathers And Daughters; Soldiers BALLAD OF RUNNING HORSE RIVER; SENDING OFF THE ARMY, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: Have you not seen Last Line: At the western gate of ju-shi we %await news of the victory Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life BALLAD OF THE FORMER PALACE, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: Silent and empty, former palace of pleasure Last Line: Sit peacefully telling tales of xuan-zong Subject(s): Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) BALLAD OF THE PAINTED EAGLE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: High in the hall I saw a live bird Last Line: Why now do my thoughts feel such pain, %as I walk, looking back, feelings twisted within? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Eagles; Paintings And Painters BALLAD OF THE WESTERN ISLAND IN THE NORTH COUNTRY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Seeing the plum-tree I thought of the western island Last Line: It would blow my dreams till they got to the western island Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) BALLAD OF THE YONG-JIA, by ZHANG JI Poem Source First Line: Then the blond-headed xian-pi Last Line: And to this day the southerners %speak the idiom of jin Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties BALLADE OF BLUE CHINA, by ANDREW LANG Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There's a joy without canker or cark Last Line: In the reign of the emperor hwang. Subject(s): China (porcelain); Ingenuity BALLADE OF THE CHINESE LOVER, by STUART MERRILL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Down the waves of the yang-tse-kiang Last Line: From han-yang, woo-hoo to far tchin-ting. Subject(s): China BAMBOO RETREAT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Sitting alone amid dense bamboo Last Line: Until the bright moon looks down Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BEARER'S SONG, by MIU HSI Poem Text First Line: When I was alive, I wandered in the streets of the capital Last Line: And none born can escape this thing. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; Dead, The BEGGING, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Famine came, it drove me off Last Line: So much within me, I know not how to thank you, %I must pay you back from the world beyond Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Begging And Beggars; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Famine BEGGING FOR FOOD, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Driven by hunger I leave my home Last Line: So I'll repay your kindness in the hereafter Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) BEGONIA, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The east wind gently spreads her celestial glow Last Line: I light a tall candle to view her crimson face Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BEI TAI-HE BEACH, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I felt like a child of eight that night Last Line: The anchorage of the heart Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy; Longing BEIJING, by REETIKA VAZIRANI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mao wanted to get rid of birds Last Line: A watery eye is its only home Subject(s): Beijing, China; Birds BEIJING, by CHRIS WALLACE-CRABBE Poem Source First Line: It is your blood again Last Line: To prevent the future from ever taking place Subject(s): Beijing, China; Human Rights; Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 BEIJING BIRD MEN, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Are beautiful Last Line: But I resist it Subject(s): China BEING ON DUTY ALL NIGHT IN THE PALACE AND DREAMING OF HSIEN-YU TEMPLE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At the western window I paused from writing rescripts Last Line: I still thought it the murmur of a mountain stream. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sleep; Temples; Mosques BEING VISITED BY A FRIEND DURING ILLNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have been ill so long that I do not count the days Last Line: Gradually the feelings came back to my numbed heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness BENDING RIVER: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When a single petal falls away Last Line: What use to let hopes of tenuous glory %fetter this body of mine? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BIOGRAPHY OF MASTER FIVE WILLOWS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We don't know what age the master lived in, and we aren't certain of his Last Line: The age of lord no-cares? Was he a person of the age of ge-tian? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Self BITS OF REMINISCENCE, by GONG PEIYU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A toppled wine-cup Last Line: A dream, half-illumined, half-obscure. Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy; Chinese Literature; Memory BITTER COLD, by CAO CAO Poem Source First Line: Northward we climbed the tai-hang range Last Line: Sad is that poem 'eastern mountains': %it makes my heart always grieve Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief; Travel BLACK ROBE LANE, by LIU YU-HSI Poem Source First Line: Wildflowers bloom by red bird bridge Last Line: They now frequent homes of ordinary people Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BLACK-AND-WHITE SKETCHES, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: My world is burning like my palms Last Line: The lilacs tremble in the gathering dark Subject(s): China - Democracy BLAMING SONS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: White hair shrouds both my temples Last Line: If this is the luck heaven sends me, %then pour me the 'thing in the cup!' Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Children; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) BLAMING SONS (AN APOLOGY FOR HIS OWN DRUNKENNESS), by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: White hair covers my temples Last Line: What can I do but fill my cup? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Sons BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, by WALLACE RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ebbed and flowed the muddy pei-ho by the gulf of pechili Last Line: Blood is thicker, sir, than water, now as then. Alternate Author Name(s): Groot, Cecil De Subject(s): Americans; China; Navy - United States; Patriotism; Tattnall, Josiah (1795-1871); American Navy BLOOD OF ONE ENTIRE CLASS HAS ALREADY BEEN SHED, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source Last Line: Again the red terror begins %its savage hammering Subject(s): China - Democracy BOATING IN AUTUMN, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Away and away I sail in my light boat Last Line: And need not fear the greed of the evening wind. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails BOATING ON THE RESERVOIR WEST OF THE CITY, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dark blue brows and gleaming teeth Last Line: How could we have brought these hundred jugs %of ale that flow like a fountain? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BOATING ON WEST LAKE: TO ZHANG SHAN, ACDEMICIAN & FISCAL COMMISSIONER, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Light on the waves, colors of willows Last Line: There were mansions and terraces high and low %in the light of the evening sun Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): Boats; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BODDHISATTVA BARBARIAN, by LI YU+(1) Poem Source First Line: The flowers are bright, the moon is dark Last Line: Let's grab all the pleasure we can Subject(s): Carpe Diem; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BODDHISATTVA BARBARIAN, by WEI ZHUANG Poem Source First Line: Everyone says that the southland's fine Last Line: I vow not to go home till my hair is white Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BODDHISATTVA BARBARIAN, by WEN T'ING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Inside a curtain of crystal Last Line: And the jade hairpin: wind on her head Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BODY/ART, by JON THOMPSON Poem Source First Line: When bodhidarma was asked by the chinese emperor wu Last Line: In the worlds to come Subject(s): Art And Artists; Bodies; China BONE CHINA, by RICHARD PERCIVAL LISTER Poem Source First Line: Out of these thin, thin cups I drink pale tea Last Line: I'd rather ply my latter ghost with ale %or drink rice wine by moonlight with my former Subject(s): China (porcelain) BOUND FEET, by DEBORAH BURNHAM Poem Source First Line: Golden lilies, golden lotus, the chinese called the feet Last Line: Who rise at dawn and carry dinner to the hungry town Subject(s): China; Feet BOWING TO THE NEW MOON, by GENG WEI Poem Source First Line: Opening drapes, she sees the new moon Last Line: On her skirt's sash the north wind blows Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Moon BOWING TO THE NEW MOON, by LI DUAN Poem Source First Line: Opening drapes, she sees the new moon Last Line: On her skirt's sash the north wind blows Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Moon BOWING TO THE NEW MOON, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My traveling man's off in another land Last Line: And swear never to betray him Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BREAKING THE BRANCHES OF WILLOWS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A date tree grows before my gate Last Line: And this year again there's no good news Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage BREAKING THROUGH THE RANKS, by YAN SHU Poem Source First Line: That time of year when swallows are set to go Last Line: These feelings, in thousands, one after another Subject(s): Carpe Diem; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BRIEF POEM ON PLUM BLOSSOMS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BRIGHT BLOSSOMS SELDOM LAST LONG, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Remembering the past wounds my soul Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) BRIGHT SUN LIGHTS OUT OVER THE WESTERN BANK, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Right through till dawn, I find rest impossible Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) BROWN TOES IN CHINA, by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Del cascar, del cascar Subject(s): China BU JU (DIVINATION), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: I have an uncertainty in my mind which I should like you Last Line: Turtle and the divining-stalks are really unable to be of help Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) BURIAL SONG: THE DEW ON THE GARLIC LEAF, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: How swiftly it dries Last Line: Will never more return Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);funerals; Burials BURIAL SONG: THE GRAVEYARD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: What man's land is the graveyard Last Line: Man's fate knows no tarrying Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);funerals; Burials BURNING THE FIELDS IN SPRING, by WANG YU-CH'ENG Poem Source First Line: We plant those slopes Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BUSINESS MEN, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Text First Line: Business men boast of their skill and cunning Last Line: On the chariot of mutation entered the gate of immutability? Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): Business; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Businessmen; Businesswomen BUTTERFLIES LOVE FLOWERS, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Deep, so deep within the yard Last Line: A tumult of red flies away %past the swing Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BUTTERFLIES LOVE FLOWERS, by YAN JIDAO Poem Source First Line: I was drunk as I left the western hall Last Line: And wastes in tears on my behalf %in night's cold Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) BY THE LAKE, by ZHANG KE-JIU Poem Source First Line: Far-off waters, sunlit skies Last Line: A painted bridge where willow catkins blow Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) BY THE PASSES, by LU LUN Poem Source First Line: The moon was black, the geese flew high Last Line: A blizzard covered our bows and swords Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life BY THE PASSES; A SONG, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: The turkish horn draws the north wind Last Line: North of the tents the sky must end, %flowing out from the passes the river's sound comes Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; War BY THE PASSES; SONGS (2), by GUAN-XIU Poem Source First Line: Bones from battles are trampled to dust Last Line: Who will stand out before the son of heaven %and sing out this song of the border forts? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life CALLILGRAPHY LESSON, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: I have been %in china Last Line: A few small %careful strokes Subject(s): China CALLING BACK THE RECLUSE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Dense groves of cassia in hills' hidden places Last Line: Come home now my prince - %in the hills one may not linger so long Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Rites And Ceremonies CALLING BACK THE SOUL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Soul! Turn back! Last Line: Have pity on the southland! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Rites And Ceremonies; Soul CALLING ON CENSOR YUAN WITHOUT SUCCESS, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In loyang I tried to visit you sir Last Line: But how could spring compare Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CALLING TO THE RECLUSE, by LU JI Poem Source First Line: At daybreak I feel uneasy at my heart Last Line: If honor and wealth are hard to devise, %let me unhitch my team and do what I will Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life CALLING TO THE RECLUSE: 1, by ZUO SI Poem Source First Line: I leaned on my staff and called to the recluse Last Line: As I pace here, pausing, my feet grow weary - %I would cast down the pins of my officer's cap Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life CAPITAL 'I', by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: I stare into the sun, at the bright dawn Last Line: The east is merely a myth no loner! Subject(s): China - Democracy CASUAL POEM ON A SPRING DAY, by CH'ENG HAO Poem Source First Line: The clouds are thin the wind is light the sun is nearly overhead Last Line: They think I'm wasting time or acting like a child Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CH'IN CHIA'S WIFE'S REPLY, by MRS. CH'IN CHIA Poem Text First Line: My poor body is alas unworthy Last Line: The tears fall down and wet my skirt. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage; Sickness; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Illness CHAMBER THOUGHTS: 3, by XU GAN Poem Source First Line: Clouds go drifting in billowing floods Last Line: Like flowing waters I long for you - %there is never a time that they end Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Clouds; Longing; Mirrors CHANG E, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Upon a screen of mica Last Line: Her heart night after night Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology CHANG-AN HAS NARROW ALLEYS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: Be still, my lord, and listen awhile, %for the play of the strings is not done yet Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) CHARMS OF NIAN-NU, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Eastward goes the great river Last Line: And I pour my winecup as offering %in the river's moonbeams Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Sea Battles CHASING THE SUN, by YU YOUZE Poem Source First Line: The day kau-fu set out he was already old Last Line: When he raised his eyes he'd see peaches rolling all round him over hills and valleys Subject(s): China - Democracy CHIANGNAN SPRING, by TU MU Poem Source First Line: A thousand miles of oriole songs and red among the green Last Line: And how many pagodas in the land of mist and rain Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHILD CRYING FOR FOOD, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Warm and well fed, could I fail to know Last Line: Is exactly the time when the millet %is almost fully cooked Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Hunger CHILD PLAYING WITH ICE, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: From the metal bowl a child Last Line: Shattering on the ground Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Ice CHILDREN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My niece, who is six years old, is called 'miss tortoise' Last Line: Why did I think that I alone should escape? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Children; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Childhood CHINA, by WILLIAM EMPSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dragon hatched a cockatrice Last Line: With snail so well they make one piece %most wrecked and longest of all histories Subject(s): China; Travel CHINA, by BOB PERELMAN Poem Source First Line: We live on the third world from the sun. Number three. Nobody tells us Last Line: But better get used to dreams too Subject(s): China; Language Poetry CHINA, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: His hand begins to prepare for attack Last Line: I really wish I had died with the citizens Subject(s): China CHINA 1937, by LAURA FRANCES ALEXANDER Poem Text First Line: Now is old cathay a broken bowl Last Line: To the gods of time and war. Alternate Author Name(s): Alexander, Frances Subject(s): China CHINA OBSERVED THROUGH GREEK RAIN IN TURKISH COFFEE, by HENRIK NORDBRANDT Poem Source First Line: The drizzle %falls into my coffee Last Line: The cup whose contents %are now completely clear Subject(s): China; Coffee CHINA'S BRAVEST GIRL; THE LEGEND OF HUA MU LAN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The emperor called for the pipa player Last Line: Is loved by the chinese people %and retold each generation Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Hua, Mu-lan (legendary Character); Legends, Chinese CHINA, 1857, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The little athens from its pillared hill Last Line: That does not raise or purify the soul. Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord Subject(s): China CHINAMAN ON ICE, by JOANNE LOWERY Poem Source First Line: Despite the cold his heavy feet Last Line: He laughs cherry blossoms on his cheeks %a yellow hand reaching Subject(s): China CHINESE BALLAD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Now he has seen the girl hsiang-hsiang Last Line: Come back, in a few days.' Subject(s): Children; China - Civil Wars CHINESE BICYCLE POEM, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Phoenix, black rooster Last Line: Pigeon, forever Subject(s): China CHINESE CEMETARY AT VICTORIA, by GLENN HUGHES Poem Text First Line: Alien as well as desolate, this place Last Line: As pale as incense by a temple door. Subject(s): Cemeteries; China; Graveyards CHINESE FAN PAINTING, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It is late afternoon, the cherries bloom Last Line: Cherry trees blooming in both the worlds Subject(s): China; Fans; Paintings And Painters CHINESE LANDSCAPE BY FAN K'UAN, by MARTHA BLACK JORDAN Poem Source First Line: A bold brush mark on the long scroll Last Line: Unmoved, they drink the ashes in the cup Subject(s): China; Landscape; Paintings And Painters CHINESE POND, by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chinese pond is quick with leeches Alternate Author Name(s): Blunden, Edmund Subject(s): Ponds; China CHINESE REMEDIES, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Early morning %in shanhaiguan Last Line: Like no other, %stretching us all Subject(s): China CHINESE SPACE, by MEI-MEI BERSSENBRUGGE Poet Analysis Recitation by Author Poet's Biography Subject(s): Family Life; Houses; Beijing. China; Ancestors & Ancestry; Relatives; Heritage; Heredity CHINGMING, by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: Peach and plum trees smile on chingming day Last Line: Both share the same bramble-covered hills Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHINGMING, by WANG YU-CH'ENG Poem Source First Line: Celbrating chingming without flowers or wine Last Line: For my lamp by the window to read before dawn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHINGPING ODE, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Her cloudlike clothing and flowerlike face Last Line: It must be alabaster terrace in the moonlight Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHIUPU RIVER SONG, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My white hair extends three miles Last Line: Where autumn frost comes from Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHONG XIN, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Chong xin, my little brother, left us Last Line: Were green and full of joyful sparrows Variant Title(s): Chung Shi Subject(s): Family Life - China CHOOSING A DWELLING PLACE IN LUO-YANG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Back from three years in charge of a province Last Line: I'm not watching out for myself alone - %my rocks and crane must have a haven Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Houses CHUANG-TZU, THE MONIST, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Chuang-tzu levels all things Last Line: A phoenix is superior to a reptile! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Chuang-tzu (4th Century) CHUCHOU'S WEST STREAM, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: I love unnoticed plants that grow beside a stream Last Line: I pull myself across on an unmanned country ferry Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHUNGNAN MOUNTAINS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Taiyi isn't far from the heart of heaven Last Line: I yell to a woodcutter across the stream Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CICADAS, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Dew-rinsed %their pure notes Last Line: On its one branch, %alone Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Cicadas CICADAS, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Dew drops bathe their clear, distant tones Last Line: Though each lives on a different branch Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Cicadas CITADEL OF SAPPHIRE WALLS (1), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Citadel of sapphire walls, twelve turns Last Line: I would spend my whole life facing %a bowl of crystal Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CITIES, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: As there are books on beehives Last Line: A book indeed Subject(s): Boston; China; Cities; London; New York City; Paris, France CITY AT NIGHT, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: It is raining softly. The night has come Last Line: I see the electric lights of the concession shrine Subject(s): China; Cities; Night CITY OF 12,000 BRIDGES, SUZHOU, by DANEEN WARDROP Poem Source Last Line: Who never thought to write to me Subject(s): Absence; China; Cities; Travel CIVILIZATION, by YUAN CHIEH Poem Text First Line: To the south-east - three thousand leagues Last Line: Whether saints and sages have really done us good. Alternate Author Name(s): Tz'u-shan Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Civilization CLASSIC OF POETRY: 1, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The fishhawks sing gwan gwan Last Line: Gentle maiden, pure and fair, %with bells and dfrums do her delight Subject(s): Birds; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Hawks CLASSIC OF POETRY: 10, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: All along the bluffs of the ru Last Line: My mother and father are close by Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 104, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cricket in the hall Last Line: Delight should not get out of hand, %the well-born man is steady Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts CLASSIC OF POETRY: 105, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hawthorn on the mountain Last Line: For when you wither up and die, %another man will take you home Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts CLASSIC OF POETRY: 107. 'SANDALS OF STRAW', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: So tightly wound, sandals of straw Last Line: This is a man of ungenerous heart, %thus he gets the needle's barb Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Generosity CLASSIC OF POETRY: 111, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Within ten acres of groves Last Line: And why don't we go off together? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 12. 'MAGPIE'S NEST', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: O the magpie has its nest Last Line: The bride is going to her home, %a hundred coaches in her train Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Magpies; Marriage CLASSIC OF POETRY: 131. 'YELLOW BIRD', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Jiao cries the yellow bird Last Line: If this one could be ransomed, %for his life, a hundred Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Ransoms CLASSIC OF POETRY: 137, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Eastern gate's white elms Last Line: We see you as the lavender, %who gives us pepper in handfuls Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 138. 'BARRED GATE', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Behind barred gates Last Line: Taking wife, who needs %the royal daughter of song? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Courtship; Fishing And Fishermen; Metaphor CLASSIC OF POETRY: 140, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Willows by the eastern gate Last Line: And now the morning star shines pale Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Willow Trees CLASSIC OF POETRY: 158. 'CUTTING THE HAFT', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: How do you cut a haft? Last Line: And now I see her face to face, %plates and tureens in rows Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Courtship CLASSIC OF POETRY: 161, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Yoo, yoo cry the deer Last Line: Thus I have this fine wine, %to feast and delight my worthy guests' hearts Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Guests CLASSIC OF POETRY: 167, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Gather them, gather them, fiddlehead ferns Last Line: Our hearts are wounded with pain, %no man knows how much we mourn Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); War CLASSIC OF POETRY: 168. 'BRINGING FORTH THE CHARIOTS', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We bring our chariots forth Last Line: Nan-zhong strikes terror, %the xian-yun are brought low Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 17, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The dews are soaking the way Last Line: You still will not have your way Subject(s): Boats; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 177. 'SIXTH MONTH', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In the sixth month, it was all tumult Last Line: Nan-zhong, loyal to parent and friend Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); War CLASSIC OF POETRY: 184, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The crane cries out in deepest marsh Last Line: The stones of other mountains %we can use to work our jade Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Cranes (birds) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 20, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Plums are falling Last Line: Let me be the bride of one Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Plums CLASSIC OF POETRY: 22, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The river has its forkings Last Line: She will not stop to visit me, %and now I sing here wailing Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Courtship CLASSIC OF POETRY: 23. 'DEAD ROE DEER', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A roe deer dead in the meadow Last Line: And don't set the cur to barking Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Death - Animals; Deer CLASSIC OF POETRY: 236. 'THE GENTLE BRIGHTNESS', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The brightness is below Last Line: The morning they gathered was clear and bright Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 237. 'SPREADING', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Melons spreading, large and small Last Line: He had those who would fend off slights Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 24, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Ah, how splendid Last Line: And the grandchild of king ping Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Courtship; Fishing And Fishermen; Metaphor CLASSIC OF POETRY: 245, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: She who first bore the folk Last Line: It has lasted until now Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Harvest CLASSIC OF POETRY: 250. LIU THE DUKE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Duke liu the steadfast Last Line: All the way to the bend of the rui Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 255, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Overbearing the high god Last Line: It is there in the reigns of the lords of xia Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 26, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: That boat of cypress drifts along Last Line: I cannot spread wings to fly away Subject(s): Boats; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 262, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Yangzi and han go rolling on Last Line: He spreads his power gained by cultured works, %attunes the domains all around Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 277, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We have in hand our offerings Last Line: And in this way preserve it Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 290, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Mowing grasses, felling trees Last Line: From early times it was as this Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 30, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: First the wind, then the storm Last Line: I lie awake and cannot sleep, %my heart is filled with yearning Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Desire; Storms CLASSIC OF POETRY: 34, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Leaves are dry on the gourd now Last Line: I am waiting for my friend Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Waiting CLASSIC OF POETRY: 35, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Valley winds are howling Last Line: You gave no heed to earlier times, %when once you came and loved me Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Love - Unrequited CLASSIC OF POETRY: 36, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hard straits, hard straits Last Line: Only for a man, our lord, %are we here within the muck Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 4, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In the south are trees with bending boughs Last Line: Mirth and joy be to our prince, %and may fair fortune bide with him Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 41. 'NORTH WIND', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Chilly is the north wind Last Line: We must leave now! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Wind CLASSIC OF POETRY: 42, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A gentle girl and fair Last Line: You are but beauty's gift Subject(s): Beauty; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 46, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Thorn-vine on the wall Last Line: But the words defile Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 46, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: That boat of cypress drifts along Last Line: Won't you put faith in me? Subject(s): Boats; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 48. 'IN THE MULBERRIES', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Where did I pick the sweet pair? Last Line: And went off with me on the river ji Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Love CLASSIC OF POETRY: 5, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Grasshoppers'wings Last Line: Be fruitful and grow rife Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Grasshoppers CLASSIC OF POETRY: 51. 'RAINBOW', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There is a rainbow in the east Last Line: She defied what was bidden Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Rainbows CLASSIC OF POETRY: 59. 'BAMBOO POLE', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There is flex and play in bamboo poles Last Line: I hitch my team, go roaming %to ease my troubled mind Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 6, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Peach tree soft and tender Last Line: She well befits these folk Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Trees CLASSIC OF POETRY: 61. 'THE RIVER IS BROAD', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Who claims that the river is wide? Last Line: I can be there ere morning is done Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Rivers CLASSIC OF POETRY: 63. 'FOX', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Fox on the prowl, on the prowl Last Line: That person wears nothing at all Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Foxes CLASSIC OF POETRY: 64. 'QUINCE', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: She cast a quince to me Last Line: But by this love will last Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Quince Trees CLASSIC OF POETRY: 65. 'MILLET LUSH', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There the millet is lush Last Line: What man is this? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Loitering CLASSIC OF POETRY: 66, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My prince has taken the field Last Line: How can I not hunger for him? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Love CLASSIC OF POETRY: 7, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The rabbit snare has mesh so fine Last Line: Heart and gut of our lord duke Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 73, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The great cart goes rumbling along Last Line: It will shine as bright as the sun Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Love CLASSIC OF POETRY: 76, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Zhong-zi please Last Line: That too many nay be held in dread Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 77, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Shu is on a field hunt Last Line: So there is like shu, %a soldierly, handsome man Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Love CLASSIC OF POETRY: 81, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I went along the broad road Last Line: Do not scorn me, %never spurn a love Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Relationships CLASSIC OF POETRY: 82. 'ROOSTER CROWS', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The woman said, ' the rooster calls' Last Line: I'll answer you with many jewels Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 83. 'NO CLOTHES', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: How can you say, 'I have no clothes'? Last Line: We will make ready buffcoat and drik, %and I will march with you Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Clothing And Dress CLASSIC OF POETRY: 87. 'LIFT YOUR KILTS', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: If you love me dearly Last Line: There are other squires, %o rashest of all rash young men Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Courtship CLASSIC OF POETRY: 9. 'THE HAN SO WIDE', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tall are trees in the south country Last Line: The river too long %to go bt raft Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Han River, China CLASSIC OF POETRY: 90. 'WIND AND RAIN', by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Chill and dreary, wind and rain Last Line: What else but heart's delight Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 93, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Huge rat, huge rat Last Line: Happy meadows, happy meadows %where none need wail and cry Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Politics; Rats CLASSIC OF POETRY: 94, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Creepers on the moorland Last Line: It was by chance we met, %together went for cover Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) CLASSIC OF POETRY: 95, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: O zhen and wei together Last Line: Each will frolic with the other %and give as gift the peony Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Courtship CLEAR AND EVEN MUSIC, by NARA SINGDE Poem Source First Line: Tresses in stormy tangles and coils Last Line: In growing dusk facing the blossoms of pear Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) CLEAR AND EVEN MUSIC, by XIN QIJI Poem Source First Line: A harness goes flying beside the willows Last Line: At the sound of a child crying in front of her gate Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) CLEAR RIVER, by GUAN YUN-SHI Poem Source First Line: I gave up what little status I had Last Line: And we loathe %a universe that seems too small Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) CLEARING HAZE AT A MARKET IN THE HILLS, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Past the village filled with flowers Last Line: Is added another swathe of azure green Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN, by LI SHE Poem Source First Line: All day I feel lost as if drunk or in a dream Last Line: And spend another afternoon beyond this floating life Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN, by TAO YUN Poem Text First Line: High rises the eastern peak Last Line: Where springs and autumns unheeded pass. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Mountain Climbing CLIMBING AN UPPER STORY BY THE POOL, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: A dragon, submerged, enhances sequestered charms Last Line: Holding fast to standards is not only of old - %'being free from distress' is confirmed now Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) CLIMBING BAO-GONG PAGODA, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: My tired servant and worn-out horse Last Line: This holy man forgets the self, %while I myself forget words Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) CLIMBING HSIEH T'IAO'S NORTH TOWER IN HSUANCHENG IN AUTUMN, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This river town looks like a painting Last Line: Of facing the wind and remembering hsieh t'iao Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING STORK TOWER, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The bright sun rests on the hills and is gone Last Line: Climb just one more story of this tower Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING TAI SHAN, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Six thousand steps Subject(s): China; Tai Shan (mountain), China CLIMBING THE LING-YING TERRACE AND LOOKING NORTH, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mounting on high I begin to realize the smallness of man's domain Last Line: A single grain of rice falling -- into the great barn. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hundreds of houses, thousands of houses, - like a chessboard Last Line: And a single row of stars lying to the west of the five gates. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING TO CANOPY PAVILION ON A SUMMER DAY, by TS'AI CH'UEH Poem Source First Line: A paper screen a stone pillow a square bamboo bed Last Line: At the sound of a fisherman's flute on the waves Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING WHITE STORK TOWER, by WANG CHIH-HUAN Poem Source First Line: The midday sun slips behind mountains Last Line: I climb one more story Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING YENCHOU TOWER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Visiting my father in east district Last Line: But this time my heart trembled Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING YUEHYANG TOWER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I heard long ago about tungting lake Last Line: My tears fall on the railing Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) COCK-CROW SONG, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "in the eastern quarter dawn breaks, the stars flicker pale" Last Line: "round the palace and up by the castle, the crows and magpies are flying" Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) COCKS CROW, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cocks crow in the treetops Last Line: A tree will offer itself for another, %but brother forgets brother Subject(s): Brothers And Sisters; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Trees COLD FOOD, by CHAO TING Poem Source First Line: Over the most remote poorest village gate Last Line: And try to ignore the evening flute I hear on the city wall Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) COLD FOOD, by HAN HUNG Poem Source First Line: The city in spring isn't safe from flying petals Last Line: Smoke curls faintly inside the great estates Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) COLD SPRING PAVILION, by LIN CHEN Poem Source First Line: A stream of pure water can soothe a poet's soul Last Line: Looking back it's changed since the mountains Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) COMMISERATING WITH GENTLEMAN-IN-WAITING WANG ON TUNGTING LAKE, by CHANG WEI Poem Source First Line: Through tungting lake in the middle of fall Last Line: But when will we join them again Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) COMPANION PIECE FOR GRAND MASTER YAN'S 'NEWLY CLEARED SKIES', by YU HSIN Poem Source First Line: Vapors over water consume evening's light Last Line: If only the mind could take all things as equal - %why feel distress that things are not equal at al Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) COMPANION PIECE FOR XIE JING'S 'TERRACE OF THE BROWN SPARROW', by HSIEH T'IAO Poem Source First Line: Lace curtains flap on the open frame Last Line: Desolate still is his throne of jade, %even more, our bodies of such small worth Alternate Author Name(s): Hsuan-hui; Xie Tiao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief COMPANION PIECE TO A POEM BY QIAN-QUAN, by HUANG JING-REN Poem Source First Line: Here where the master, his whisk in hand Last Line: Yet after the great bell's single sound %there is sound no more Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Poetry And Poets; Silence COMPANION PIECE TO CHEN XIANG'S 'PEONIES ON A WINTER DAY': 1, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A single bloom of beguiling red Last Line: And will not allow these idle flowers %even the briefest respite Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Peonies COMPANION PIECE TO LIU CHANG'S 'CLEAR HEART PAPER', by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Have you not seen how those truly rare talents Last Line: How do we know that in times to come, %such writers won't show up again? Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) COMPANION PIECE TO SU CHE'S 'THOUGHTS OF FORMER TIMES AT MIAN-CHI', by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Human life no matter where Last Line: And my limping donkey brayed Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Poetry And Poets COMPANION PIECE TO XIE JING-CHU'S 'SPENDING THE NIGHT...', by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: Blue burned the lamp flame, the man was asleep Last Line: That was really a childish idea Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Insomnia CONCERNING HER BLACKBIRD, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: By the oil lamp she was sewing as I glued my Last Line: Would not change me into a blackbird Subject(s): Family Life - China CONCUBINE'S LAMENT, by HUANG-FU JAN Poem Source First Line: A flowering branch grows from chienchang palace Last Line: Exactly how long are their eyebrows Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CONFUCIUS, ANALECTS XI.26, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Zi-lu, ran you, gong-xi hua, and zeng xi were sitting in attendance Last Line: The master let out a sigh. 'I am with zeng xi' Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Confucius And Confucianism CRACK, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: Hidden among boards and stones Last Line: A centipede dangles like a spring, %then vanishes Subject(s): China - Democracy CRESCENT MOON, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: When the crescent moon comes shining Last Line: On the ancient plain there's rustling %and there is no wind Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Moon CROSSING THE ANCIENT BARRIER PASS IN THE RAIN, by WANG SHIH-CHEN Poem Source First Line: Perilous walkways, flying cascades Last Line: Ash tree flowers will fill the road %as I cross the ancient pass Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) CROSSING THE SEA, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Orion lies flat, the dipper bends down Last Line: This present trip's utter wonder %crowns my entire life Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) CROSSING THE YANGTZE, by TING HSIEN-CHIH Poem Source First Line: My oars of cassia I gaze from midstream Last Line: The brittle sounds of another autumn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CROSSING THE YELLOW RIVER, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A boat sailing on the great river Last Line: The broad flood is joined to clouds and mist Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Yellow River, China CROSSING THE YELLOW RIVER TO CH'ING-HO, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Sailing by boat upon the great river Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Yellow River, China CROSSING THE YELLOW RIVER: JUNE 12 (1233), by YUAN HAO-WEN Poem Source First Line: White bones scattered %like tangled hemp Last Line: Crumbled houses, scattered chimney smoke %from a few homes Subject(s): Yellow River, China CROWS AT THE SUMMER PALACE, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Dissipated feathers on roofs, why roll Last Line: Queens are dead. No kings sit on the throne Subject(s): Family Life - China CROWS CRY AT NIGHT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the walls in yellow clouds Last Line: And stays in her chamber all alone %where her tears fall like the rain Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Absence; Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Crows CULTURAL EVOLUTION; AFTER POPE, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When from his cave, young mao in his youthful mind Last Line: Marx and confucius turned out much the same. Subject(s): China; Communism; Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Women; Women's Rights; Feminism DA ZHAO (THE GREAT SUMMONS), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Green spring follows the old year and the bright sun shines Last Line: O soul, come back! Revive the ways of the three kings of old Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DAY DREAMS, by TSO SSU Poem Text First Line: When I was young I played with a soft brush Last Line: But refusing with a bow, retire to a cottage in the country. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ai-ch'ung+(1) Subject(s): Books; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Writing & Writers; Reading DEAD DRUNK IN THE EAST WIND, by XU ZAI-SI Poem Source First Line: My sweetheart and I had long been apart Last Line: To let him know by the voice is was me Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) DEAD TURK, by LI KUANG-T'IEN Poem Source First Line: Was he english, or french? Last Line: On a certain day in a certain month of a certain year, %there was such and such a human being Subject(s): China - Foreign Population; Death DEATH IN CHINA, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Is part of life Last Line: Have always gone Subject(s): Beijing, China; Cemeteries; China DEEPLY MOVED, I SEND THIS TO SOMEONE, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: I entrust my bitterness to a lute's crimson strings Last Line: I don't sweep them away, waiting for one who understands me Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DELAYED ON THE SZECHUAN ROAD, by CHANG YUEH Poem Source First Line: A traveler races the sun and moon Last Line: It reaches loyang before me Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DESCRIPTION OF WALKING IN THE MEADOWS ON COLD FOOD FESTIVAL, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: A wilderness inn by a dock with weeping willows Last Line: I'm sure because last year's harvest was rich Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) DEW ON THE ONION GRASS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: On onion grass the dew Last Line: When a person dies he is gone, %never to return Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Funerals DIAGRAM OF EIGHT FORMATIONS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: His deeds overshadowed a land split in three Last Line: Pain surviving from failure to swallow wu Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DIALOGUE IN THE MOUNTAINS, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You ask me why it is Last Line: And there is another world %that is not of mortal men Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DIGGING DOWN TO CHINA, by JAMES LAUGHLIN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When we were boys Last Line: I won't make it to china Subject(s): Children; China DIGGING FOR CHINA, by RICHARD WILBUR Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Far enough down is china,' somebody said. Subject(s): China DISHES, by TENAYA DARLINGTON Poem Source First Line: On the street where I grew up, there was a man whose mother went mad from Last Line: Plates rattle on, and I peer through a slit to gaze at the obscene shape of the moon Subject(s): Auschwitz, Poland; China (porcelain); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews; Pottery And Potters DITTY: BELOW THE FRONTIER, by SHEN TE-CH'IEN Poem Source First Line: Urgent the cry of the wild geese, wailing amidst the void Last Line: Source of the yellow river lies south of the great wasteland the Subject(s): Yellow River, China DIVIDING THE SKY, by YU YOUZE Poem Source First Line: Pan-gu crouched up there Last Line: Pan-gu drifted to sleep while the moon foretold a heavenly spring Subject(s): China - Democracy DIVINATION SHOWED MY PLACE AMONG THESE BUNCHED CLIFFS, by HAN SHAN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Empty fame has no value Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Family Life - China; Zen Buddhism DON'T GO OUT THE GATE!, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Heaven beclouds and bewilders Last Line: Just look at him yelling at the wall, %writing out 'questions to heaven' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Heaven DON'T PLANT TREES, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Don't plant trees in the garden Last Line: This autumn like autumns past Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Trees DOWN AND OUT DRUNK; WRITTEN ON LEAVING JING-KOU, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The clouds were thin, the moon was faint Last Line: But I am always setting off %to go farther on southeast Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Exiles DRAGOL POOL, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: At dragon pool he offers wine Last Line: The prince of xue is reeling drunk, %the prince of shou is sober Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) DRAWING WATER FROM THE WELL AND MAKING TEA, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I get up sick, done looking at my books Last Line: And I can't bear to step on sparse shadows of plums Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Wells DREAM, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It was the sung dynasty Last Line: The waterfall stopped. Subject(s): China; Dreams; Love Affairs; Tatars; Nightmares; Tartars DREAM GARDEN, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: We slip into a dream Last Line: Cold blood gleaming %from its mouth Subject(s): China - Democracy DREAM OF HEAVEN, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Aged hare, the wintry toad Last Line: The clear depth of the ocean %spilled from a cup Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology DREAM OF THE SOUTHLAND, by HUANG-FU SONG Poem Source First Line: Oil, scented with orchid, burns down in the lamp Last Line: By the way station Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) DREAMING OF A DEAD LADY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I heard at night your long sighs Last Line: How the tears fell surging over my breast Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.);mourning; Bereavement DREAMING OF A FRIEND ONE NIGHT, by HUANG JING-REN Poem Source First Line: I am in halves: half here far from home Last Line: Through the open curtains the hazy blur %of the long road to be traveled Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Friendship DREAMING OF YUAN CHEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At night you came and took my hand and we wandered together in my dream Last Line: Among the shadows of the terrace of night did you know them or not? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Dreams; Dead, The; Nightmares DRINKING ALONE BY MOONLIGHT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here among flowers one flask of wine Last Line: Let us join to roam beyond human cares %and plan to meet far in the river of stars Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking DRINKING AT NIGHT IN YUCHOU, by CHANG YUEH Poem Source First Line: A cold wind fills the night with rain Last Line: How could I know the extent of grace Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DRINKING ON THE LAKE AS IT CLEARS THEN RAINS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The shimmering waves are translucent when it clears Last Line: Equally lovely in powder or paint Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DRINKING POEM V, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have built my house in the realm of men Last Line: The heart of truth lies in such things. %I try to explain...The words are gone already Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I built my hut near people Last Line: But it dies on the tongue when I try to speak Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Truth DRINKING WINE 16, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I was a youth Last Line: My feelings, %here Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE ON GRAVE SWEEPING DAY, by KAO CHU Poem Source First Line: Hillsides north and south are overrun with graves Last Line: No drop has ever reached the ninefold springs below Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DRINKING WINE: 001, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Unsettled, a bird lost from the flock Last Line: In a thousand years it will not depart Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE: 002, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Old friends know what I like Last Line: In wine, there is a heady taste Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE: 003, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A green pine grows in eastern garden Last Line: Why should I tie myself to this worldy bondage? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE: 004, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Autumn chrysanthemums have beautiful color Last Line: I've found againg the meaning of life Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Prosperity and decline have no fixed dwelling Last Line: Suddenly in find I have a cask of wine; %each day at evening I tip it with joy Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRINKING WINE: 3, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The way's been lost for a thousand years Last Line: With your hundred years slipping slipping away, %what do you hope to do with a thing like that? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Time DRINKING WINE: 5, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I built my hut in a place where people live Last Line: In all this there's some principle of truth, %but try to define it and you forget the words Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Truth DRINKING WINE: 5, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I built a cottage right in the realm of men Last Line: There is some significance here: %I want to expound it but have lost the words Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) DRINKING WINE: 7, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Fall chrysanthemums have beautiful colors Last Line: And I whistle jauntily by the eastern eaves - %another day I get to live this life Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) DRUNK IN AN AGE OF PEACE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Glorious is our mighty yuan! Last Line: Good men are confused with fools, %a sad state indeed Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) DRUNKEN LORD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The hound is barking at the gate Last Line: It's still better than sleeping alone Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Homecoming DRUNKEN LORD, by XUE ZHAO-YUN Poem Source First Line: Languidly binding her dark strands of hair Last Line: And asks me all sorts of silly things Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) DRUNKEN LORD, by YIN E Poem Source First Line: Evening mist veils the mossy pavements Last Line: Fresh upon his clothes Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) DURING A BIG RAINSTORM ON THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Resting quietly in bed in a lonesome village Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) DURING AN INTERCALARY AUGUST AFTER THE 'ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN' IT WAS HOT, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: When I made it to the top of the wall Last Line: For the longest time one leaf alone %did not stop Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Zen Buddhism DWELLING IN PEACE ON THE DOUBLE NINTH, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I was dwelling in peace and loved the name 'double ninth.' Last Line: The quiet life has indeed many joys, %there is something achieved in just lingering on Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Chrysanthemums; Flowers; Life EARLY AUTUMN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Before the fiery clouds have quenched their fearsome peaks Last Line: But late at night I scratch my head and sigh at my thin hair Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) EARLY COLD ON THE RIVER: SOMETHING ON MY MIND, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Trees shed their leaves, the geese cross south Last Line: Having missed the fork, if you should ask - %level lake and vast floods in the evening Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Nature EARLY IN THE DAWN AFTER AN AUTUMN NIGHT I WALKED, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) EARLY MIGRATING GEESE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mid-autumn by golden river Last Line: Sesame seeds fill the waters, %and the shores are rich in moss Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Geese; Migration EARLY SPRING, by PAI YU-CH'AN Poem Source First Line: As soon as a southern branch unveils its first buds Last Line: Darker on the water lighter on the sand Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) EARLY SPRING EAST OF TOWN, by YANG CHU-YUAN Poem Source First Line: The best time for a poet is when spring is new Last Line: The whole town [or, everyone] will be out gawking at flowers Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Flowers; Gardens And Gardening; Poetry And Poets; Spring EASE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lined coat, warm cap and easy felt slippers Last Line: I wonder if the courtiers at the western capital know of these things, or not? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Comfort; Retirement EAST GATE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: He went out east gate Last Line: I cannot stay here forever! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell EAST OF PING-LING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: East of ping-ling, the royal tomb Last Line: I go home and tell the kin %that the brown calf was be sold Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Kidnapping EAST SLOPE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rains have bathed the eastern shore Last Line: Of my staff as it drags along Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) EATING BAMBOO SHOOTS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This province is truly a land of bamboo Last Line: Eat while you can, don't hestitate, %soon south winds will blow them into bamboo Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Food And Eating; Vegetarians EATING BAMBOO-SHOOTS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My new province is a land of bamboo-groves Last Line: For each breath of the south-wind makes a new bamboo! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Food & Eating EGRETS, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Garments of snow, tresses of snow Last Line: Shed in the evening breeze Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Egrets EIGHT EXTREMES, by LI YE Poem Source First Line: What is closest and farthest apart? Last Line: A man and wife Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Marriage EIGHT POEMS ON EASTERN SLOPE: 1, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: An abandoned fort for which no one cared Last Line: But of a bucket of water I am assured Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Farm Life ELEGIES FOR THE OCHER DEER ON THE WALLS AT LASCAUX, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You are hearing a distant, almost familiar, french cradlesong Last Line: A white baton flew up! Subject(s): Caves; China; Clergy; Deer; France; Lament; Caverns; Priests; Rabbis; Ministers; Bishops ELEGY, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: A widow offers her broken tears to an ideal Last Line: Our bed adrift on morning's river Subject(s): China - Democracy ELEGY ON ANOTHER'S BEHALF, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The young peach I glimpsed calls to mind her jade beauty Last Line: But there is no way to end my regretful thoughts Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ENCOUNTER, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Can you imagine that I, a landlord's son Last Line: My feet, entangled with the sedge roots, %sinking deep into the oozy mud Subject(s): Family Life - China ENCOUNTERING A WOUNDED SOLDIER, by LU LUN Poem Source First Line: When he travels he often suffers from wounds Last Line: Touches the scars of the blade Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Soldiers; War ENCOUNTERING RAIN AT CHANGPA RESERVOIR ONE EVENING WHILE ENJOYING..., by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sunset is just right for boating Last Line: Surely the rain will bring poems Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ENCOUNTERING RAIN AT CHANGPA RESERVOIR ONE EVENING WHILE ENJOYING..., by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rain drenches the mats Last Line: On a fall day in may at the lake Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) END OF SPRING, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A thatched cottage of several rooms Last Line: And I almost forgot where I am Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Spring END OF SPRING: ON MY NEWLY RENTED THATCHED COTTAGE AT RANG-XI III, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Clouds brightly colored, now shadowed, now white Last Line: As river gibbons hum on the azure cliffs Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring END OR A BEGINNING, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: Here I stand Last Line: Black crows the night's tatters %flock thick around Subject(s): China ENJOYING RAIN ON A SPRING NIGHT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A good rain knows its season Last Line: At daybreak look where the red is soaked, %the blossoms are heavy in brocade city Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Rain EPIGRAM ON THE CHINESE TREATY, by THOMAS HOOD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Our wars are ended - foreign battles cease Last Line: "still ""mistress of herself though china fall!" Subject(s): China; Great Britain - Foreign Relations; Peace ERINNERUNG, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At the door of my thatched hut Last Line: Sounds like the rustle of brocaded silk Subject(s): China; Gingko Trees; Wind ERINNERUNG, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At the door of my thatched hut Last Line: Sounds like the rustle of brocaded silk Subject(s): China; Gingko Trees; Wind ESCAPING THE FIGHTING: 5, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: The moon came out, the village ahead turned white Last Line: Wearing hemp sandals and used to flight, %on hard times fallen, a simple common man Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) ESCAPING THE FIGHTING: 6, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: Marauders came when I rose at dawn Last Line: Go show the enemy your daring -- %don't use it to frighten folks like us Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) ETERNAL CHINA, by THOMAS CASEY Poem Text First Line: The flames are dying at the dragon's mouth Last Line: And drum -- advancing on the truth of life. Subject(s): China EVENING BELLS IN A MISTY TEMPLE, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Chilly mist hangs thin Last Line: It will not let the aging monk remain %deep in his meditation Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) EVENING SUNSHINE IN A FISHING VILLAGE, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: The rapping of mallets ends Last Line: All are snatched up within %this picture of catching fish Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Fishing And Fishermen EVENTS OF LATE SPRING, by YEH TS'AI Poem Source First Line: House swallows swoop in pairs above my desk Last Line: I wonder how long spring has been over Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) EVIL AIR, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Jiang qing one of the gang Variant Title(s): Sentences For Jiang Qing: 1. China's Last Lad Subject(s): China; Jiang Qing (madame Mao) EXCURSION ON LAKE DONG-TING: 4, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: West I gaze from lake dont-ting Last Line: And there in bright colors painted %is the mountain of the lady Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lakes EXPRESSING WHAT WAS ON MY MIND, by XIN QIJI Poem Source First Line: I was drunk and craved some pleasure and fun Last Line: I shoved the pine and said to it, 'scram' Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) EXTREMELY SHORT HISTORY OF CHINA, by DAVID RYTMAN SLAVITT Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Suffering, suffering, squalor, suffering, flood, suffering, suffering, really Last Line: And then corruption, disaster, war, and flood, drought, and more suffering Alternate Author Name(s): Sutton, Henry Benjamin; Slavitt, David R. Subject(s): China; Pain FAIRY TALES; FOR GU CHENG, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You believed in your own story Last Line: The world may be tiny %but the heart's enormous Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy FALL OF CH'OU, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jade pendants chime before the dawn audience Last Line: Tow hearts singing like chiming jade Subject(s): China; Nature FALLEN LEAVES, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The moon sets, a sliver of ice Last Line: For the start of a new green dream %to begin the cycle again Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy FALLEN TREE, by JIANG SHIWEI Poem Source First Line: On the branches of a fallen tress Last Line: I can see its skelton on the ground Subject(s): China - Democracy FALLING FLOWERS, by CHU SHU-CHEN Poem Source First Line: Whenever interwined branches bloom Last Line: They wouldn't end up scattered across the moss Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FAR ROAMING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I deplored the world's ways, they hampered and hemmed me Last Line: I passed beyond non-acting, I reached to the clear, %the very beginning became my neighbor Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) FAREWELL FOR MR. LI, BUREAU DIRECTOR, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: A phoenix leaves his mate as wutong-blossoms fall Last Line: Half his lyrics are mixed with elegies Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell FARM FAMILY, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Weeding fields at sunup twisting hemp at night Last Line: Learn to plant melons in the shade of mulberry trees Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FARM HOME BY CU-LAI MOUNTAIN, by WANG SHIH-CHEN Poem Source First Line: On I go through empty azure mist Last Line: Nor will I be slow to plow my own Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Farm Life FARMING HOMES BY WEI RIVER, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The setting light falls on a hamlet Last Line: At this moment I yearn for freedom and ease, %and, downcast, I sing 'hard straits!' Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farm Life FASTING, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Banners - flags - flying - spreading Last Line: The ship of state pitches and rolls Subject(s): China FEELING SAD FOR THE FARMERS, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: The rice field looks like a rack of clouds Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) FESTIVAL DAY, by WANG CHIA Poem Source First Line: The fields below gooselake mountain are ready Last Line: Families all help their drunken men home Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FIGHTING SOUTH OF THE CASTLE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: They fought south of the castle Last Line: And at night you did not return Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);courts & Courtiers;fights;soldiers FISHERMAN ON THE RIVER, by FAN ZHONGAN Poem Source First Line: People by the river Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) FISHERMAN'S LYRICS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Behind the embroidered curtains Last Line: It's obvious you have betrayed me Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Unfaithfulness FIVE SONGS OF CHINA: 3. CHINESE SONG IN TWO VOICES, by NICOLAS GUILLEN Poem Source First Line: To china I would like to go Last Line: Among the lotus, a tractor at last Subject(s): China FIVE SONGS OF CHINA: 4. FIRST OF OCTOBER, by NICOLAS GUILLEN Poem Source First Line: Ancient chinas, I repeat Last Line: Nectar of the lotus is drunk %by butterflies of tempered steel Subject(s): China FIVE SONGS OF CHINA: 5. SONG OF RETURN, by NICOLAS GUILLEN Poem Source First Line: It is clear to you Last Line: The land of rice and of bamboo Subject(s): China FLOOD, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The lingering clouds, rolling, rolling Last Line: But neither boat nor carriage comes. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Floods FLOWER GARLAND SONG, by SHAO YUNG Poem Source First Line: The flowers on my head shine in my cap Last Line: How can I face them and not go home drunk Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FLOWER SHADOWS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Layer upon layer on the alabaster terrace Last Line: The full moon brings them back again Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FLOWERS AND MOONLIGHT ON THE SPRING RIVER, by YANG-TI Poem Text First Line: The evening river is level and motionless Last Line: And the tidal water comes with its freight of stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Yang-di Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Rivers FLYING LIGHT, by LI HO Poem Source First Line: Flying light, flying light- Last Line: Wasting all that abalone Subject(s): China; Death FOLLOWING THE RHYME WORDS OF A POEM WRITTEN BY MY NEW NEIGHBOR, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Your single poem came, and I chanted it a hundred times Last Line: So don't pour out shuye's excellent wine alone Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking FOLLOWING THE RHYMES OF HUANG DA-LIN'S 'SENT TO SU CHE', by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: Half a lifetime's fellows and friends Last Line: With days and months hastening %a forehead filled with snow Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) FOOTBINDING, by PATRICIA BEER Poem Source First Line: My grandmother had a small shelf of books Last Line: An aim the missionaries did not mention Subject(s): China; Footbinding; Missionaries And Missions FOR CENSOR CHENG ON BEING BANISHED TO FUKIEN, by KAO SHIH Poem Source First Line: Go into exile but bear no grudge Last Line: Go but watch out for the wind and waves Alternate Author Name(s): Ta-fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR GENTLEMAN-IN-ATTENDANCE KAO, by KAO CH'AN Poem Source First Line: The green peach of heaven thrives in the dew Last Line: Does't blame the east wind for not blooming sooner Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR HERMIT CHU, MY NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mister chin village with his blackhorned bandanna Last Line: He sees me to his gate when the moon is new Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR HIDDEN MIST PAVILION, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Spring flowers and autumn moon enter poems Last Line: Long ago, I moved my couch to face the mountain Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR LIU CHING-WEN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lotuses are gone and their rainproof umbrellas Last Line: Is when oranges are yellow and tangerines are green Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR MY NEPHEW, HSIANG, ON MY DEMOTION AND ARRIVAL AT LANKUAN PASS, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: I submitted a memorial to the palace at dawn Last Line: No doubt to collect my bones from some infested river Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR MY SONS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dying now, I know full well Last Line: Forget not in our family rites %to let this old man know Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death FOR PLAY, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Wild chrysanthemums and moss Last Line: And purchase him no fields Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) FOREVER PARTED: 1. A LABYRINTH OF BYWAYS, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: A labyrinth of byways %brought me here Last Line: Marks worth puzzling over Subject(s): China - Red Guards; Graves FOREVER PARTED: 2. THE CLOUDS OF GEYUE SHAN, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: The clouds of geyue shan %are cold Last Line: Through the dusk %toward the shore Subject(s): China - Red Guards; Graves FOREVER PARTED: 3. I DON'T HAVE A BROTHER, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: I don't have an older brother Last Line: I don't know him, %a man, only Subject(s): China - Red Guards FOREVER PARTED: 4. YOU LIVED AMONG THE PEAKS, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: You lived among the peaks Last Line: A game where you could always start all over Subject(s): China - Red Guards FOREVER PARTED: 5. DO NOT INTERROGATE THE SUN, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: Don't question the sun Last Line: For the birds that have left to return Subject(s): China - Red Guards; Graves FOREVER PARTED: 6. YES, I GO ALSO, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: Yes, I am going as well Last Line: Beneath the new young green of spring Subject(s): China - Red Guards; Graves FOREVER PARTED: INTRODUCTION, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: No sign that anyone has been here Last Line: I say ... Subject(s): China - Red Guards; Graves FRAGRANCE FILLS THE YARD, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Hollow glories won on a snail's horn Last Line: And a song: 'fragrance fills the yard' Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) FRAGRANCE FROM SOMEWHERE UNSEEN, by JIANG KUI Poem Source First Line: The moon's hue of days gobe by Last Line: Never again to be seen Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Plums; Smells FREE-SPIRITED FISHERMAN, by LI CH'ING-CHAO Poem Source First Line: Billowing clouds touch sky and reach Last Line: Let it blow this tiny boat away %to the three immortal isles Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) FROG AND I, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: He sat on a lotus leaf Last Line: Into the sleeping pond Subject(s): Family Life - China FROM A LONG WAY OUT OF PAH-GATZIN-KAY, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: With all those I love Last Line: I hold myself in my own arms like a dead friend Subject(s): China; Travel; Weariness; Journeys; Trips; Fatigue FROM A VISION, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Text First Line: In the nine provinces there is not room enough Last Line: My span is extended to the enjoyment of life everlasting. Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Life FROM CHINA, by AMY LOWELL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I thought: / the moon Subject(s): China FROM DEATH'S POINT OF VIEW, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: Looking from death's point of view Last Line: Those screams that freeze your spine Subject(s): China - Democracy FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN OF 1827 SOME THINGS CAME TO ME ...: 15, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: I once wrote a poem swearing off poems Last Line: This year I truly swear off poems -- %the problem is not that my talent is gone Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Poetry And Poets; Zen Buddhism FROST AND MOON, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: When first I heard the migrating geese Last Line: A contest of beauty and grace Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology FROST AND THE MOON, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: By the time I hear geese the cicadas are gone Last Line: In the frost and moonlight they contest each other's charms Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FU-CHUN ISLE, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: By night we passed over fisherman's deeps Last Line: Now my concerns are unfurled in light, %all things beyond me pointlessly stretch and shrink back Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Nature FULL MOON SHINES ON, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: Attend you with gifts of joy Subject(s): China; Holidays; New Year; Time GALLANT, by CHOU PANG-YEN Poem Source First Line: A new green in the tiny pond Last Line: From letting us meet just a little while! Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) GALLERY, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: The fog creeps blindly onward, pulling out of the station Last Line: Like a sleigh %across a wound Subject(s): China - Democracy GARDENS, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: It is half-past three: white mourning Last Line: A theme of reverie and enigma Subject(s): China; Gardens And Gardening; Landscape; Stones GAZING ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE, by WANG CHI Poem Source First Line: Watching dusk fade at tungkao Last Line: I sing about gathering ferns Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GAZING AT THE VALLEY OF CH'IN, by LI CH'I Poem Source First Line: Gazing at the valley of ch'in at dawn Last Line: The frost and dew are so thick Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GAZING FROM A BOAT IN THE EARLY MORNING, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We set our sails and gazed southeast Last Line: I look now on morning's colored clouds %and they seem the crest of redwall mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Morning; Nature GAZING IN THE EVENING NORTH OF MY COTTAGE, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Red trees and green forests Last Line: And fall in ten thousand valleys Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) GAZING ON HUA-QING PALACE AT DAYBREAK, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: At daybreak those mansions and towers Last Line: And names it 'lasting life' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) GETTING OUT WHAT I FEEL, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I face my wine, unaware of darkness growing Last Line: The birds turn back, men too grow fewer Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking GETTING SOMETHING OFF MY MIND, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Footloose and lost on the rivers and lakes Last Line: I had won only fame for careless love %in its blue mansions Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Yang-zhou (city), China GETTING UP AT NIGHT IN A BOAT, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It was the rustling of a faint breeze Last Line: Again shouting each to the other Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Happiness GHOSTS WALK UPON THEIR GRAVES, by NEAL GALLATIN Poem Text First Line: No longer does the war god beat Last Line: Ghosts sit upon their graves and wait. Subject(s): China; Ethiopia; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); War GIFTS, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My dream is the dream of a pond Last Line: Because all that I am %has been a gift from earth Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy GIVEN THE WORD FOREST BY HIS MAJESTY AT THE LICHENG PALACE LIBRARY.., by CHANG YUEH Poem Source First Line: In the east wing's halls of maps and texts Last Line: Exhaust our hearts for the one who knows them Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GLOBEFISH, by CHU TA Poem Source First Line: A fine rain drizzles and drizzles Last Line: Are swallowed upside-down Subject(s): China; Fishing And Fishermen GODDESS, by SONG YU Poem Source First Line: The time was past twilight Last Line: I shed tears in my wretchedness %and kept seeking her until the dawn Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology GODDESS OF THE LUO, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: I was on my return from the capital Last Line: Then I pull up the reins and set by my whip, %I hung in there in sorrow, I could not go on Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology GODS ON THE MAGPIE BRIDGE, by QIN GUAN Poem Source First Line: Fine wisps of cloud sport their craft Last Line: It does not need to be done %every night and every morning at dawn Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Night GOING FROM LUO-YANG TO YUE, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Restless and troubled for thirty years now Last Line: I will find brief joy in that thing in the cup, %and think no more of my name in the world Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Nature; Wanderers And Wandering GOING HOME TO VISIT CENSOR WANG ON MY DAY OFF AND NOT FINDING HIM HOME, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: Nine days of hustle and bustle Last Line: And snow was filling the hills Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests GOING OUT EARLY AND MEETING AN OLD LOVE, I GIVE THIS TO HER ..., by SHEN YUEH Poem Source First Line: Traces of rouge yet darken your skin Last Line: That this morning you make your way home in the dew? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) GOING OUT ON THE LE-YOU PLAIN, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Under vast skies, limpid and clear Last Line: Where rise the autumn winds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH A LITTLE DANCING GIRL, AGED FIFTEEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two top-knots not yet plaited into one Last Line: When there's no one here with a heart for you to break! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Love - Age Differences GOING TO THE PALACE LIBRARY EARLY IN THE MORNING, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: I rushed toward my office, lantern in hand Last Line: Then the golden crow flew up into the sky %and spewed forth a red dragon's scales Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) GOLDEN BELLS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I was almost forty Last Line: Must now be postponed for fifteen years! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fathers & Daughters GOLDEN EAGLE AND I, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: I dreamed of rescuing a golden eagle Last Line: Down this city pit of haikou Subject(s): Family Life - China GRAIN IS RIPE, by KONG PING-ZHONG Poem Source First Line: The millet smells sweet in the west wind Last Line: It rests in the setting sun Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Harvest GRAND, by CAO PI Poem Source First Line: This morning let there be joy upon joy Last Line: Calm and indifferent, they find nature's state, %what are glory and splendor to them? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Moderation GRAND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Hard times wait in days to come Last Line: Just hitch six dragons to your coach %and frolic at the edge of clouds Subject(s): Carpe Diem; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts GRANDFATHER, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Since you're awake, why not chant that poem Last Line: Where you chant your cavern poem over and over Subject(s): Family Life - China GRAVE SWEEPING DAY, by TU MU Poem Source First Line: On grave sweeping day the rain pours down Last Line: A herdboy points off to apricot blossom village Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GRAVEYARD, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Whose yard is it, the graveyard? Last Line: Man's doom doesn't waver a moment Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Funerals; Graves GREAT ONE, by SI-MA XIANG-RU Poem Source First Line: There was a great one in his age Last Line: And I rode on that blankness - I passed far above, %beyond lack of others - iendured alone Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Wu, Emperor (140-87 B.c.) GREAT WALL, by CHU CH'ING-YU Poem Source First Line: The ch'in emperor guarded the land against tartar foes Last Line: Still weep in the wind and sandstorm Subject(s): Great Wall, China GREAT WALL, by THOMAS MEYER Poem Source First Line: The qin dynasty was one of the shortest (255-204 b.C.) fifty years Last Line: But during it china was united into a kingdom and the great wall %was built Subject(s): Great Wall, China GULANGYU, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Drum wave island' Last Line: I'm with my wife on gulangyu Subject(s): China HAINAN NIGHT, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Old verses surprising me by a banyan tree Last Line: Not su dongpo in his tomb by the south china sea Subject(s): Family Life - China HALF, by GUAN HAN-QING Poem Source First Line: Cloudy coils of hair and hazy tresses Last Line: And half of you is teasing Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) HALL OF DRUNKEN INK, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: All worry and woe in life begins Last Line: And use it to stuff a quilt Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Calligraphy; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) HALT ON THE CANAL, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: Now, -- passing the place where old men and women congregate Last Line: Dim earth of the fields of colzas shine like blows of light Subject(s): Canals; China; Cities HANDS OFF CHINA, by VLADIMIR VLADIMIROVICH MAYAKOVSKY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: War %daughter of imperialism Alternate Author Name(s): Mayacovsky, Vladimir Vladimirovich Subject(s): China HANGING BRANCH SONG, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Late at night my lover comes home Last Line: Beats lying in bed alone Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Solitude HANGING COFFINS, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Inside the witch-mountain gorges Last Line: Bleached bones in the mockeries of the river wind Subject(s): Family Life - China HARD TRAVELING: 2, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: A luo-yang craftsman of renown Last Line: Long I'll sigh facing this %all the years of my life Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Landscape HARD TRAVELING: 4, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: Spill water out on level ground Last Line: I waver, swallow back my voice, %and dare not speak a sound Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Landscape HARD TRAVELING: 6, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: I face the table, I cannot eat Last Line: Which is even more for those life me %upright and alone Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) HAVING CLIMBED TO THE TOPMOST PEAK OF THE INCENSE-BURNER MOUNTAIN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Up and up, the incense-burner peak! Last Line: Then, with lowered head, came back to the ants' nest. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountain Climbing; Nature; Retirement HEADSTRONG BOY, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: I guess my mother spoiled me Last Line: And let them drift away, %hunting for butterflies Subject(s): China - Democracy; Drawing HEARING A FLUTE, by CHAO KU Poem Source First Line: Whose flute is that in the painted tower Last Line: And the notes continue to float in the air Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) HEAVEN, by CATHY SONG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He thinks when we die we'll go to china Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; China; Heritage; Heredity HEAVEN, by CATHY SONG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: He thinks when we die we'll go to china Last Line: The work shirts fluttering like sails, %you can see all the way to heaven Subject(s): Ancestors And Ancestry; China HEAVEN ABOVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: By heaven above Last Line: I'll stop loving you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fidelity HELPED HOME DRUNK, by WANG HE-QING Poem Source First Line: My lips were squeezed against her Last Line: Her ivory comb's backside Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Erotic Love HENGTANG, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Spring comes once more Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) HERDBOY, by LU TUNG PIN Poem Source First Line: Across the countryside grass spreads for miles Last Line: And lie in the moonlight still wearing my raincoat Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) HOME TO GARDEN AND FIELD V, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Upset, then sad, my single cane returns Last Line: Delight comes. How sad the night is brief; %already, dawn has reached the sky again Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) HONG, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS Poem Text First Line: Hong we brought from far off china Last Line: In his heart was only love. Subject(s): Animals; China; Dogs HOW I BECAME A DAOIST MONK, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: I made my way to china Last Line: I'm the only one Subject(s): China HOW I GOT MY CHINESE NAME, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: My chinese friend, shen nan, gave it to me. Here's how Last Line: Exotic'...As my mood moves me. Thanks to shen nan Subject(s): China HOW I SAILED ON THE LAKE TILL I CAME TO THE EASTERN STREAM, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of spring water, - thirty or forty miles Last Line: And staggers up the bank to pluck wistaria flowers. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails HOW PLUM FLOWERS EMBARRASS A GARDEN, by LIN PU Poem Source First Line: When everything has faded they alone shine forth Last Line: I don't need a sounding board or winecup Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) HUNGRY GHOSTS, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: All the men I've ever been Last Line: I always feed them Subject(s): China I CHANCED ON RAIN AT WANG-KOU AND RECALLED MOUNT ZHONG-NAN, by PEI DI Poem Source First Line: Rains dense and flooding, cold currents broaden Last Line: But where now is mount zhong-nan? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mount Zhong-nan, China; Rain I RETURN TO THE PLACE I WAS BORN, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From my youth up I never liked the city Last Line: At last I have found myself Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) I RIDE THE COACH WITH POLISHED SIDES, by SU XIAO-XIAO Poem Source Last Line: Under pine and cypress of western mound Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) I TRIED TO CLIMB ZHAO-CHENG TOWER ..., by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: I wanted to climb that thousand-step tower Last Line: Words from the earth and this speck of a man's heart - %how could high heaven even hear them? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Climbing; Heaven I WATERED MY HORSE AT A SPRING BY THE WALL, by CH'EN LIN Poem Source Last Line: And I don't think I'll be long for life Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) I WROTE THIS ON THE TOWER BY THE WATER AT THE KAI-YUAN TEMPLE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Fine artifacts of the six dynasties Last Line: Misty trees here and there %to the east of five lakes Subject(s): China - Southern Dynasties; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IDEOGRAPHS, by SHARON OLDS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The small scaffolds, boards in the form of Subject(s): China; Photography & Photographers; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers ILLNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sad, sad - lean with long illness Last Line: Deep down still aches as of old! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness IMAGE, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: The sky is grey Last Line: And one light green Subject(s): China - Democracy IMITATING THE OLD POEMS, NO. 4, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Tall tall, the hundred foot tower Last Line: Wealth and glory - no doubt, worth prizing; %at the same time, a cause for sorrow and pain Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) IMMORTAL BY THE RIVER, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond the willows soft thunder Last Line: And beside them, a fallen hairpin Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) IMMORTAL BY THE RIVER, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I was drinking that night on eastern slope Last Line: On river and lakes lodge the rest of my days Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) IMMORTAL IN HEAVEN, by WEI ZHUANG Poem Source First Line: He comes home late always staggering drunk Last Line: How long does a man's life last? Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) IMPERIAL ENTOURAGE ON THE ROAD FROM TENGFENG, by SUNG CHIH-WEN Poem Source First Line: A palace of brocade adorns the great peak Last Line: Alas I lack the skill to dazzle heaven Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IMPRESSIONS, by CHU SHU-CHEN Poem Source First Line: Swaying bamboo shadows shade my secluded window Last Line: The enervating days are starting to get longer Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN BED, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: Lying in bed I thought of a poem Last Line: When the youngsters are at their studies %they're not so caught up as this? Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Poetry And Poets IN JIN-LING: A SECOND SERIES ON WATCHING A CHESS GAME: 1, by CH'IEN CH'IEN-YI Poem Source First Line: Still and somber, a bare chessboard Last Line: I see the southern dynasties Subject(s): Chess; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties; Nanking, China IN PRAISE OF HUACHING PALACE, by TU CH'ANG Poem Source First Line: A journey of dozens of stages from the southland ends Last Line: Entering the tall willows it sounds like rain Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN PRAISE OF POOR SCHOLARS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: All creatures, each has a home Last Line: That's it then. Why complain? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) IN REPLY, by T'AI SHANG YING-CHE Poem Source First Line: Somehow I ended up beneath pines Last Line: Winter ends but who counts the years Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN REPLY TO LI HUAN, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: I stopped reading the yiching in the woods Last Line: To whom do you most often turn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN REPLY TO LI TAN, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: We parted last year among flowers Last Line: How many moons have I watched from west tower Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN REPLY TO THE PREFECT OF WULING, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Still clutching my sword after a long journey Last Line: Never forgets such kindness Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN REPLY TO TING YUAN-CHEN, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Spring wind I guess doesn't reach this side of heaven Last Line: Why should I care if country plants bloom late Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) IN THE MOON LIGHT, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The moonlight white, the yard is bare Last Line: And letting dew soak his clothes Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Self-consciousness IN THE RAIN, SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY ..., by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: The hard rain rang as it dashed on the window Last Line: My eye was irritated by a dust speck Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Insomnia; Rain IN THE YEAR WITH THE CYCLICAL SIGN MOU-SHEN .. WE HAD A FIRE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In a grass hut lodged at the end of the narrow lane Last Line: But I haven't chanced on times like those, %so meanwhile let me water my garden Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) IN YUEH VIEWING THE PAST, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Kou-chien, king of yueh, came back from the broken land of wu Last Line: Ladies in waiting like flowers filled his spring palace %where now only the partridges fly Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Kou-chien, King Of Yueh, China INCIDENT ON LAN LI LAKE, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Who is the fellow, sallow, skinny, perhaps a fisherman Last Line: Go now, poor birdie. Never come back this way. Never!' Subject(s): Family Life - China INFORMAL COMPOSITION, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Come not too close to the sharp sword Last Line: Love's troubles are not in numbers: %just one evening scars the soul Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Love - Complaints INN AT THE ROADSIDE, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: This road leading from town Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) INSCRIBED ON MIST-HIDDEN PAVILION, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Spring flowers and autumn moon enter my poems Last Line: I've moved my couch for good so that I can sleep facing the mountains Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) INSIDE DONGPO ACADEMY, HAINAN ISLAND, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Inside dongpo academy, I'm surprised to see Last Line: Hermetic hollow, while the wind feels you the night through Subject(s): Family Life - China INSPIRED, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The heartbreaking flood of spring is nearly over Last Line: Peach petals float diaphanous in the current Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) INSPIRED, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Willow fuzz lines the path with bolts of white felt Last Line: Ducklings on the shore sleep beside their mother Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) INTELLECTUALS IN CHINA, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: The china the students in tiananmen square during Last Line: Like carrying night-soil to the fields, in a may seventh %cadre school Subject(s): China INVITING GUESTS, by CH'ENG-KUNG SUI Poem Text First Line: I sent out invitations Last Line: By discharge of emotion! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Guests; Visiting IT LET UP AND THEN RAINED AGAIN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The light sparkling on the waves Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) IT WAS A FINE FEAST, JOY SUDDENLY LEFT, by CH'EN LIN Poem Source Last Line: Lost in sad thought I forgot to turn home, %and tears fell with sighs and soaked my robes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Grief IT'S NO NOVELTY, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: It's no novelty to see Last Line: And evaporating with a rush of english cloud Subject(s): Family Life - China JADE TERRACE TEMPLE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The palatial steps were built by a king Last Line: Often passing the peak to the north Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) JAPAN, -- OLD AND NEW, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The son of a japanese lord am I Last Line: That foreigners brought japan. Subject(s): Art & Artists; China; Japan; Sailing & Sailors; Soldiers; Soul; Japanese JIANG VILLAGE: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From west of the towering ochre clouds Last Line: The song ended, I looked to heaven and sighed, %and everyone present shed streaming tears Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 1. THE GREAT UNITY, GOD OF THE EASTERN SKY, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: On a lucky day with an auspicious name Last Line: And the god is merry and takes his pleasure Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 10. HYMN TO THE FALLEN, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Grasping our great shields and wearing our hide armour Last Line: Heroes among the shades their valiant souls will be Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 11. HONOURING THE DEAD, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The rites are accomplished to the beating of the drums Last Line: So it shall go on until the end of time Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 2. THE LORD WITHIN THE CLOUDS, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: We have bathed in orchid water and washed our hair with Last Line: And afflicts my heart with a grievous longing Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 3. THE GODDESS OF THE XIANG, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The goddess comes not, she holds back shyly Last Line: I wish I could play here a little longer Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 4. THE LADY OF THE XIANG, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The child of god, descending the northern bank Last Line: I wish I could play here a little longer Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 5. THE GREATER MASTER OF FATE, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Open wide the door of heaven Last Line: Its meeting and partings not his to arrange Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 6. THE LESSER MASTER OF FATE, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The autumn orchid and the deer-parsley Last Line: You only, fragrant one, are worthy to be judge over men Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 7. THE LORD OF THE EAST, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: With a faint flush I start to come out of the east Last Line: On my gloomy night journey back to the east Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 8. THE RIVER EARL, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: I wander with you by the nine mouths of the river Last Line: And shoals of fishes are my bridal train Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JIU GE (NINE SONGS) 9. THE MOUNTAIN SPIRIT, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: There seems to be someone in the fold of the mountain Last Line: I think of my lady and stand alone in sadness Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) JOY AT MIDNIGHT, by LIU YONG Poem Source First Line: A solid mass of cloud Last Line: In the long skies of evening Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) JUST BEFORE THE MID-MARCH FESTIVAL, I HEARD THAT MY FATHER WAS ILL, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Along the highway at tong-jiang Last Line: For three hundred copper coins %you could buy a single spray Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) K'U-KIANG, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Because the sun like a chinese lantern Last Line: Set in a temple of clouds. Subject(s): China; Grief; Temples; Sorrow; Sadness; Mosques KEPT WAITING IN THE BOAT AT CHIU-K'OU TEN DAYS BY AN ADVERSE WIND, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: White billows and huge waves block the river crossing Last Line: While I sit in a boat at chiu-k'ou, wasting ten days! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Waiting KING OF QIN DRINKING, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: The king of qin rode his tiger Last Line: The clear harp's notes, his drunken eyes, %tears like a deep, clear spring Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking KUANYIN'S FLASK, by HELEN BURWELL CHAPIN Poem Text First Line: The fire has long since cooled Last Line: The nectar of immortality. Subject(s): Buddhism; China; Kuan Yin (goddess); Buddha; Buddhists LAMENT, by LIU CHI-HSUN Poem Source First Line: My family married me off Last Line: Floating home again! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Homesickness LAMENT BY THE RIVER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Am old man, a countryman from shao-ling Last Line: I am on my way to south of the city %but turn and gaze to the north Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR CHEN-TAO, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In winter's first month, from ten provinces Last Line: For loyalist armies to come Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR GOLDEN GOURD, JIN-HU, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: Caressed and nursed in swaddling clothes Last Line: But a time will come when I go with you Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death - Children LAMENT FOR GREENSLOPE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Our army was at greenslope Last Line: Hold on and wait until next year, %don't act rashly! Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR MY DAUGHTER: 1, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: You were born amid death and destruction Last Line: State's rise and fall affects all the world, %but when I think back, my distress is doubled Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Daughters LAMENT FOR OLD MR. JI, THE FINEST BREWER IN XUAN-CHENG, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Old mr. Ji in the yellow springs Last Line: And who will buy his beer down there? Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Beer; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking LAMENT OF HSI-CHUN, by HSI-CHUN Poem Text First Line: My people have married me Last Line: And could fly to my old home! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Lament; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives LAMENT OF THE SILKMAID, by HSIEH FANG-TE Poem Source First Line: Until the fourth watch the cuckoo cries Last Line: And her mistress not back from the party Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAOZI IN INDIANA, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Whatever it is Last Line: Is its third %and last virtue Subject(s): China; Laozi (604-531 B.c.) LAST POEM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They have put my bed beside the unpainted screen Last Line: I lie back on my pillows and sleep with my face to the south. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Dead, The LATE AUTUMN IN THE QI-AN DISTRICT, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: When winds came to willow-lined shores Last Line: There's only an old man in a raincoat, %sitting there and fishing Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons LATE AUTUMN IN THE QI-AN DISTRICT, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: When winds came to the willow-lined shores Last Line: Sitting there and fishing Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LATE SPRING, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Every plant and tree knows spring will soon be gone Last Line: They only know how to fill the sky with snow Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LATE SPRING, by TS'AO PIN Poem Source First Line: No one comes out to look at fallen flowers Last Line: I only hear frogs in the grass-filled pond Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LEAVE-TAKING, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Your own orient Last Line: Our own small sons Subject(s): China; Tu Fu (712-770) LEAVES OF A THOUSAND LOTUSES, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Tall peak to the south Last Line: Twice dreamt now, %that dream of the southland Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Southern Dynasties LEFT UNTITLED (2), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Layers of draperies hang into depths Last Line: At this clarity in madness Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LEFT UNTITLED (4), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: That she would come was empty words Last Line: But further beyond peng mountain %are ten thousand slopes more Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LESSER EPISTLES: TO A LADY ON HER PASSION FOR OLD CHINA, by JOHN GAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What ecstasies her bosom fire! Last Line: Or else you break a faithful heart. Subject(s): China (porcelain) LET'S GO, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source Last Line: Down the road, strolling through drifts %of scarlet poppies Subject(s): China - Democracy LI FU-JEN, by WU-TI (157 B.C.- 87 B.C.) Poem Text First Line: The sound of her silk skirt has stopped Last Line: How slow she comes! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Loss Of; Winter LI HO, by JAMES HARRISON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Li ho of the province of honan Last Line: He hears a child cry. Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): China; Grief; Loss; Poetry & Poets; Sorrow; Sadness LI PO, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jarred / the oars creaked in their locks Last Line: A dreamer's silver hands were at work. Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets LI SAO (ON ENCOUNTERING TROUBLE), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Scion of the high lord gao yang Last Line: I shall go and join peng xian in the place where he abides Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LIANGZHOU SONG, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The yellow river rises in the tall white clouds Last Line: It never warms the other side of yumen pass Subject(s): Yellow River, China LIGHT RAIN IN EARLY SPRING, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: The streets of heaven glisten from light rain Last Line: When the sight of misty willows fills the royal city Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LIKE A DREAM, by LI CH'ING-CHAO Poem Source First Line: I will always recall that day at dusk Last Line: And I startled to flight a whole shoal of egrets and gulls Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LIKE A DREAM (1), by NARA SINGDE Poem Source First Line: It was the moment when the pulley creaked Last Line: Striped marks on body from bamboo mat, %a shadow in candlelight Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) LIKE A DREAM (2), by NARA SINGDE Poem Source First Line: In thousands of tents the men are drunk Last Line: Go back to sleep understanding %that waking has no appeal Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Sleep LINES FOR THE CAI SANG ZI MELODY, by YAN SHU Poem Source First Line: Time doesn't care about anything Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE CHAI TOU FENG MELODY, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The last time we met in this garden Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE DIE LIAN HUA MELODY, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE DIE LIAN HUA MELODY, by YAN SHU Poem Source First Line: Those imposing buildings could be palaces Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE FENG QI WU MELODY, by LIU YONG Poem Source First Line: It is dangerous here Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE MAN JIANG HONG MELODY, by YUE FEI Poem Source First Line: I am so angry my scalp prickles under my hat Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE NIAN NU JIAO MELODY: RECALLING OLD TIMES, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The great river courses to the east Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE PU SA MAN MELODY: WRITTEN ON THE CLIFFS, by XIN QIJI Poem Source First Line: Qing river runs Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE PU SUAN ZI MELODY: ODE TO THE PLUM BLOSSOMS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Beyond the inn Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE QING YU AN MELODY: THE LANTERN FESTIVAL, by XIN QIJI Poem Source First Line: It seemed that the east wind blew the trees Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE QUE XIAN MELODY, by QIN GUAN Poem Source First Line: These transparent clouds so delicate Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE RU MENG LING MELODY, by LI CH'ING-CHAO Poem Source First Line: It hardly rained Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE SHAO NIAN YOU MELODY, by YAN JIDAO Poem Source First Line: What is it that suffers the most? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE SHUI DIAO GE TOU MELODY, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How many times does a man see the moon Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE TA SHA XING MELODY, by YAN SHU Poem Source First Line: Flowers begin to fade Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE WAN XI SHA MELODY, by YAN SHU Poem Source First Line: Sipping a cup of wine Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE YE YOU GONG MELODY: WRITING ABOUT A DREAM, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Many northern reed flutes are played at random Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE YU JIA AO MELODY, by FAN ZHONGAN Poem Source First Line: The frontier is brooding in autumn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE YU LOU CHUN MELODY, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I would have made something up Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE ZHE GU TIAN MELODY: AFTER A GUEST TALKED, by XIN QIJI Poem Source First Line: What fine years they were to remember Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES FOR THE ZU MU ZHE MELODY, by FAN ZHONGAN Poem Source First Line: Crystalline clouds and pale blue sky Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LINES WRITTEN IN CHINA, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: If what confucius %said was true Last Line: Would have said, %had he known you Subject(s): China LISTENING TO A MONK PLAYING THE REED FLUTE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Dawn's sobbing cicadas or sad orioles at night Last Line: It will join gold bells to mix with autumn Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LISTENING TO A NEIGHBOR SINGING AT NIGHT, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: I couldn't get to sleep one night Last Line: I was left with glow of the moon in my window Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Singing And Singers LITTLE CHANG-GAN SONG, by CUI GUO-FU Poem Source First Line: The moon grew dark in the wind Last Line: And I knew you were here, somewhere on the pond Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LITTLE MOON, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: After the flood had devoured he bei Last Line: Off with a set of jade earrings' Subject(s): Family Life - China LITTLE SU'S TOMB, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Dew on the hidden orchid Last Line: Beneath western mound %wind blows the rain Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Courtesans; Graves; Su Xiao-xiao (little Su) LIVELIHOOD, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: Our subsistence grows steadily bleaker Last Line: And faintly I hear the maids telling stories %of our days of feasting and me in official robes Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) LIZARD EATER, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Never seems so narrow, so steep, so tortuous Last Line: Uncle, this demigod laughing and defying death Subject(s): Family Life - China LO-YANG, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A beautiful place is the town of lo-yang Last Line: And the girls with their high baskets full of fruit. Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) LOCAL SONG, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: In months of spring, april and may Last Line: And without need of a go-between %they settle the marriage-bond? Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Marriage LONE HAWK OVER THE BUDDHA TOWER OF THE MONASTERY OF UNIVERSAL PURITY, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: From my newly rented lodgings Last Line: I now recall this and make it a poem %beside this autumn river Subject(s): Birds; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Hawks LONE WILD GOOSE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lone goose, not drinking or pecking for food Last Line: The crows on the moors pay it no heed, %cawing and squawking in chaotic multitudes Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Geese; Solitude LONELY CLOUD, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I've lived on this very mountain Last Line: So calm the whole day long Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Clouds; Serenity LONG I HAVE LOVED TO STROLL, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Long I have loved to stroll among the hills and marshes Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LONG SONGS FOLLOWING SHORT SONGS, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Long songs wrecked my clothes Last Line: I can't get to roam along with it, %my locks turn white ere the song is done Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Singing And Singers LONG-TOU BALLAD, by ZHANG JI Poem Source First Line: The road to long-tou is cut off Last Line: To once again take liang-zhou %into the house of han? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; War LONG-XI; A BALLAD, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Every ten miles a horse is set galloping Last Line: Snow now blows in the barrier mountains - %beacon fires are cut off, no smoke Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life LOOKING AT JUN MOUNTAIN WHILE CLIMBING YUEYANG PAVILION, by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: I have known so many dangers in this exile Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LOOKING FOR A RECLUSE WITHOUT SUCCESS, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Below the pines I ask the boy Last Line: But the clouds are too thick to know where Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LOOKING FOR THE RECLUSE AND NOT FINDING HIM HOME, by JIA DAO Poem Source First Line: I asked his servant under the pines Last Line: But the clouds are so deep I know not where.' Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests; Zen Buddhism LOOKING OUT IN THE EVENING FROM EAST OF SIZHOU CITY, by QIN GUAN Poem Source First Line: The lonely city is far away Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) LOST LOVE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Geese fly from north to south Last Line: Wind never blows Subject(s): China; Love - Loss Of LOST LOVE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Geese fly from north to south Last Line: Wind never blows Subject(s): China; Love - Loss Of LOST SISTER, by CATHY SONG Poet's Biography First Line: In china, / even the peasants Subject(s): China LOST SISTER, by CATHY SONG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In china, %even the peasants Last Line: There is an ocean in between, %the unremitting space of your rebellion Subject(s): China LOTUS-PICKING SONG, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: By the side, of ruo-ye creek Last Line: Catching sight of this, someone falters, %a heart breaking for naught Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Courtship; Lotus LOTUS-PICKING SONG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves of water chestnuts curl in waves Last Line: And her hair-pick of dark green jade %falls right into the water Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Girls; Lotus LOVE STORY, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: After all, there's only one world for us Last Line: And there are other people Subject(s): China - Democracy LYING SICK, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Sickness in poverty, true disgrace Last Line: Dawn's sorrows last to twilight sorrows Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness LYRICS FOR THE GIRLS OF YUE, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A young wu girl from chang-an Last Line: Fresh make-up bobs in fresh waves, %two scenes of brightness, both marvels Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Girls; Lotus LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 1. THE SOVEREIGN OF THE EAST, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: On a day of good luck, at the well-favored hour Last Line: And our lord is much pleased, hale in his joy Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 2. LORD IN THE CLOUDS, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: In orchid baths bathed, hair washed in blooms' scent Last Line: Hearts greatly troubled, and fretful within Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 3. THE LADY OF THE XIANG RIVER, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The lady will not go, still does she linger Last Line: Let us wander off freely and be at our ease Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 4. THE LORD OF THE EAST, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: I glow coming forth in the eastlands Last Line: Off far through darkness voyaging east Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 5. THE YELLOW RIVER'S EARL, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: With you I will roam to the river's nine channels Last Line: And the school of fishes, will send off my bride Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Yellow River, China LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 6. THE HILL WRAITH, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: It seemed there was someone in the cleft of the hills Last Line: I long for the lady, fruitless torment I find Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Longing LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 7. THE KINGDOM'S DEAD, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Our great shields we grasped, donned jerkins of leather Last Line: Among ghosts, the stalwart, heroes among wraiths Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) LYRICS OF CHU (THE NINE SONGS): 8. RITES FOR SOULS, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The rites are done now, drums beat together Last Line: Forever and unceasing from the first ands on forever Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Rites And Ceremonies LYRICS OF CHU: THE LI SAO, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Of the god-king gao-yang I am the far off-spring Last Line: I will go off to seek where peng and xian dwell Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MAD WOMAN, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: All day long hidden in the box called china Last Line: And am willing to suffer my punishment Subject(s): China MADLY SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is no one among men that has not a special failing Last Line: I choose a place that is unfrequented by men. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains; Poetry & Poets; Solitude; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Loneliness MAGIC, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Boundless, the great sea Last Line: Nor spoke of soaring in broad daylight up to the blue heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Magic MAGPIE STEPS ON THE BRANCH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I can't stand that 'lucky' magpie Last Line: Off into the blue clouds Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Magpies MAN HAS NO ROOTS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Time waits for no man Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MANY YEARS, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: It's you, it's you Last Line: Which blossomed and bore fruit %for many years Subject(s): China - Democracy MAO'S GHOST, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Mao was in tiananmen square himself that day. Not Last Line: Stalinist purges, and the recent genocide in cambodia.' Subject(s): China MAPLE LEAF, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here is a heart-shaped leaf Last Line: As you quiver on your twig Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy; Leaves; Maple Trees MARCH 5, 1180. IN EARLY MORNING CROSSING THE GREAT MARSH FERRY: 1, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: The river and hills beyond the fog Last Line: Printed by my straw sandals %is the very first mark Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Ferry Boats MARRIAGE SONG; WITH COMMENTARY, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We begin with the osprey who cries, 'clang, clang!' Last Line: "snow-breasted, and transfixed in abstract love." Subject(s): Birds; China; Marriage; Poetry & Poets; Women; Women's Rights; Weddings; Husbands; Wives; Feminism MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 16, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: Someone asked me the way to cold mountain Last Line: Then you could get there right away Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 232, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: Man's life in this dust-clouded world Last Line: And then, in an instant, he's old Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Time MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 233, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: When han-shan utters these words Last Line: So dark it will be on those paths down below, %trapped in the toils of our karma Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 3, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: It's fun to be on cold mountain road Last Line: Shape asks shadow: 'which way to go?' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 32, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: I go climbing up the cold mountain road Last Line: May sit here with me inside the white clouds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTERWORKS OF MING, by KAY RYAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ming, ming / such a lovely Subject(s): China - Ming Dynasty (1368-1640); China (porcelain) MATCHING A POEM BY SECRETARY KUO, NO. 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Thick thick the woods in front of my house Last Line: Far far off I watch the white clouds, %my longing for the past deeper than words Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MEDITATION HALL BEHIND POSHAN TEMPLE, by CH'ANG CHIEN Poem Source First Line: I entered an ancient temple at dawn Last Line: All I heard was a bell Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MEDITATION ON THE PAST AT JIN-LING III, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: The lay of the land bends eastward here Last Line: Who again will weep on his sash %and pour out a cup in libation? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Graves MEETING, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: We met upon the narrow lanes Last Line: Sit calmly, my lord, and listen awhile, %for the play of the strings is not done yet Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) MEETING A GENTLE RAIN ON THE SWORD-GATE PASS ROAD, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The dust of travel on my clothes Last Line: I enter sword-gate pass Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Self-consciousness MEETING IN THE ROAD, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In a narrow road where there was not room to pass Last Line: And candles on its branches flaring away in the night Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MEI-PI LAKE SONG, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The brothers cen have a passion for wonders Last Line: Yet still there has ever been %much sorrow, great joy too Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MEMORY, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: Candlelight flickered %on every face Last Line: Whispering together %on quiet water Subject(s): China - Democracy MEN WHO WASHED THEIR EARS: 1. OLD CHAO, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Old chao never had any big ideas Last Line: Old chao washed his ears, heard nothing Subject(s): China MEN WHO WASHED THEIR EARS: 2. FOR SHEN CONGWEN, 1902-1988,ONE OF CHINA, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Shen congwen, the same man Last Line: Power, wisdom, shen congwen Subject(s): China MERCHANTS FROM CATHAY, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Their heels slapped their bumping mules; their fat chaps Last Line: Lest once more those mad merchants come chanting from cathay! Subject(s): China MID-AUTUMN, by LI P'U Poem Source First Line: A bright spirit in the sky a jeweled mirror rising Last Line: The next time the silver river is clear Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MID-AUTUMN MOON, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As evening clouds withdraw a clear cool air floods in Last Line: Where will we see this moon next year Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MIDCURRENT SONG, by CUI GUO-FU Poem Source First Line: When I came back, the sun was still high Last Line: And my boat whirled around, out of control Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MIDNIGHT, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: It is night's third hour, its third division Last Line: Strings resting by the window Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Night MIRACULOUS INSTRUMENTS: THE CHINESE TAPESTRY, by GLADYS SWAN Poem Source First Line: It hangs on our wall now, this tapestry Last Line: Its occasion, to rest here on the wall, %speaking its illumination Subject(s): China; Tapestries MISCELLANEOUS POEM AT CHINCHOU, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The fighting goes on in fenglin Last Line: When will they build him an altar Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MISSING YOU, by GONG PEIYU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A multicolored chart without a boundary Last Line: Only this. Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): Absence; China - Democracy; Chinese Literature; Grief; Tears; Separation; Isolation; Sorrow; Sadness MISTER SU'S COUNTRY RETREAT, by TSU YUNG Poem Source First Line: Your country retreat is such a quiet place Last Line: I sit and listen to the birds of spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOO GOO GAI PAN, by EVERETT LITTLEMORE Poem Source First Line: As a boy, and as a man Last Line: Some guy cooks it up in a pan Subject(s): China; Food And Eating MOON, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Her soul curls like a slender hook Last Line: Is seen at how many spots on earth Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOON AT THE FRONTIER PASS, by BAO JUNHUI Poem Source First Line: High, sky-high: fall's moon glitters bright Last Line: No more to hear the clangorous camp-gongs' clash Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life MOON OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The bright moon comes out from sky mountain Last Line: And in high chambers on this same night, %the sighs, I am sure, are not yet still Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life MOON OVER WEST RIVER; ON LEVEL MOUNTAIN HALL, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Thrice I've passed by level mountain hall Last Line: They were already a dream Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Yang-zhou (city), China MOONLIGHT NIGHT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This evening in fu-chou my wife Last Line: And the moon shine on our dried tears Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China; Grief; Marriage MOORING IN THE EVENING, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: Winter hoes go in line along the shore Last Line: We ask for fire, the village beer comes, %our cooking smoke rises through reed flowers Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) MORNING COURT AT TAMING PALACE, by CHIA CHIH Poem Source First Line: Silver lanterns light the sky along the imperial streets Last Line: And daily stained with ink in the service of our lord Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOTIONLESS CLOUDS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Heavy and dull, the motionless clouds Last Line: With longings unfulfilled, %brooding on my sorrow, what shall I do? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Clouds MOUNTAIN FLOWER, by HE NING Poem Source First Line: Cold notes from silver-inlay pipes Last Line: She swats her true love Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) MOUNTAIN PAVILION ON A SUMMER DAY, by KAO P'IEN Poem Source First Line: The shade from trees is dense and summer days are long Last Line: A trellis of roses fills the courtyard with perfume Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOUNTAIN STONES, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Mountain stones ragged and broken Last Line: How could I manage to stay till old age, %and never return again? Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOUNTAIN WIDOW, by TU HSUN-HO Poem Source First Line: My husband died in battle my home is now a hut Last Line: There's nowhere to go to escape corvee Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOVED BY THE END OF SPRING: SENT TO A FRIEND, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The oriole's song startles me from the remnants of a dream Last Line: And finish my song beside the low-limbed pine trees Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring MOVING HOUSE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My old desire to live in the southern village Last Line: Doubtful meanings we examine together and settle. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Moving & Movers MOVING HOUSE, NO. 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A long time I've wanted to live in the southern village Last Line: Unusual writings we appreciate with one another, %working out the difficult passages together Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Moving And Movers MOVING HOUSE, NO. 2, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In spring and fall there are many fine days Last Line: A man should provide his own food and clothing; %while I work the fields I am not false to myself Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Farm Life MOVING I, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wanted a place in nan-ts'un Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MOVING II, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Spring and fall fine out Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MOVING MY DWELLING: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Long I've wanted to dwell in south village Last Line: In rare writings we'll find a shared delight, %between us we'll work out problems of meaning Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life; Simplicity MR. ISHII OF JAPAN SEEKS A MATCHING VERSE (USING HIS RHYMES), by QIU JIN Poem Source First Line: It is rash to say that a woman Last Line: Just pass through the breeze of spring! Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) MULBERRIES BY THE PATH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Sunrise in southeast Last Line: There are thousands that dine at his board, %and all of them say how grand he is! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Age Differences; Love - Unrequited MULBERRY BY THE PATH, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The sun rises at the southeastern corner Last Line: All say my husband looks superior Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MY BROTHER WANG CHUN-FU BRINGS OUT A PAINTING BY THE MONK HUI-CHONG, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Painters there are in droves Last Line: As they stressed the point that painters today %could not equal those of old Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Paintings And Painters MY COTTAGE OF THATCH WAS LODGED IN A POOR LANE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MY FATHER'S MARTIAL ART, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Text First Line: When he came home mother said he looked Last Line: This oncoming traffic with your hah, hah, hah. Subject(s): Family Life - China MY HOME HERE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) MY HOME LIES EAST OF THE EASTERN SEA, by HUANG JING-REN Poem Source Last Line: Not of mist and cloud does he conjure shapes, %he conjures his shapes in me Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) MY NURSE, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: A young woman came sitting at our door Last Line: Had I had the pleasure to live with a queen Subject(s): Family Life - China MY THREE AUNTS, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: My three aunts seldom smiled, my three aunts Last Line: A shroud epoch hangs on her bed like a drunken ghost Subject(s): Family Life - China NEAR PAH-GOTZIN-KAY, by THOMAS MCGRATH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dry birch logs Last Line: I'm going to sleep with miss rock the rest of the winter Subject(s): China NEEDLE AND THREAD, by PAN CHAO Poem Source First Line: Tempered, annealed, the hard essence of autumn metals Last Line: They mar carve monuments yet lack all understanding Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) NEW BAMBOO AT EAST LAKE, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I planted thorns and built a fence to keep them safe Last Line: And take my mat and pillow when I go Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) NEW CHINA POEM, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Long flight, day lost Last Line: Travel great distances, %visit qufu Subject(s): China; Confucius And Confucianism; Shadow Boxing NEW CHINA: THE IRON WORKS, by EUNICE TIETJENS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The furnaces, the great steel furnaces, tremble and Last Line: Tomorrow! Did they say? Alternate Author Name(s): Head, Cloyd, Mrs. Subject(s): China; Iron And Steel Industry NEW CORN, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Swiftly the years, beyond recall Last Line: That brushes the fields of new corn. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Corn NEW GRADUATE'S POEM MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE: 1, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Those enrolled among the immortals don't linger in the human world Last Line: Pan yue is so filled with grief that his hair is turning white Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mourning NEW GRADUATE'S POEM MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE: 2, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Blending with the mist, a single branch of moon cassia is graceful Last Line: For, since olden times, sorrow and joy have been the same as today Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mourning NEW SWALLOWS, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In reponse to the season new birds return Last Line: Through windows they're blocked by the dancers' gowns Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Swallows NEW YEAR'S DAY, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Firecracker sounds chase the year away Last Line: New peach prints are pasted over last year's charms Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) NIGHT, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: In the night, awash with symbols Last Line: Moonlight, oh, sharp intimation of exile Subject(s): China - Democracy NIGHT AT THE TOWER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At year's end, yin and yang Last Line: ...Be still and hushed Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China; Grief; Night NIGHT'S MIDPOINT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: West tower, more than a hundred yards high Last Line: Yet in war's violence word rarely comes Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Night NIGHT-CLOSING FLOWERS, by WU WEN-YING Poem Source First Line: Where willows darken the river bridge Last Line: Plants blooming here in the setting sun? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 1, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Keep on going, on and on Last Line: Let it go now, say no more! %just eat well and take care Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Travel NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 10, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Faraway lies that star, the oxherd Last Line: But across that bright and brimming stream, %she gazes with longing and cannot speak Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Night; Solitude NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 13, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I drove my wagon out upper east gate Last Line: The better way is to drink fine ale %and dress yourself in satin and silk Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Transience NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 14, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Each day those gone are farther withdrawn Last Line: I long to turn back to my native town, %I wish to return, but there is no way Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homesickness; Transience NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 15, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Life's years do not reach a hundred Last Line: Qiao the prince, a man undying - %it is hard to match his term of years Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Transience NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 19, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Moonlight glowing so bright Last Line: I crane my neck, go back into the room, %and tears that fall are soaking my gown Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Night; Solitude NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 2, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Green, green is the grass by the river Last Line: He travels for pleasure, and never comes home now, %a lonely bed can't be kept empty for long Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 3, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Cypress on grave mound, green so green Last Line: So feast to the end, give the heart glee, %why let grim woes beset you? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 4, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A good feast brings us to together today Last Line: Don't stay a common man and poor, %ever in hardship, always beaten down Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Relationships NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 5, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: To the northwest stands a tower high Last Line: I wish we could be two golden swans %to fly with great wingbeats high and away Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) NINETEEN OLD POEMS: 9, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: There is a rare tree in my yard Last Line: What value has the thing itself? - %it only recalls how long since he left Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) NINETEEN POEMS IN ANCIENT STYLE: 1, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Going on always on and on Last Line: Try hard to stay well Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) NINETEEN POEMS IN ANCIENT STYLE: 2, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Green is the grass on riverbanks Last Line: An empty bed, hard to keep alone Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) NOBLE AMBITION SPANS THE FOUR SEAS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: And vain is the way of fame and glory Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Pleasure NORTH AMERICAN, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: North mountain sends down green flooding the embankment Last Line: Searching for sweet-smelling plants I return home late Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) NOTE AFTER NOTE, by LI CH'ING-CHAO Poem Source First Line: Searching and searching, seeking and seeking Last Line: How can that one word 'sorrow' grasp it? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Language NOTES ON THE CITY OF THE SUN, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: Life %it rises, like the sun Subject(s): China - Democracy NUO-RI-LANG (IN TIBET, THE GOD OF VIRILITY), by YANG LIAN Poem Source First Line: The mountain is a tiger burning fiercely beside the sea of chaos Last Line: Heaven and earth have been created. The birds are twittering. All %this is merely a revelation Subject(s): China - Democracy OATH OF FRIENDSHIP (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: If you were riding in a coach Last Line: I would get down for you Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);friendship OATH OF FRIENDSHIP (2), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Shang ya! / I want to be your friend Last Line: Not till then will I part from you Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);friendship;love - Marital; Wedded Love;marriage - Love OCCASIONAL POEM ON AN AUTUMN DAY, by CH'ENG HAO Poem Source First Line: When I'm at peace I let everything go Last Line: The person who reaches this is truly noble Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OCCASIONAL POEM ON THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING, by CHANG SHIH Poem Source First Line: The light is back the year is past ice and frost are rare Last Line: The east wind blowing water ripples green Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OCEAN MIRAGE AT DENG-ZHOU, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the cloudy sea off to the east Last Line: They will join it, change and vanish away %along with the eastern wind Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ODE TO THE AUTUMN WIND, by LIU YU-HSI Poem Source First Line: Where does the autumn wind come from Last Line: It wakes a lone traveler first Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ODE TO THE LITTLE CHINA MAN, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who art thou-sweet little china man? Last Line: I'm miss eliza's beau! Subject(s): China; Men; Statues ODE TO THE PAST, by KAO SHIH Poem Source First Line: He made a gift of his robe Last Line: He still saw a common man Alternate Author Name(s): Ta-fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OF MYSELF, by QIAO JI Poem Source First Line: I didn't graduate in the top ten Last Line: Of life's finer pleasures, %connoisseur Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Self OFFERED TO EMPEROR TAIZONG, by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: Morning comes: I face the mirror stand Last Line: A single summons? You think I'd come for that? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OFFHAND COMPOSITIONS: NEW YEAR'S EVE 1774, by HUANG JING-REN Poem Source First Line: Laughter and talk in a thousand homes Last Line: Wastefully spending the heart's strength %to be a poet Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Holidays; New Year; Poetry And Poets OFFICER AT TONG PASS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Such bustling hubbub, as our troops Last Line: Do instruct the general guarding the pass %not to follow the model of ge-shu han Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Soldiers OFFICER OF THE GUARD, by XIN YAN-NIAN Poem Source First Line: A bondsman of the house of huo Last Line: No thank you, officer of the guard, %private love isn't worth it Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Age Differences; Love - Unrequited OLD AGE, by JIANG SHIWEI Poem Source First Line: The wall grows suddenly wrinkled Last Line: He seems to be listening for something. %what can he possibly have heard? Subject(s): China - Democracy OLD AIRS: 14, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sandstorms fill turkish passes Last Line: Li mu, the general, is with us no more - %on the frontier men feed jackals and tigers Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Army - China; Frontier And Pioneer Life OLD AIRS: 5, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How gray and green stands mount tai-bo Last Line: I will work on the nugget of cinnabar %and leave forever the men of this world Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OLD AIRS: 7, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There was once one undying upon a crane Last Line: I would dine on that herb called goldenray, %and live a long life, matching heaven's span Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OLD AND NEW, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: She went up the mountain to pluck wild herbs Last Line: I see that the new will not compare with the old Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);marriage; Weddings;husbands;wives OLD MAN'S BITTERNESS, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: I have no child to take down my writings Last Line: To tell no difference between large and small %is the true nature of things, heaven's gifts Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Old Age OLD POEM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: She went up the hill to pick angelica Last Line: And when I compare the gauze with the plain stuff, %I know the new wife can't equal the old Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I climbed the hill to pick underweed Last Line: Then put the plain silk by the gold, %the new bride cannot match the old Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage OLD POEM: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "on and on, always on and on" Last Line: And try with all my might to eat and thrive Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);farewell; Parting OLD POEM: 10, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Turning my chariot I yoke my horses and go Last Line: Fame is the only treasure that endures Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);fame; Reputation OLD POEM: 11, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The eastern castle stands tall and high Last Line: Who are carrying clay to nest in the eaves of your house Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 12 (CONTINUATION OF 11), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The dead are gone and with them we cannot converse Last Line: "I want to go back, but there's no road back" Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);death; "dead, The; OLD POEM: 13, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: The years of a lifetime do not reach a hundred Last Line: But how can we hope to share his lot? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 14, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "cold, cold the year draws to its end" Last Line: My falling tears wet the double gates Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);holidays;new Year OLD POEM: 15, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: At the beginning of winter a cold spirit comes Last Line: I fear that you will never know or guess Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 16, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "the bright moon, oh, how white it shines" Last Line: Falling tears wet my mantle and robe Subject(s): Absence;china - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Separation;isolation OLD POEM: 17, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: At fifteen I went with the army Last Line: While tears fell and wetted my clothes Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);grief;homecoming; Sorrow;sadness OLD POEM: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "green, green, / the grass by the river-bank" Last Line: It is hard alone to keep an empty bed Subject(s): Absence;china - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Separation;isolation OLD POEM: 3, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "green, green, / the cypress on the ground" Last Line: And leave no room for sadness to creep in Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 4, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Of this day's glorious feast and revel Last Line: For long years plunged in sordid grief Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 5, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In the north-west there is a high house Last Line: That with beating wings rise high aloft Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 6, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Crossing the river I pluck hibiscus-flowers Last Line: "always fretting, till we are grown old!" Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 7, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: A bright moon illumines the night-prospect Last Line: Is of no profit and idly bears the same Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 8, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In the courtyard there grows a strange tree Last Line: But it may remind him of the time that has past since he left Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD POEM: 9, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Far away twinkles the herd-boy star Last Line: Gazing at each other but never able to speak Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) OLD SCHOOL, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: When in school, on the jade-green campus Last Line: The river's cliff grew dark in september mist Subject(s): Family Life - China OLD WHITE RUSSIAN, by CH'EN MENG-CHIA Poem Source First Line: Glorious days he had, and a chivalrous spirit Last Line: Makes him cough out again; he calls 'nathasha!' Subject(s): China - Foreign Population; Old Age; Russian Revolution ON A LONELY DUCK, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It dives in shallows for beakfuls of moss Last Line: Then found its reflection and lingered Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Ducks ON A BOX CONTAINING HIS OWN WORKS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I break up cypress and make a book-box Last Line: To be left by them to give to my grandchildren. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Books; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Writing & Writers; Reading ON A LADY WHO FANCIED HERSELF A BEAUTY, by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes Last Line: That runs his link full in your face. Alternate Author Name(s): Dorset, 6th Earl Of; Middlesex, 1st Earl Of Variant Title(s): On Dorinda Subject(s): Beauty; China (porcelain); Love; Passion ON A PAINTING OF PLAYING FOOTBALL, by CH'AO YUEH-CHIH Poem Source First Line: A thousand doors and windows open in the palace Last Line: No longer are memorials submitted in the morning Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, SENT TO FEIQING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: With bitter longing I sought a poem, sang it beneath the lamplight Last Line: The evening sparrows twitter, vainly circling the forest Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON A WOMAN UNWILLING TO COME FORTH, by LIU HSIAO-CHO Poem Source First Line: Where the curtain opens, I see hairpin's shadow Last Line: Always shy of the candle's light Subject(s): Bashfulness; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ON BATS, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: By chance I visited the little zoo of d. H. Lawrence Last Line: A moth from a spider, but care little for the bats Subject(s): Family Life - China ON BEING ASSIGNED AS MILITARY ADVISER TO THE GARRISON ARMY, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In younger days I stayed away from the world Last Line: For the moment I'll let things shift as they may, %and in the end go back to master pan's hut Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ON BEING MADE A PRESENT OF AN ANCIENT CHINESE STIRRUP, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mandarin who set his foot in this Last Line: A mountain view, a breath of mountain air? Subject(s): Beauty; China; Nature ON BEING REMOVED FROM HSUN-YANG AND SENT TO CHUNG-CHOU, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before this, when I was stationed at hsun-yang Last Line: And am pleased with anyone who is even remotely human! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) ON BEING SIXTY, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Between thirty and forty, one is distracted by the five lusts Last Line: "not to complain of three-score, ""the time of obedient ears." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Aging; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON BOARD SHIP: READING YUAN CHEN'S POEMS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I take your poems in my hand and read them beside the candle Last Line: Listening to waves that, driven by the wind, strike the prow of the ship. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets ON CLIMBING TSUNGCHIH PAGODA, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: I climbed a pagoda that touched the highest heaven Last Line: I would have served the golden immortal Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON DEPUTY PREFECT TU TAKING UP A POST IN SHUCHOU, by WANG PO Poem Source First Line: From walls that guard the realms of ch'in Last Line: Our children drying their tears Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON FIRST ARRIVING IN BA-LING, JOINING LI BO AND PEI, WE GO BOATING, by JIA ZHIG Poem Source First Line: These men that I've met on the river Last Line: Weep the maidens of xiang Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Rivers ON GEESE TURNING BACK, by CH'IEN CH'I Poem Source First Line: Why do they turn back when they reach the hsiao and hsiang Last Line: Unable to bear such melancholy they all fly away Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON GOING TO A TAVERN, by WANG CHI Poem Text First Line: These days, continually fuddled with drink Last Line: How can I alone remain sober? Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Pubs; Taverns; Saloons ON HEARING SOMEONE SONG A POEM BY YUAN CHEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No new poems his brush will trace Last Line: A pain had stabbed my heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets ON ISSUING A RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE, by XUEFEI JIN Poem Text First Line: This piece of paper with the seal on it Alternate Author Name(s): Jin, Ha; Ha Jin Subject(s): China; Tyranny & Tyrants ON LANTERN FESTIVAL AT IMPERIAL REQUEST, by TS'AI HSIANG Poem Source First Line: A forest of jeweled candles forms a thousand peaks Last Line: For more than forty years his benevolence has grown Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON LANTERN FESTIVAL AT IMPERIAL REQUEST, by WANG KUEI Poem Source First Line: It isn't snow but moonlight on the terrace of immortals Last Line: May our lord lift up his rosy cup once more Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON MARCH 26, 1048, I HAD A DREAM, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: Since the time that I remarried Last Line: Out of nowhere snow beat on my window, %borne along, as well, by a furious wind Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Dreams ON MEETING A CHIVALROUS MAN, by CH'IEN CH'I Poem Source First Line: Singer of elegies of yen and chao Last Line: The sun is setting on the road ahead Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Ten thousand miles in mist and rain, fifty Last Line: Roses, roses to fade upon your stone Subject(s): Family Life - China ON MISTER YUAN'S COUNTRY RETREAT, by HO CH'E CH'ANG Poem Source First Line: We've never met good sir Last Line: I have some coins in my purse Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON MY LAZINESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have a post but Last Line: Scarcely counts as lazy at all Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Idleness ON MY PORTRAIT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I didn't even know my own face Last Line: Best resign and depart, the sooner the better, %withdraw this body fit for clouds and streams Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Portraits ON PASSING BY HUA-QING PALACE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Turn and look back from chang-an Last Line: Bringing down the sounds of laughter Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) ON POETRY: 1, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: The life I see all around me turns Last Line: But when it's reached a thousand years, %it seems like a cliche Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Poetry And Poets ON POETRY: 2, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: Poems of li bo and du fu Last Line: And each holds sway over poetry %for a span of five hundred years Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Poetry And Poets ON REACHING HONH KONG, by HUANG TSUN-HSIEN Poem Source First Line: The waters are those of yao's time Last Line: Yet on the great flags I do not see %our yellow dragon Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Hong-kong; Imperialism ON RETURNING TO MY GARDEN AND FIELD: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young, I did not fit into the common mold Last Line: I am now able to come back to nature Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ON RETURNING TO MY GARDEN AND FIELD: 2, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I plant beans at the foot of the southern hill Last Line: So long as nothing goes contrary to my desire Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ON SEEING A LANDSCAPE PAINTED BY MY COMMISSIONER COUSIN FOR LI KU, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Fangchang surrounded by water Last Line: Where can I go to escape the dust Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON SEEING PRINCESS YUNG-LO LEAVE FOR MANCHURIA, by SUN T'I Poem Source First Line: Orioles and flowers on the border are rare Last Line: Dragon pass finally sees spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON THE BA RIVER BRIDGE: SENT HOME TO MY WIFE: 2, by WANG SHIH-CHEN Poem Source First Line: Mount tai-hua and mount zhong-nan Last Line: In autumn rain and autumn wind %I cross ba river bridge Subject(s): Bridges; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON, by SU SHIH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Families, when a child is born Last Line: By becoming a cabinet minister. Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Birth; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Parents; Child Birth; Midwifery; Parenthood ON THE CARVED STONE SCREEN OF WU KUI, THE HAN-LIN ACADEMICIAN, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When dawn's rays enter the woods Last Line: But unfortunately I have grown very old %and can't keep you company Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Screens ON THE CHINESE ABDUCTION OF TIBET'S CHILD PANCHEN LAMA, by NORMAN DUBIE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The commandant, black chen, has walked Last Line: From somewhere they believe they've never been. Subject(s): China; Lamas; Persecution; Tibet ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: I look up and see / his curtains and bed Last Line: Then why was he / not spared? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; Fathers; Dead, The ON THE FRONTIER, by NARA SINGDE Poem Source First Line: The rivers and hills have no single master Last Line: Evening sunshine deep in the mountains, %deep in autumn, the rain Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Frontier And Pioneer Life ON THE LAKE, by HSU YUAN-CHIEH Poem Source First Line: Orioles chatter madly in trees of red blossoms Last Line: Boats return at dusk on waves of flutes and drums Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON THE PAINTING OF TIERED BLUFFS AND THE MISTY RIVER, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A sad heart upon the river Last Line: Poems calling me to come home Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Paintings And Painters ON THE PAINTINGS OF BAMBOO BY WEN TONG, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At the moment wen tong was painting bamboo Last Line: Who now grasps such fusion of spirit? Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Paintings And Painters ON THE PAVILION OF THE DRUNKEN OLD MAN IN CHU-ZHOU, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Forty is not yet old, and I Last Line: Only the breeze that comes from the cliff %will blow me back sober again Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ON THE POMEGRANATE FLOWER, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: Pomegranate flowers brighten eyes in june Last Line: Where ruby blossoms lie upon the emerald moss Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON THE QING-YANG ROAD, by WANG SHIH-CHEN Poem Source First Line: Tall bamboo blanket a sunlit stream Last Line: And homes are right there in the cold green Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) ON THE SANCHU ROAD, by TSENG CHI Poem Source First Line: Plums are yellow and days are sunny Last Line: The occasional sound of orioles though is new Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON THE SET TOPIC: 'WILD GOOSE ON THE SANDS', by GENG WEI Poem Source First Line: Still a long road to travel to heng-yang Last Line: What thoughts as it stands alone on the beach? - %only worries that frost and sleet will come Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Geese; Migration ON THE TERRACE OF CANG JIE'S INVENTION OF CHARACTERS AT SAN-HUI TEMPLE, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: A wilderness temple, its grass-grown terrace at dusk Last Line: Still like that time when he first invented writing Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Chinese Language; Temples ON THE THREE PEAKS OF MAGIC STONE MOUNTAIN, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wondrous peaks welcome my horse Last Line: Into this tiny poem Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ON THE WAY TO HANGCHOW: ANCHORED ON THE RIVER AT NIGHT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little sleeping and much grieving, - the traveller Last Line: And still we have not reached hang-chow! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips ON THE WINTER FESTIVAL I VISITED LONE MOUNTAIN AND TWO MONKS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The sky looked like snow Last Line: It cannot be grasped again Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ON THE YELLOW SEA: A MAN FROM JAPAN SOUGHT SOME VERSES ..., by QIU JIN Poem Source First Line: Riding the wind for thousands of miles Last Line: But we must exert our strength to turn %heaven and earth aright Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Imperialism ON THINKING OF MY LORD'S GRACE, by LING-HU CH'U Poem Source First Line: The oriole's song is gone from my garden Last Line: Without seeing your kingfisher carriage Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON YELLOW CRANE TOWER HEARING A FLUTE, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Suddenly an exile on the way to changsha Last Line: Plum blossoms fall in this city in june Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON YIN-WU PAVILION, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Flowers of springtime, autumn's moon Last Line: Where I lie, facing the hills Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ONCE MORE FIELDS AND GARDENS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Even as a young man Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Gardens And Gardening ONE DAY BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE ... I SPENT THE NIGHT IN ZHI-PING TEMPLE, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: The river was broad, the winds were strong Last Line: But tomorrow I won't be able to bear %telling this mood tonight Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) ONE DAY COMING HOME: BALLAD (ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE), by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: When we were poor I rushed here and there Last Line: And if we meet in the world below, %will it be you or not? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death; Marriage ONE I LOVE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: Soon the east will grow bright %and all will be known Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness ORANGES ARE RIPE, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source Subject(s): China - Democracy ORIOLE SHUTTLE, by LIU K'O-CHUANG Poem Source First Line: Through the willows to the treetops so full of feeling Last Line: But it takes so much effort to weave Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ORPHANS OF SHANGHI, by GRACE FRENCH SMITH Poem Text First Line: Mere rags of children prowl about the street Last Line: Divine must be the love to melt the steel! Subject(s): Orphans; Shanghai, China; Foundlings OU-YANG XIU ASKS ME TO WRITE A POEM ON A STONE SCREEN HE OWNS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who sent you that stone screen Last Line: Biting back their fury, weep %in secret mansions of the tomb Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Screens OUT THE PASSES, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Bright moon of the days of qin Last Line: He would not let the turkish horses %made the crossing of shadow mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life OUT TO THE FRONTIER: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Cheerless, they leave their hometowns Last Line: A true man's concerned with all the world - %how can I refuse to hold fast in hardship? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; Soldiers OVERLOOKING TUNGTING LAKE-FOR PRIME MINISTER CHANG, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In september the lake is so flat Last Line: To covet their catch is vain Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OX, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As the sun comes over the eastern hedge Last Line: And leading a calf, it walks Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): Animals; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Oxen PAGODA, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: I descend from my carriage Last Line: I do not know its name Subject(s): Architecture And Architects; Asia; Begging And Beggars; Buddhism; China; Religion; Shrines; Temples PAINTED HAWK, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wind-blown frost rises from plain white silk Last Line: When will it strike the common birds? - %bloody feathers strewing rhw weed-covered plain Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hawks; Paintings And Painters PAINTED ON THE WALL OF MASTER HSUAN-WU'S ROOM, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What year did tigerhead ku Last Line: Following the actual steps of hui-yuan Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PAINTING OF A PINE, by JIN-YUN Poem Source First Line: That painted pine looks exactly Last Line: The third trunk over Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Paintings And Painters; Pine Trees; Trees PALACE LYRICS: 95, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: Her sleep has beden fitful since spring began Last Line: And flipping a coin, manages to win %two or three tosses Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Coin Tossing PALACE ODE: 1, by LIN HUNG Poem Source First Line: Above the gilded hall's purple-tiered pavilion Last Line: His chariot of colored clouds drawn by dragon steeds Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PALACE ODE: 2, by LIN HUNG Poem Source First Line: At court the royal robes reflect the sun and moon Last Line: Line the cinnabar steps before the sun goes down Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: BALLAD, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: No sooner did the drums of war Last Line: No place in all the southland %will fail to hear the song Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: BELLS, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: I journey on these thousands of miles Last Line: Bells in the downpour, a melody, several lines of tears Subject(s): Bells; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: BRIBE, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Hopes dashed, I helplessly mourn Last Line: Might even serve the common weal Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: BRINGING HER FRUIT, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Alone I've sat astride the saddle Last Line: And no one realizes that these %are her lychees coming Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Lychee Nut PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: DECLARATION OF LOVE, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: This mitered crown scrapes the sky, whilu I Last Line: May we find joy here Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: DENOUNCING THE REBEL, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Civil servants and generals, all Last Line: All one should do is make merry %and never turn back Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: GIFT OF A MEAL, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Troubled lovely brows too lightly lost Last Line: Head westward all alone Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: JADE BURIAL, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: On we speed, throngs Last Line: Go instantly, one with another Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Funerals PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: MELODY-THEFT, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: The score of 'rainbow skirts' is done Last Line: It will be the newest tune Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Music And Musicians PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: OMEN, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: No one understands my mind Last Line: To worry for our land Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: OUTING ON A SPRING HOLIDAY, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: In the harem's exalted ranks Last Line: At those of springtime's splendid light Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: PEEKING AT THE BATHERS, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Since youth my face was nature's gift Last Line: On a bench of white jade Subject(s): Baths And Bathing; China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: PROLOGUE AND ARGUMENT, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: On passion's stage, in olden times as now Last Line: The weaver star fulfills the vow %made in the palace of lasting life Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: REUNION, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: A single love has conjured forth Last Line: That gods and spirits have their fates %which are not bound to love Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: SECRET PLEDGE, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Clouds shelter my jade shuttle Last Line: To send the asked-for skill Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: STOCKING-VIEW, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: This spot on the slope Last Line: The hubbub out in these meadows %draws people who want to look Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: THE CIRCLE FOR DANCE, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: The hills are peaceful, breeze is light Last Line: All over my body I newly bear %scents of rainbow-cloud Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Dancing And Dancers PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: THE CORPSE RELEASED, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Sweep along rippling in wind Last Line: The worlds of heaven and mortal men %are both in distant faint Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: THE IMMORTAL'S RECOLLECTIONS, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: Borne aloft by phoenix and crane Last Line: Maid, lock the gate to my grotto and follow me in Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALACE OF LASTING LIFE: THE MUSIC, by HONG SHENG Poem Source First Line: The finest nights lie under the sway Last Line: By drops of the water-clock Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PALL BEARER'S SONG: 2, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I used to have no wine to drink Last Line: One morning at dawn I went out my gate, %and I truly have not yet made it back Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Soul PARASOLS, FIFTY-NINE CENTS, by MARY BRENNAN CLAPP Poem Text First Line: By rows of tight-sheathed chinese parasols Last Line: And purpled blues, what dream could help but sink! Subject(s): China; Umbrellas PARTCH STATIONS: 2. HE FAILETH TO BE BORN IN CHINA, by JANET HOLMES Poem Source First Line: Forgive him in his wishes and delusions: he is beset Last Line: Occupant is a heathen chinee, the note on his last door sang Subject(s): Birth; China PARTED BY GREAT DISTANCES, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Only then will the stains disappear %of their tears upon bamboo Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mythology - Chinese PARTING, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: Now, as we cross this ancient threshold Last Line: And our windy sighs to its sails Subject(s): China - Democracy PARTING, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I get off my horse, offer you wine Last Line: White clouds there that never end Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell PARTING, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The willows, trees of the eastern gate Last Line: I suppose because partings were many Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell PARTING FROM A FRIEND ON A NIGHT IN SPRING, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Source First Line: As black smoke coils from silver candles Last Line: What year will it lead back again Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PARTING FROM MR. XUE AT GUANG-LING, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There are some men, their aims unfulfilled Last Line: Where again shall I share your company? Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Nature PARTING FROM SU WU, by LI LING Poem Text First Line: The good time will never come back again Last Line: And go with you right to your journey's end. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell; Parting PARTRIDGE WEATHER, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My home is set in blue-gray mists Last Line: He lets his heroes age away %with utter unconcern Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) PARTRIDGE WEATHER (1), by YAN JIDAO Poem Source First Line: With such feeling your brightly colored sleeves Last Line: That this meeting too is a dream Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) PARTRIDGE WEATHER (2), by YAN JIDAO Poem Source First Line: A short lyric while drinking Last Line: And again I strode over willow flowers, %across the xie bridge Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) PASSING BY LACE-CREST PALACE, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: Its jade mansions lean at a tilt Last Line: Hold sway over winds of spring Subject(s): Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) PASSING CH'IEN-HSI AS MILITARY ADVISER IN THE 3RD MONTH ..., by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I don't travel much in these parts Last Line: And my happiness among the frost-nipped juniper Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) PASSING CHAO-LING AGAIN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From rude darkness the heroes rose Last Line: Once more I gaze up the pine and cypress road, %watching five-hued clouds drift by Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Li Yuan, Emperor Of China (565-635) PASSING HSIANGCHI TEMPLE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Unaware of hsiangchi temple Last Line: Where zen subdued the serpent Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PASSING T'IEN-MEN STREET IN CH'ANG-AN AND .. DISTANT VIEW OF CHUNG-NAN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The snow has gone from chung-nan; spring is almost come Last Line: Turns his head and looks at the mountains, -- not one man! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) PASSING THE SHRINE TO THE MASTER OF THE THREE GATES, by TAI SHU-LUN Poem Source First Line: The waters of the yuan and hsiang never cease Last Line: And blows through a grove of maples Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PASSION, by LAN CHU-FANG Poem Source First Line: I am utterly bumbling Last Line: Make a match found only in heaven Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Passion PEACH BLOSSOM CREEK, by ZHANG XU Poem Source First Line: Half-hidden, a bridge soars up Last Line: But at what spot is found that cave %upon the blue creek? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PEACH BLOSSOM FAN: ACCEPTING THE WAY, SELS., by KONG SHANG-REN Poem Source First Line: The greatest joy in heaven and among mortal men comes from Last Line: Melt away once and for all? Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PEACH BLOSSOM FAN: PROLOGUE, by KONG SHANG-REN Poem Source First Line: Is there such an antique as I? Last Line: But here as I'm talking, hou fang-yu has already come on stage. Let's all watch Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PEACH BLOSSOM FAN: REFUSING THE TROUSSEAU, by KONG SHANG-REN Poem Source First Line: Tortoise piss, tortoise piss Last Line: The standard of taste does not follow %the fashions of the times Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PEACH BLOSSOM FAN: SENDING THE FAN, by KONG SHANG-REN Poem Source First Line: These icy silks pierced through Last Line: By ding-zi curtain %there is a broken bridge Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PEACH BLOSSOM FAN: TEACHING THE SONG, by KONG SHANG-REN Poem Source First Line: With dark-drawn brows, I do not close Last Line: To pass west of the lane Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) PEACH BLOSSOMS OF CHINGCHUAN HERMITAGE, by HSIEH FANG-TE Poem Source First Line: In peach blossom valley they escaped the ch'in Last Line: Some fisherman I fear might try to find their source Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PEACH BLOSSOMS OF HSUANTU TEMPLE, by LIU YU-HSI Poem Source First Line: Red dust from purple paths swirls before their faces Last Line: And all of them planted since mister liu departed Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PEAR BLOSSOM IN THE EAST WING, by CH'IU WEI Poem Source First Line: Its pristine beauty could fool the snow Last Line: Blow it toward the steps of jade Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PEONY PAVILION: LOOKING OVER THE PORTRAIT, by TANG XIAN-ZU Poem Source First Line: On leaves of the plantain tree Last Line: Its adds to drunkennes of spring %sobering grows still harder Subject(s): China - Ming Dynasty (1368-1640) PEONY PAVILION: SECRET UNION, by TANG XIAN-ZU Poem Source First Line: Where is the goddess I glimpsed? Last Line: I wonder from which of the peaks the goddess came Subject(s): China - Ming Dynasty (1368-1640) PEONY PAVILION: WAKING SUDDENLY FROM DREAM, by TANG XIAN-ZU Poem Source First Line: Back from dreams in orioles' warbling Last Line: With a turn of the head spring's east wind %breaks the heart for good Subject(s): China - Ming Dynasty (1368-1640) PEOPLE HIDE THEIR LOVE, by WU-TI (464-549) Poem Text First Line: Who says Last Line: Like the flower that seems too precious to be picked? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love PERFORMERS ON THE TERRACE OF THE BLACK SPARROW, by HE XUN Poem Source First Line: Leaves fall from trees in the autumn wind Last Line: Song done, they look at each other and rise; %the sun sets with the sounds of cypress and pine Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Sound PERSENTED TO CAO BIAO, PRINCE OF BAI-MA, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: We greeted the emperor in cheng-ming lodge Last Line: I cease my tears and take the long road, %grasping my brush, I say farewell here Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell PIG'S HEAVEN INN, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Subject(s): China; Country Life PILGRIMAGE TO WU MOUNTAIN SHRINE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: I visit gaotang where anarchic apes cry Last Line: Vie vainly in spring for length like painted brows! Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PLACE NAMES OF CHINA, by ALAN BENNETT Poem Source First Line: Bolding vedas! Shanks new nisa! Last Line: Cold the seat and loud the cistern %as I read the harpic tin Subject(s): China PLAGIARIZING POEMS, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: A starving hount gnaws a dry bone Last Line: Formerly writing was something chaste; %even then it did not make a good man worthy Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Plagiarism; Writing And Writers PLANTING FLOWERS ON THE EASTERN EMBANKMENT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I took money and bought flowering trees Last Line: Sits till evening and will not move from the place! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Flowers; Gardens & Gardening PLEASURE IN THE LOVELY WOMAN, by LI YU+(1) Poem Source First Line: Flowers in spring, moonlight in fall Last Line: Flowing off to the east Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) PLEASURES OF MEETING, by LI YU+(1) Poem Source First Line: Without a word I climbed to the western tower Last Line: It has a flavor all its own %in the human heart Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) PLUM, by WANG CHIH Poem Source First Line: Immune from the slightest contaminating dust Last Line: Poets ever since haven't stopped talking Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PLUM BLOSSOMS, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: A lonesome corner %just a few Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) PLUM BLOSSOMS III, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They tell me that the plums Last Line: One old man set free Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Plums POEM IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER WU, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Monk zhi's vanished, flowery hermitage Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM IN THE FORM OF A COFFIN-PULLER'S SONG, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A plain of wild grasses, broad and tangled Last Line: And what of the one who has departed in death, %body left to merge with the round of the hill? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) POEM IN THE FORM OF A COFFIN-PULLER'S SONG, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the old days I had no wine to drink Last Line: One morning I went out the gate, %and there's no date set fo 4 my return Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) POEM IN THE FORM OF A COFFIN-PULLER'S SONG, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What has a life must have a death Last Line: I only regret that while I was in the world %I never got to drink enough wine! Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) POEM MODELED ON 'THERE'S A BEAUTY IN THE NORTH', by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: It's been said for all these years, she stands alone Last Line: Don't take it lightly, that swinging, swaying waist Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM ON RETURNING TO DWELL IN THE COUNTRY, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In youth I had nothing Last Line: Now I am able %to return again to nature Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Country Life POEM PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY ON VISITING XINFENG: 1, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: The very last of winter's three months Last Line: Whose fields are all of jade Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY ON VISITING XINFENG: 2, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: Wind-rattled phoenix pennons Last Line: Opens beside the sun Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM WITH BIRDS AND CLOCKS, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: The old woman %who lives Last Line: And who do not %keep birds Subject(s): China POEM WITHOUT A CATEGORY, NO. 4, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The brave man has ambitions wide as the four seas Last Line: Who, their hundred years ended, gone to tall graves, %find they've won themselves only empty names? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) POEM WITHOUT A CATEGORY, NO. 7, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sun and moon refuse to slow their pace Last Line: My old home is there on the southern mountain Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) POEMS OF THE YEAR JI-HAI, 1839: 125, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: All life in china's nine regions Last Line: And grant us human talent %nor bound to a single kind Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) POEMS OF THE YEAR JI-HAI, 1839: 170, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: The sorrows and joys of my youthful years Last Line: But the 'child-mind' returns again %to this body in its dreams Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) POEMS OF THE YEAR JI-HAI, 1839: 5, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: The sorrow of leaving sweeps me Last Line: To nurture still more flowers Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) POEMS OF THE YEAR JI-HAI, 1839: 86, by GONG ZI-ZHEN Poem Source First Line: The addicts' lamps are ranged in groups Last Line: And sleep through spring never waking %in the cold food festival? Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) POEMS ON MY DWELLING IN THE REAR PARK: 2, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: I've suffered poverty knocked at my door Last Line: No civil servants lie there starving to death Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Civil Service; Poverty POEMS ON MY DWELLING IN THE REAR PARK: 3, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: A visitor suddenly knocked at my door Last Line: Now I see that in histories of old %the most part belongs to pure puffery Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) POETIC EXPOSITION ON THE OWL, by JIA YI Poem Source First Line: Chan-yan is the year Last Line: Trivial problems, picayune troubles %are not worth bringing anxieties Subject(s): Birds; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Owls POETIC EXPRESSION ON GAO-TANG: OPENING, by SONG YU Poem Source First Line: When they first came out Last Line: And the clouds are nowhere to be found Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) POETIC EXPRESSION ON LITERATURE, by LU JI Poem Source First Line: He stands in the very center and scans the darkness Last Line: When it covers metal and stone, virtue is spread: %through strings and flutes flowing, it is daily m Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Literature POETIC GIFT FOR COURTESAN LI, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Your talents past compare though far away Last Line: Admire your winged dance atop the clouds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POETIC GIFT FOR SOMEONE VIEWING BAMBOOS AFTER RAIN, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: In southern clime and spring rain times Last Line: Its joints both hoary and sturdy Subject(s): Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POLITICS OF MY HEART, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: There is a cliche among foreigners in china that goes Last Line: Has gotten under my skin, and because china hurts Subject(s): China POMELO, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Where pomello hangs down lovely fruit Last Line: Green to yellow - swift the colors change Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) PORCELAIN COUPLE, by DONALD HALL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When jane felt well enough for me to leave her Last Line: Bluebeard was, their cat who died long ago Subject(s): China (porcelain); Home POTTER, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) POURING WINE ALONE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: A long stretch of sky, vast sapphire Last Line: Jug hanging from waist, I go roaming alone - %to an autumn hair mount tai is small Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking PRELUDE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Swallows go winging before the hall Last Line: Stones jut up all along the stream; %it is best to go home and not travel afar Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Strangers PRELUDE: WHITE SWANS IN PAIRS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: In pairs white swans came flying Last Line: Live this day with delight on delight, %long life to you, ten thousand years Subject(s): Birds; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Swans PRESENT FROM THE EMPEROR'S NEW CONCUBINE, by PAN CHIEH-YU Poem Source First Line: I took a piece of the rare cloth o fch'I Last Line: And forget it, long before it is worn out Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Fans PRESENTED TO SOMEONE ON PARTING, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: She is graceful, lithe, and winsome Last Line: And none could compare with you Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Farewell; Yang-zhou (city), China PRESENTED TO THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Shying from the sun, I shade myself with gauze sleeves Last Line: Why should I regret wang chang? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PRIVATE THOUGHTS, by YEN SHU Poem Source First Line: Her lacquered carriage no longer arrives Last Line: But everywhere rivers and mountains are endless Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PROCLAIMING AN IMPERIAL VISIT TO THE SHANGLIN PARK, by WU ZETIAN Poem Source First Line: On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month Last Line: Don't wait for the morning wind to blow Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PROFESSOR XU/MADAME BOVARY/SPARROW WAR, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Without his wife Last Line: Emma bovary like a wife Subject(s): China PRUNING TREES, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Trees growing - right in front of my window Last Line: But better still, -- to see the green hills! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Trees PUBLIC BANQUET, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: The prince honors dearly loved guests Last Line: Whirled along, our spirits are free - %may it stay this way forever! Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 1. WHEN FIRST EXILED, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: I was born in the city Last Line: And only with death will my grief end Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 2. DROWNING IN THE RIVER, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: When I think of the history of bygone ages Last Line: I can no longer bear to look on my prince's folly Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 3. DISGUST WITH THE WORLD, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The world is sunk and foul and undiscriminating Last Line: Than look any longer on this unclean age Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 4. EMBITTERED THOUGHTS, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The good man is afflicted and lives in obscurity Last Line: But the way to him is blocked and impassable Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 5. OPPRESSED BY GRIEF, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Living in misery, to whom can I make my plaint Last Line: Mourning the constancy of the dweller there Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 6. MOURNING MY LOT, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: I mourn that my lot was cast in an unfit time Last Line: Plunged once more in the waters, never more to return Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 7. RECKLESS REMONSTRANCE, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: It angers me that the fair one is so fickle Last Line: I grieve because my spirit can find no outlet Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI JIAN (SEVEN REMONSTRANCES): 8. LUAN, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The phoenix and the phoenix' mate Last Line: Why should I complain of the men of today Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) QI-YU SONGS: 1, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A man should act with daring Last Line: Wrens surge away on either side Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) QI-YU SONGS: 4, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A man is a pathetic bug Last Line: Better by far than a maid of fifteen Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) QUATRAIN, by CHIH-NAN Poem Source First Line: I tied up my sampan in the shade of an ancient tree Last Line: And my face wasn't numbed by the willow-catkin wind Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) QUATRAIN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Birds are still whiter against river's sapphire Last Line: And when will be the time that I turn home? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Time QUATRAIN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A pair of golden orioles sings in green willows Last Line: My gate harbors boats from ten thousand miles downriver Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) QUATRAIN ON THE POOL BEHIND THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN QI-AN, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Water chestnuts pierce floating algae Last Line: Bathing their clothes of red Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lakes QUATRAIN WRITTEN ON THE ROAD, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: White strands of hair in my mirror Last Line: As I head on toward chang-an Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel QUATRAINS ON VARIOUS TOPICS: 1, by WU CHUN Poem Source First Line: Day's cicadas had already brought yearning pain Last Line: And now this evening, the fireflies Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell QUITTING MY POST AT HE-ZHOU AND VISITING JIAN-KANG, by LIU YU-HSI Poem Source First Line: Autumn's waters, clear and lacking force Last Line: I climb all the temples of the southern dynasties Subject(s): China - Southern Dynasties QUITTING MY POST AT HE-ZHOU AND VISITING JIAN-KANG, by LIU YU-HSI Poem Source First Line: Autumn winters, clear and lacking force Last Line: I climb all the temples of the southern dynasties Subject(s): China - Southern Dynasties QUOTATIONS FROM NAPOLEON, MAO, AND OTHERS, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: China is a sleeping giant,' napoleon once said; the Last Line: Not die.' lu xun, one of the greatest chinese writers of %our century Subject(s): China RAVEN PRIEST, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: At the seaside Last Line: I wake to the cries of village roosters Subject(s): Family Life - China REACHING SWORD GATE PASS AFTER TOURING THE LAND OF SHU, by HSUAN-TSUNG Poem Source First Line: Our tour complete our carriage returns Last Line: How true is this inscription Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) READING THE BOOK OF HILLS AND SEAS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the month of june the grass grows high Last Line: He will never be happy, whom such pleasures fail to please! Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) READING THE CLASSIC OF HILLS AND SEAS: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Start of summer, grass and trees grown tall Last Line: In the space of a nod I've toured the universe - %how could I be other than happy? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Geography READING THE CLASSIC OF MOUNTAINS AND SEAS: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Summer's first month, all plants grow tall Last Line: In an instant I have covered the universe - %if this is not joy, what is? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) READING TIANANMEN SQUARE, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: The text of tiananmen square, which is still being Last Line: And are, cast like ballots Subject(s): China; Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 REALIZING THE FUTILITY OF LIFE; WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF A PRIEST'S CELL, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ever since the time when I was a lusty boy Last Line: That very striving will make one's error more. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Zen Buddhism; Theology REBEL CAMP IN THE HINDU KUSH, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: The mountains lie quietly together Last Line: On the horizon %not one single light Subject(s): China - Democracy RECITING ALOUD, ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Each person has some one addiction Last Line: I'm afraid I'll be mocked by the times, %so I come to this place where no man is Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Solitude RECORDING MY THOUGHTS WHILE TRAVELING AT NIGHT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A shore of thin reeds in light wind Last Line: A solitary gull between heaven and earth Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RED FILLING THE RIVER, by JIANG KUI Poem Source First Line: When the old lady came, the goddess undying Last Line: In the shadows of the blinds? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) RED OCTOPUS, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She folds the four corners into the center Last Line: Inflates the body of the octopus. Subject(s): China; China - Red Guards REFLECTION OF A HIGH BUILDING IN THE WATER, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At the water's bottom a tracery screen appears Last Line: The waves pass on, the reflection remains Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) REFLECTIONS AT A RIVER TOWER, by CHAO KU Poem Source First Line: Alone on a river tower my thoughts full of sorrow Last Line: The view isn't quite the same as last year Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REFLECTIONS WHILE READING: 1, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: A small square pond an uncovered mirror Last Line: It said spring water keeps flowing in Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REFLECTIONS WHILE READING: 2, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: Last night spring waters rose along the river Last Line: Today in midstream they travel with ease Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REGAL-CONCUBINE, by ANNIE LEE Poem Source First Line: They say I am the delilah of the t'ang dynasty Last Line: They say I am the delilah of the t'ang dynasty Subject(s): China; High School Students; Teenagers REGRET, by YUAN CHI Poem Text First Line: When I was young I learnt fencing Last Line: That makes this fury tear my heart. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fencing; Time REGRET IN THE CHANGMEN PALACE, by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: You used to love my cypress rafter terrace Last Line: Hard to offer water that's been spilled Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REGRETFUL THOUGHTS, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Fallen leaves are scattered by evening rain Last Line: No more green water and blue hills Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REJOICING AT THE ARRIVAL OF CH'EN HSIUNG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the yellow bird's note was almost stopped Last Line: For it makes us tell the story of our whole lives. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks & Drinking; Friendship; Wine RELEASE FROM MELANCHOLY; SONG (WRITTEN UNDER THE FLOWERS), by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Autumn winds blow over the earth Last Line: And not let the world's petty things %weigh down and stifle me Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Melancholy RELEASING A MIGRANT YEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At nine rivers, in the tenth year, in winter, - heavy snow Last Line: They will pluck from your body those long feathers and make them into arrow-wings! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Freedom; Geese; Liberty REMEMBERING GOLDEN BELLS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ruined and ill, - a man of two score Last Line: Because, in the road, I met her foster-nurse. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Daughters; Death - Children; Grief; Death - Babies; Sorrow; Sadness REPLYING TO A POEM BY PRIME MINISTER LU OF CHINLING, by TU SHEN-YEN Poem Source First Line: Only an impotent official Last Line: I think of home and dry my eyes Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPORTING FROM BEIJING, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: China daily, the 'english-language newspaper' here Last Line: Day I have less to say. I've been in china seven months Subject(s): China REPROACH, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The fair woman raises the beaded drapes Last Line: Cannot know the man who bears her reproach Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH IN A LETTER ON COLORED PAPER, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: When first leaves fall on lake dongting Last Line: This misery in living long apart Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH IN LOVE, by LI YE Poem Source First Line: People say the sea is deep Last Line: Heart and strings will break together Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH IN THE WOMEN'S CHAMBERS, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: The oyung wife in her chambers Last Line: And regretted having sent her husband %to seek glory in the army Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RESIGNING AS MINISTER, by LI SHIH-CHIH Poem Source First Line: Yielding my post to the able Last Line: How many will visit today Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RESPECTFULLY ANSWERING 'DRIFTING ON THE RIVER', by YU HSIN Poem Source First Line: The spring river comes down past white emperor castle Last Line: As the sun goes down, winds calm on the river, %the dragon sings our and turns back upstream Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Rivers; Travel RESPONDING TO SECRETARY CHIA CHIH'S MORNING COURT AT TAMING PALACE, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: Roosters announce dawn in the capital is cold Last Line: And how hard to match his 'sunny spring' Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RESPONDING TO SECRETARY CHIA CHIH'S MORNING COURT AT TAMING PALACE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The sound of nightlong dripping speeds the shaft of dawn Last Line: By the pond today I found a phoenix feather Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RESPONDING TO SECRETARY CHIA CHIH'S MORNING COURT AT TAMING PALACE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: When the crimson-capped crier strikes the dawn clapper Last Line: The sound of jade pendants returns to phoenix pond Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RESUME, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: Once I goosestepped across the square Last Line: On an old tree that looked like a mop %gazing into the distance Subject(s): China RETIRING AFTER ATTENDING A TEA AT HSUANTE PALACE, by CHOU PI-TA Poem Source First Line: Pagoda trees crowd the path crows flock at dusk Last Line: With a new crescent moon above the myrtle Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RETURN TO MY COUNTRY HOME, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When young I couldn't bear the common taste Last Line: That we live among shadows and ghosts %and return at last to nothingness Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) RETURNING ON YANG LAKE, by ZHAO YI Poem Source First Line: My canvas sail billows slightly Last Line: And rapping the rhythm on boatsides, %going with me all the way home Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Homecoming RETURNING TO DWELL IN GARDENS AND FIELDS: 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My youth felt no comfort in common things Last Line: For long time I was kept inside a coop, %now again I return to the natural way Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Country Life RETURNING TO DWELL IN GARDENS AND FIELDS: 3, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the outlands few things trouble a man Last Line: And they will fall to ruin with common weeds Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Farm Life RETURNING TO MY HOME IN THE COUNTRY, NO. 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: So long since I've enjoyed the hills and ponds Last Line: Man's life is a phantom affair, %and returns at last to the empty void Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Home RETURNING TO MY HOME IN THE COUNTRY, NO. 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I planted the beans at the front of the southern mountain Last Line: Wet clothes - they're not worth a worry, %just so my hopes aren't disappointed! Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Home RETURNING TO MY HOME IN THE COUNTRY, NO. 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Out here in the fields, few social affairs Last Line: But always I fear that frost or hail may come %and knock them all down like so many weeds Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Home RETURNING TO MY HOME IN THE COUNTRY, NO. 1, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In youth I couldn't sing to the common tune Last Line: After so long in the cage of mine, %I've come back to things as they are Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Home RETURNING TO MY RETREAT, by CH'EN T'UAN Poem Source First Line: Through the red dust I tramped for ten years Last Line: To wildflowers and birdsongs and the same old spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RETURNING TO THE FIELDS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I was young, I was out of tune with the herd Last Line: Now I have turned again to nature and freedom. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Variant Title(s): Returning To The Village Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Freedom; Liberty RHYME-PROSE ON THE DESOLATE CITY, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: Broad and far-reaching, the level plain Last Line: All end thus - %what is there to say? Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; Kuang-ling, China RHYMING WITH A FRIEND, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: What can melt away the melancholy of lodging at an inn? Last Line: But for now I'll take it in hand and chant it Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RICE, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: It is our very teeth that we sink in the earth Last Line: Anoint the earth and make it good to eat Subject(s): China; Farm Life; Mongols And Mongolia; Rice RISING DRUNK ON A SPRING DAY, TELLING MY INTENT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We are lodged in this world as in a great dream Last Line: Then sing wildly, waiting for the moon, %when the tune is done, I no longer care Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking RISING LATE AND PLAYING WITH A-TS'UI, AGED TWO, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All the morning I have lain perversely in bed Last Line: I have added the fourth of playing with my baby-boy. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sons RIVER FLOODED, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The river flooded ourside my scrapwood gate Last Line: The fisherman twirls his small paddle, %and turns the prow round so easily Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fishing And Fishermen RIVER VILLAGE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A bend in the clear river flows Last Line: For myself beyond things like that %what more have ti to seek? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RIVER VILLAGE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A clear river winds around the village Last Line: What else does this poor body need Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ROADS OF LOYANG, by CH'U KUANG-HSI Poem Source First Line: The roads are as straight as strands of hair Last Line: Ride by in pairs with their bridles ringing Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ROADS OF LUO-YANG: PRESENTED TO THE DIRECTOR LI XIANG: 1, by CH'U KUANG-HSI Poem Source First Line: The spring ice melts on the river luo Last Line: How around horses' hooves the fallen flowers swirl Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ROAMING FREE IN HUAI-NAN, by ZHANG HU Poem Source First Line: For ten miles long avenues Last Line: Have good fields for tombs Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Temples; Yang-zhou (city), China ROAMING IN THE NORTH PARK BY NIGHT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Star sparkles break through trees on the ridge Last Line: But the bright waves stir, showing currents Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) RUIN IN CATHAY: 1. 1217, by J. F. HARRIS Poem Text First Line: No sound of bird now breathes from the hushed walls Last Line: Genghis kha khan has scampered through cathay. Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Genghiz Khan (1162-1227); Jenghiz Khan; Chingis Khan; Chingiz Khan RUIN IN CATHAY: 2. 1938, by J. F. HARRIS Poem Text First Line: War lifts its iron head above the wall Last Line: Winged death glides low over china's plains. Subject(s): China; World War Ii; Second World War RYHMEPROSE ON AN OWL, SELS., by CHIA YI Poem Source First Line: The year was tan-wo, it was the fourth month, summer's first Last Line: Be detached, remote, and soar with tao Subject(s): Birds; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Omens; Owls SACRIFICAL PRAYER FOR THE DEAD ON MY OWN BEHALF, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The year is 427 Last Line: I wonder how death will be? %alas Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death SAIL RETURNS TO THE DISTANT SHORE, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: The evening sun goes down Last Line: Beside the broken bridge, %each fishseller goes his way Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) SAILING HOMEWARD, by CHAN FANG-SHENG Poem Text First Line: Cliffs that rise a thousand feet Last Line: And moved his brush to write a new song. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homecoming SALT MERCHANT'S WIFE (IN HATRED OF PROFITEERS), by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The salt merchant's wife Last Line: This happened not in the han alone, %it happens also now Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Greed; Hate SAYING GOOD-BYE, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: The green field stretches out like a mind at ease Last Line: Just guarding the darkness Subject(s): China - Democracy SAYING GOODBYE ON THE YI RIVER, by LUO BIN-WANG Poem Source First Line: Here where yen tan said goodbye Last Line: But the water is still cold today Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SAYING GOODBYE TO LU CH'IN-CH'ING, by SSU-K'UNG SHU Poem Source First Line: I know we plan to meet again Last Line: Is weaker than a shihyu wind Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SCENT OF LACE, by SHI DA-ZU Poem Source First Line: A deed of chill betrays blossoms Last Line: And talking till deep in the night Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SEAL SCRIPT IN STONE, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From cold cliff a cascade flies Last Line: To su shun-qin and mei yao-chen Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): Calligraphy; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SEASONS COME AND GO: 001, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: By and by, the seasons come and go Last Line: Winging over the new sprouts Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SEASONS COME AND GO: 002, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Bank to bank, the stream is wide Last Line: Happy to be by myself Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SEASONS COME AND GO: 003, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Peering into the depths of the stream Last Line: We can no longer bring them back Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SEASONS COME AND GO: 004, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In the morning and at night Last Line: Sad and alone, here I am Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SEASONS SHIFT, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Ever onward seasons shift Last Line: No reaching yao or yellow emperor, %distressing solitude lies in me Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Seasons; Spring; Transience SEEING OFF A FRIEND, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dark hills stretch beyond the north rampart Last Line: Our parting horses neigh Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF A FRIEND LEAVING FOR SHU, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You've heard of the tsantsung road Last Line: You don't need to ask yen tsun Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF CHAO TSUNG AT NIGHT, by YANG CHIUNG Poem Source First Line: Scion of chao jade disk worth cities Last Line: Moonlight fills the waiting river Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF CHU TA LEAVING FOR CH'IN, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: For an unemployed gentleman bound for wuling Last Line: A simple piece of my heart Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF EDITOR TS'UI MARCHING EAST, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Source First Line: Golden skies have turned forbidding Last Line: Or seek your fame at unicorn hall Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF REVEREND DAN XII, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: A poet suffers making poems Last Line: Starving from poems, old without rancor, %I have troubled the monk to shed streaming tears Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry And Poets SEEING OFF SPRING, by WANG FENG-YUAN Poem Source First Line: In april flowers fade and fall and more appear Last Line: Convinced it can still call the east wind back Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF SPRING ON THE LAST DAY OF APRIL, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: When april reaches its thirtieth day Last Line: Until the dawn bell you're still spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF SUPPLY DIRECTOR KUO, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Huai river green brightens my door Last Line: But every night spring waters grow deeper Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF TS'UI JUNG, by TU SHEN-YEN Poem Source First Line: Our sovereign sends forth her general Last Line: The autumn wind quell kupei Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF YUAN ER ON A MISSION TO ANHSI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Morning rain dampens the dust in weicheng Last Line: West of yang pass there's no one you know Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SELLING TATTERED PEONIES, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Facing the wind, my sighs are stirred Last Line: That he has no way to buy Subject(s): Aging; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Peonies; Women SELLING WILD PEONIES, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: I sigh into the wind at how often the flowers fall Last Line: Then, my dear prince, you will regret that they are no longer for sale Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Peonies SENDING A FRIEND ON HIS WAY, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Green hills stretch past the north ramparts Last Line: We wave, going off from here, %and our horses whinny on parting Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell SENDING A PALACE LADY BACK BY NIGHT TO THE REAR BOAT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rows of brocade curtains shelter her barge Last Line: Her lingering scent still fills my boat Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SENDING HAN KUI ON A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN REACHES OF THE YANGZI, by LI YE Poem Source First Line: We look at each other and point to willows Last Line: Flying back and forth, year after year Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENDING MR. YUAN ON HIS WAY ON A MISSION TO AN-XI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: By the walls of wie city the rain at dawn Last Line: Once you go west out yang pass %there will be no old friends Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell SENDING OFF MR. YAO, A SUPERNUMERARY, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Of countless willows one early autumn branch Last Line: So mist and moon at two spots will not feel sad Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENDING OFF MR. YING (1), by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: On foot I climbed up bei-mang's slopes Last Line: When I think on this place I used to live, %breath chokes within, I cannot speak Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Homecoming SENT TO FEIQING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: On the stone steps crickets chirp, unsettled Last Line: So what can console my autumn feeling? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENT TO JUDGE HAN CHUO IN YANG-ZHOU, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Its green hills in shadows Last Line: Being hidden to play on the flute? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENT TO ZI'AN, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Drunk at parting: a thousand goblets of wine won't wash away my sorrow Last Line: But I'm not willing to stay languidly drunk in my jade tower Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Grief SENTENCES FOR JIANG QING: 2. LAST CHAPTER AND VERSE, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: A woman of many callings Last Line: Of history, her heavy heart Subject(s): China; Jiang Qing (madame Mao) SEPARATION, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yesterday I heard that such-a-one was gone Last Line: And laughing gaze into each other's eyes? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Dead, The SERVING IN THE SECRETARIAT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At gossamer hall the writing has stopped Last Line: Purple myrtle flowers face a purple myrtle man Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SET TO THE TUNE RUYI NIANG, by WU ZETIAN Poem Source First Line: Watching red turn to green, my thoughts entangled and scattered Last Line: Open the chest and look for the skirt of pomegranate-red Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SETTLING WIND AND WAVES, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Pay no heed to those sounds Last Line: On the other, not clear skies Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SEVEN SORROWS: 1, by WANG CAN Poem Source First Line: In chang-an the fighting was out of control Last Line: I gasped and felt the pain within Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief; War SEVEN SORROWS: 2, by WANG CAN Poem Source First Line: Jing-man is not my home Last Line: This wayfaring will never end, %the sting of care is hard to endure Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Exiles; Night; Solitude SEVENTH NIGHT, by YANG P'U Poem Source First Line: I've never understood the herdboy's thoughts Last Line: Unaware the world has enough skills already Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SHE DRINKS DEEP AND SINGS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sunset, cloudless skies Last Line: They don't last, what can we do? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Love SHENGKUO TEMPLE, by CH'U-MO Poem Source First Line: Leading up from lesser peaks Last Line: Singers and flutes muffle the bell Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SHORT POEM, by L QUBGZHAO Poem Source First Line: When you are living Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SHORT SONG, by CAO CAO Poem Source First Line: The wine before me as I sing Last Line: The duke of zhou broke off his meals, %and all the world turned to him in their hearts Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Guests SHRINE TO YU THE GREAT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A shrine to yu on a desolate slope Last Line: He opened up this land of pa Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SICK OX, by LI GANG Poem Source First Line: Opened a thousand furrows Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SIGHT-SEEING IN THE MOORS OUTSIDE OF LIANG-ZHOU, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Old men of the prairie, two or three homes Last Line: The shamanka dances in frenzy, %dust shows on her stockings of gauze Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Clergy; Travel; Women SIT DOWN, OLD SIR, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Country bus to yung hsu and to nan chong Last Line: Old enough to be pitied by an angel from heaven' Subject(s): Family Life - China SITTING ALONE ON CHINGTING MOUNTAIN, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flocks of birds disappear in the distance Last Line: Only chingting mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SITTINGS, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Sitting in the poem-reciting pavilion Last Line: In china that is optional too Subject(s): China SIXTH MONTH OF 408: WE HAD A FIRE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My thatch hut was set in a narrow lane Last Line: But since I wasn't born in those times, %I'll just go on watering my garden Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fire SKINNY, SKINNY, OF COURSE SKINNY, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: What does this forearm of a country girl look like Last Line: A bottle of old wine costs 25,000 renmin bi' Subject(s): Family Life - China SMALL DEFEATS: A CHINESE PAINTING ON RICE PAPER, by GORDON WEAVER Poem Source First Line: It seems almost purposefully plain Last Line: In art, the showing how-to-be of being Subject(s): Art And Artists; China; Paintings And Painters SMALL GARDEN, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Misty plants of my small garden Last Line: I took advantage of gentle rain %to go and weed my melons Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Gardens And Gardening SMALL QUESTIONS, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Child: mama mama these young aunties and uncles Last Line: Mother; the flower with petals every color of the rainbow Subject(s): China SNOW AND THE PLUM: 1, by LU MEI-PO Poem Source First Line: The plum and the snow both claim the spring Last Line: But the snow can't match a wisp of plum perfume Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fruit; Plums; Poetry And Poets; Spring SNOW AND THE PLUM: 2, by LU MEI-PO Poem Source First Line: The plum without the snow isn't very special Last Line: Together with the plum they complete the spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Plums; Poetry And Poets; Spring SNOW LINE, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: Forget what I said Last Line: Meltwater streams %through the lush marsh grass Subject(s): China - Democracy SNOWY NIGHT, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My books lie scattered all around Last Line: The winds that bear the whir %of mighty wings Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Snow SOME TIME AGO ... I SAW A PAINTING OF BUDDHA BY WU DAO-ZI, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Noblemen whose wealth is great Last Line: And let they fly off in smoke Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Paintings And Painters SOMETHING TOUCHED ME ONE NIGHT AND I TRY TO GET IT OUT, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: I studied at night, by dawn and was not done Last Line: I think on past travels upon the green rivers Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel SONG, by SUN TZU-HOU Poem Text First Line: On the eastern way at the city of lo-yang Last Line: "joy and love never come back again." Subject(s): Aging; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Trees SONG, by TSANG CHIH Poem Text First Line: I was brought up under the stone castle Last Line: Who waved to me as they went in and out. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG FOR THE BANK WHERE THE COCK CROWED, by WEN T'ING-YUN Poem Source First Line: When the southern dynasties emperor Last Line: Would linger on in the crabapples %and their branches like snow Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties SONG FOR THE GOVERNOR OF WILD GOOSE BARRIER, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Black clouds weigh down on the walls Last Line: And we take in hand the jade dragon-swords %and die now for our lord Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life SONG FOR THE RIVER TUNE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How long has the moon been up there? Last Line: To share across a thousand miles its lovely graces Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SONG FOR THE WOMAN WHO RAISES SILKWORMS, by XIE FANGDE Poem Source First Line: Cuckoos are already noisy before dawn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SONG OF A BROWN WREN IN WILD FIELDS, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: High in the trees are sad strong winds Last Line: It flew and flew till it touched the sky, %then came again down to thank the young man Subject(s): Birds; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Wrens SONG OF A PAINTING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Descended from wei's warrior king, you, general Last Line: How all their days hardships and troubles %entangled them Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Paintings And Painters SONG OF A YOUNG NOBLEMAN AT THE END OF NIGHT, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Coiling smoke of sandalwood Last Line: Encircling his waist, white jade cold Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF AN ARROWHEAD FROM THE BATTLEFIELD OF CHANG-PING, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Char of lacquer, powder of bone Last Line: Tried to get me to trade the metal %for an offering basket Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF DRAFT CURSIVE, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: To brew three thousand gallons of beer Last Line: I consigned it all to the great hall %whose walls were nine feet high Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SONG OF LASTING PAIN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Han's sovereign prized the beauty of flesh Last Line: Yet this pain of ours will continue %and never finally end Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Pain; Passion; Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) SONG OF LIAN-ZHOU, by WANG HAN Poem Source First Line: Sweet wine of the grape Last Line: And how many ever returned? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking SONG OF LIANG-ZHOU, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The yellow sands stretch off and up Last Line: The winds of spring have never passed %jade gate barrier Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF LORD XIE'S VILLA, by WEN T'ING-YUN Poem Source First Line: To the south of redbird pontoon bridge Last Line: And he never let fu jian %cross the river huai Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Southern Dynasties SONG OF MING-GAO: SENDING OFF MR. CHEN, A GENTLEMAN IN RETIREMENT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It seems there is someone, he longs for ming-gao Last Line: I will join you forever as a friend Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Homecoming SONG OF MY CARES WHEN GOING FROM THE CAPITAL TO FENG-XIAN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A man of du-ling in commoner's clothes Last Line: Reasons to be troubled are as great as south mountain, %a chaos that no one can gasp Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF P'ENG-YA, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I remember when we first fled the rebels Last Line: And I think how it would be to have strong wings %that would carry me away, set me down before you Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars SONG OF SNOW-WHITE HEADS, by CHO WEN-CHUN Poem Text First Line: Our love was pure Last Line: Till her hair is white. Alternate Author Name(s): Chuo Wen-chen Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love SONG OF THE AUTUMN WIND, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Autumn winds rise, white clouds fly Last Line: How long does youth's prime last? - no hope against old age Subject(s): Aging; Autumn; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Seasons; Transience SONG OF THE BOWMEN OF SHU, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "here we are, picking the first fern-shoots" Last Line: "our mind is full of sorrow, who will know of our grief" Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);grief; Sorrow;sadness SONG OF THE BRIGHT MOON, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: The bright moon comes forth from eastern hills Last Line: A thousand gold pieces don't matter - %what counts is the strength of feeling Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Moon; Singing And Singers SONG OF THE MEN OF CHIN-LING (MARCHING BACK TO THE CAPITAL), by HSIEH T'IAO Poem Text First Line: Chiang-nan is a glorious and beautiful land Last Line: And for those who have done valiantly rich reward awaits. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsuan-hui; Xie Tiao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers SONG OF THE PRINCE OF LANG-YA, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I just bought a five-foot sword Last Line: Better by far that a maid of fifteen Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Swords SONG OF THE SOUTHLAND, by YU HU Poem Source First Line: She had happened to go by the river Last Line: But furtively tossed a silver coin %to find the fortune of someone far Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Coin Tossing SONG OF THE SOUTHLAND (1), by CH'U KUANG-HSI Poem Source First Line: When on the long river the sun goes down Last Line: Go back and forth chasing the wakes of boats Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF THE SPRING PALACE, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Last night the breeze brought to bloom Last Line: He gives her a coat of brocade Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF XIANG-YANG, by CUI GUO-FU Poem Source First Line: Xiang-yang is a young man's place Last Line: Know my skill on the harp of qin Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF YONG-ZHOU: 2. NORTH ISLE, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Shores shaded by hanging willow fronds Last Line: Sapphire waters splash their long sleeves, %and drifting mosses dye the light paddles Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG ON REFLECTIONS IN WATER, by SHEN Poem Source First Line: Her light tresses mimic the drifting clouds Last Line: Where duckweed opens, she smoothes tousled hair Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG ON VISITING HEAVEN'S CRONE MOUNTAIN IN A DREAM: ON PARTING, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Seafarers speak of that isle of ying Last Line: It makes me incapable %of relaxing heart or face Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell SONG SEQUENCE TO 'A SPRAY OF FLOWERS', by ZHONG SI-CHENG Poem Source First Line: Born to dwell between earth and sky Last Line: And made me: unhandsome Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) SONG WHITE HAIR, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: As bright as the snow on mountaintop Last Line: Long life to you, ten thousand years Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness SONG WRITTEN ON THE TOPIC 'STREAMS FLOWING DOWN IN THREE GORGES', by LI YE Poem Source First Line: My home used to be there Last Line: I want those flowering streams to continue forever Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG: EVERY NIGHT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The dipper stretches across the sky Last Line: In lamplight half of the bed is in shadow Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONG: PROMOTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS, by CH'IU CHIN Poem Source First Line: Our generation yearns to be free Last Line: Never to fail or disappoint, out citizen heroines! Subject(s): China - Democracy; Women's Rights SONGS OF HU-ZHOU: 3, by WANG YUAN-LIANG Poem Source First Line: In the palace halls crowds of officials Last Line: While thousands of horsemen with wild hair ride %in circles before the hall Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SONGS OF MY CARES: 1, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: In the night I could not sleep Last Line: I wavered then, what would I see? - %troubled thoughts injure a heart all alone Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Night; Solitude SONGS OF MY CARES: 16, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: I was walking about beside peng pond Last Line: No regrets that he ends up wasted and gaunt, %and this is the burden of my song Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SONGS OF MY CARES: 2, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: Two maidens roamed by river's shore Last Line: How can a bond strong as metal and stone %change in only a day to parting pain? Subject(s): Betrayal; Han River, China; Nymphs SONGS OF MY CARES: 3, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: A path will form beneath fair trees Last Line: And the year too has reached its end Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Farewell SONGS OF MY CARES: 33, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: One more day, then one more evening Last Line: All my life I have walked on thin ice, %and none understands how this heart seethes Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Simplicity SONGS OF MY CARES: 6, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: I have heard of count dong-ling's melons Last Line: One may spend a life in commoner's clothes, %put no trust in stipends and popularity Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Simplicity SONGS OF MY CARES: 68, by RUAN JI Poem Source First Line: I looked out north on the gorge of dry dark Last Line: Who now can stop me from leaving the world? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SORROW, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: Heaven took my wife. Now it Last Line: Not even a shadow in the mirror Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death - Children; Grief SORROWS, by JIANG SHIWEI Poem Source First Line: Grey earth. %I gaze at you a long time Last Line: Again, this darkest moment of the year Subject(s): China - Democracy SOURCE OF PAIN: 2, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In lonely stillness, echoes from twilight eaves Last Line: Like seeing the lacework of spiders Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SOUTH COUNTRY, by OU-YANG JIONG Poem Source First Line: In his bright-colored skiff he rests his oars Last Line: In the grove of plantain Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SOUTH OF THE GREAT SEA, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: My love is living Last Line: And then it too wil know Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);love - Loss Of SOUTH OF THE WALLS WE FOUGHT, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Last Line: At dawn you went forth to battle, %and at evening did not return Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Death; War SOUTHERN SONG, by LI CH'ING-CHAO Poem Source First Line: Up in heaven the star-river turns Last Line: Are not as they were before Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SPARROWS IN WINTER, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: Hundreds of sparrows Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SPEARS AND SHIELDS, by WANG CHUNG Poem Source First Line: Where can I go when spears and shields are clashing Last Line: And stay completely drunk until peaceful times begin Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPENDING A SUMMER NIGHT WITH MY COUSIN TALKING ABOUT THE PAST, by TOU SHU-HSIANG Poem Source First Line: Magnolia perfume inundates the courtyard Last Line: I hate those blue flags by the bridge Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPENDING THE NIGHT AT AN INN OUTSIDE THE WEST GATE OF JI-ZHOU, by CHAO DUAN-YOU Poem Source First Line: Winter woods in the last sunlight Last Line: Munch on the last of the hay Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SPENDING THE NIGHT AT LUNGHSING TEMPLE, by CH'I-WU CH'IEN Poem Source First Line: I failed to leave the temple by dark Last Line: Everywhere birds carried them off Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPENDING THE NIGHT AT YUNMEN TEMPLE PAVILION, by SUN T'I Poem Source First Line: At incense pavilion below east peak Last Line: I dreamed I was traveling with clouds Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPENDING THE NIGHT IN REVEREND YE'S MOUNTAIN CHAMBER, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When evening sun passed over western peaks Last Line: My harp waits alone on the vine-hung path Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests; Nature SPRAY OF FLOWERS (NOT GIVING IN TO OLD AGE), by GUAN HAN-QING Poem Source First Line: I've plucked every bud hanging over the wall Last Line: I'll walk the lane of misty flowers %no more Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Flowers; Old Age SPRING BIRTHDAY, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Because it's spring, on my birthday Last Line: Garden churns to pebbles, to weeds Subject(s): Family Life - China SPRING CLEARING, by WANG CHIA Poem Source First Line: Before the rain there were buds among the flowers Last Line: Apparently spring has moved to the neighbor's Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING COMPLAINT, by CHIN CH'ANG-HSU Poem Source First Line: Chase the orioles away Last Line: And keeps her from reaching liaohsi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING DAWN, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sleeping in spring oblivious of dawn Last Line: I wonder how many petals fell Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING DAY, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: Along the ssu river it's a fine day for blossoms Last Line: A thousand pinks and purples and everywhere spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING FEELINGS, SENT TO ZI'AN, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The mountain road slants, the rocky steps are steep Last Line: Tears that fall in the bright light -- and this single poem Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring SPRING IN THE MANSION OF JADE, by CHOU PANG-YEN Poem Source First Line: At peach creek I did not stay Last Line: The passion, like floss that sticks to the ground %in the aftermath of rain Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) SPRING LAMENT, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: I was hoping joy would overflow this spring Last Line: If not because of cares then illness Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING LONGINGS, by WANG SENG-JU Poem Source First Line: The snows are over, branches turn green Last Line: That leads me to write these songs of love Alternate Author Name(s): Seng-ju; Wang Seng-ru Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Spring SPRING NIGHT, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A spring night hour is worth a ton of gold Last Line: Swinging in the courtyard far into the night Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING NIGHT, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: The burner is out of incense the dripping has almost stopped Last Line: The moon casts shadow flowers on the balustrade Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING PASSION, by XU ZAI-SI Poem Source First Line: I had never felt longing all my life Last Line: And the moon had grown %half bright Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Longing; Passion SPRINGTIME IN THE MANSION OF JADE, by YAN JIDAO Poem Source First Line: The east wind did it again, unsentimental Last Line: Will I watch the blossoms all fall away? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) STAYING OVERNIGHT AT THE CHANCELLERY IN SPRING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flowers by the palace retire at dusk Last Line: And questions about last night Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) STIRRED BY SOMETHING AT MOUNT LI, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Cascades fly from mount li's cliffs Last Line: There is only the prince of shou Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) STONE FISH LAKE, by YUAN CHIEH Poem Text First Line: I loved you dearly, stone fish lake Last Line: For ever and ever staring at the stone fish. Alternate Author Name(s): Tz'u-shan Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Nature STOPPING AT PEIKU MOUNTAIN, by WANG WAN Poem Source First Line: My route goes past blue peaks Last Line: Tied to a goose bound for loyang Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) STOPPING BY THE TEMPLE OF INCENSE MASSED (1), by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I knew not of the temple of incense massed Last Line: Towards dusk at the bend of a deserted pool, %in meditation's calm I mastered passion's dragon Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Meditation; Passion; Temples STOPPING BY THE TEMPLE OF INCENSE MASSED (1), by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Not know incense incense heap-up temple Last Line: Towards dusk at the bend of a deserted pool, %in meditation's calm I mastered passion's dragon Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Meditation; Passion; Temples STOPPING THE NIGHT AT JUNG-YANG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I grew up at jung-yang Last Line: Passionless, -- flow in their old course. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips STOPPING WINE, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: My home? I'm stopping near the town Last Line: How could it stop in a thousand, ten thousand years? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) STORM-BORN VERSE, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Swirling clouds darkening my windows Last Line: Through my fingers, like a congo eel Subject(s): Family Life - China STRANGE BIRD, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Came a strange bird Last Line: Who would shoot this strange bird down Subject(s): Family Life - China STREET LIFE, STREET DEATH, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: The streets of beijing are not like the streets of any other Last Line: Shoes. I brought them with me. I didn't leave everything %behind Subject(s): China STREETS IN SHANGHAI, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The white butterfly in the park is read by many Last Line: Wounds we don't know about Subject(s): Shanghai, China STREETS IN SHANGHAI, by TOMAS TRANSTROMER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The white butterlfy in the park is read by many Last Line: We look almost happy out in the sun, while we are bleeding fatally from %wounds we don't know about Subject(s): Ferry Boats; Shanghai, China; Travel STROLLING ALONG A JUNIPER PATH IN THE MORNING, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: The rain stopped and in the groves Last Line: And I also was startled Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) STROLLING OUTSIDE TOWN, by CH'ENG HAO Poem Source First Line: In the sweet green countryside I walk where I want Last Line: Why not go wandering just remember to return Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) STUDY IN THE HILLS, by YU HSIN Poem Source First Line: I sought in vast stillness clam chambers Last Line: Makes me feel still more how heart's cares have erred Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) SUBSTANCE, SHADOW, AND SPIRIT, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: High and low, wise and simple, all busily hoard up the moments of life Last Line: And make as little fuss as you can. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SUBSTANCE, SHADOW, AND SPIRIT, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Heaven and earth go on forever, never ceasing Last Line: When it's time to fade away, then fade away - %why should you alone be so full of care? Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SUI PALACE, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: The halls of the palace at lavender springs Last Line: It would not be right again to ask %for 'in the rear court flowers' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Yang, Emperor Of China (sui Dynasty) SUI PALACE (2D VERSION), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: He roamed off to the south on a whim Last Line: Half to be his for his sails Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Yang, Emperor Of China (sui Dynasty) SUITE ON AUTUMN THOUGHTS, by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: The time passed in life's century Last Line: Tell him he'll find %me utterly drunk by the eastern hedge Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341); Pleasure; Simplicity SUMMER, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: The flowers are blooming still, those hypocrites Last Line: Among the woebegone sunflowers Subject(s): China - Democracy SUMMER DAY, by CHANG FENG Poem Source First Line: Late summer on the river the sun and wind are mild Last Line: Let me pass this life chopping wood and fishing Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUMMER DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lazily waving a white feather fan Last Line: My bare head ruffled by wind through pines Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Summer SUMMONS OF THE SOUL, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The lord god said to wu yang Last Line: O soul, come back! Return to your old abode Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) SUNBEAMS SHOOT, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Sunbeams shoot through a gauze window screen Last Line: Where a sapphire green parrot faces %the red roses Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUNG OUT IN SYMPATHY FOR FLOWERS, by BAO JUNHUI Poem Source First Line: Flowers on a branch Last Line: And go back to the cave of your room Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUNLIGHT CAST BACK, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: To the north of the chu king's palace Last Line: A soul never called back Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUNNING ONESELF, by ZHOU MI Poem Source First Line: My back to the light, I wait for woodsmen and herdsmen Last Line: My mind joins together with the void Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Sunbathing SURPRISED BY AUTUMN ON THE FEN, by SU T'ING Poem Source First Line: The north wind blows white clouds Last Line: I can't bear the sounds of autumn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SWING, by HUI-HUNG Poem Source First Line: A pair of blue ropes swing from a painted frame Last Line: A banished immortal from toad palace it seems Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TAKING DOWN A TRELLIS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: These sticks, tied together, are falling apart Last Line: Man's life too always begins well Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Gardens And Gardening TAOISM AND BUDDHISM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A traveller came from across the seas Last Line: To the heaven of bliss fulfilled. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Buddhism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Taoism; Buddha; Buddhists; Theology TAOIST SONG, by CHI K'ANG Poem Text First Line: I will cast out wisdom and reject learning Last Line: "my thoughts shall wander in the great void." Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) TAOPING, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Across the vast blue-shadow-sweeping plain Last Line: Their cannon-bowelled fortress of taoping? Subject(s): China; Soldiers TCHIREK SONG, by ALTUN Poem Text First Line: Tchirek river / lies under the dark mountains Last Line: Sheep and oxen roam. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Tatars; Tartars TEA CEREMONY IN THE EAST PAVILION, by BAO JUNHUI Poem Source First Line: At ease this morning, turn toward dawn Last Line: That gives off cooling winds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TEAHOUSE, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: At the rickshaw-jammed gate of chengdu Last Line: Moaning incessantly into the eastern seas Subject(s): Family Life - China TELEGRAM, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: Behind our house, one october morning Last Line: Too stupid to tell my ancestral spirit from a bird Subject(s): Family Life - China TELL ME NOW, by WANG CHI Poem Text First Line: Tell me now, what should a man want Last Line: And, at the end, need no paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Contentment; Old Age TELLING MY FEELINGS, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Idle, at ease -- with nothing that I must attend to Last Line: And then, half-drunk, I rise and comb my hair Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TEMPLE OF SHOOTING STARS, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Into jutting clouds terrace and hall Last Line: But I, lacking talent, am put to shame, %having come here so casually Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TEN STANZAS ON THE AUTUMN RAIN: 1, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: I was sick of hearing the rain drip Last Line: Beyond a curtain of pearls %an azure-colored screen Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Rain TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 1. A DOG SEPARATED FROM ITS MASTER, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Behind crimson gates for four or five years Last Line: Upon the red silk rug Subject(s): Absence; Animals; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Dogs TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 10. A MIRROR SEPARATED FROM ITS STAND, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: The molten gold was poured Last Line: Within the splendid hall Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mirrors TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 2. A BRUSH SEPARATED FROM THE HAND, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Reed of yue and xuancheng bristles Last Line: In the hand of wang xizhi Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 3. A HORSE SEPARATED FROM THE STABLE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Ears like snow, a russet coat Last Line: Drawing the splendid coach Subject(s): Absence; Animals; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Horses TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 4. A PARROT SEPARATED FROM ITS CAGE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: It goes alone through longxi Last Line: Calling from its cage Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Parrots TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 5. A SWALLOW SEPARATED FROM THE NEST, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: In and out through crimson gates Last Line: Up among the rafters Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Swallows TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 6. A PEARL SEPARATED FROM THE PALM, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Glistening thing, bright and round Last Line: In the owner's palm Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Pearls TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 7. A FISH SEPARATED FROM ITS POOL, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: In the lotus pond for four or five years Last Line: Through the clear waves Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fishing And Fishermen TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 8. A HAWK SEPARATED FROM THE GAUNTLET, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Talons sharp as blade-point Last Line: Upon the ruler's arm Subject(s): Absence; Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hawks TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 9. BAMBOO SEPARATED FROM A PAVILION, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Exuberant growth, newly planted Last Line: Over the jadelike hall Subject(s): Absence; Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TENDER BUTTONS: A PLATE, by GERTRUDE STEIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An occasion for a plate, an occasional resource is in buying and how soon does Subject(s): Dishes; China (porcelain) TESTAMENT, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: Perhaps the time has come Last Line: From starry bullet-holes %the blood-red dawn will flow Subject(s): China - Democracy THE ASHES; FOR WILLIAM GASS, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This elderly poet, unpublished for five decades Last Line: Her name known to everyone, safe in her fame. Subject(s): China - Red Guards; Honor; Loss; Poetry & Poets; Women; Women's Rights; Feminism THE AUTUMN WIND, by WU-TI (157 B.C.- 87 B.C.) Poem Text First Line: Autumn wind rises: white clouds fly Last Line: Youth's years how few! Age how sure! Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Time; Wind THE BALLAD OF THE ARMY, by TU FU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Chariots rumble and roar Last Line: "with darkened sky, and drenching rain,a melancholy sound!" Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Army - China; Soldiers; War THE BATTLE, by CH'U YUAN Poem Text First Line: We grasp our battle spears: we don our breast-plates of Last Line: Captains among the ghosts, heroes among the dead. Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); War THE BIG RUG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That so many of the poor should suffer from cold what can we do to prevent? Last Line: Which at one time could cover up every inch of the city. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poverty; Rugs; Carpets THE BLUE-GREEN STREAM, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Text First Line: Every time I have started for the yellow flower river Last Line: Dropping my fish-line forever. Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Calm; China; Inland Waters; Nature; Peace; Placid; Undisturbed; Tranquility THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (1), by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: My charioteer hastens to yoke my carriage Last Line: Gladly enough would I go to my country's aid. Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU (2), by WEI WEN-TI Poem Text First Line: In the north-west there is a floating cloud Last Line: This being abroad and always living in dread. Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE CHANCELLOR'S GRAVEL-DRIVE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A government-bull yoked to a government-cart! Last Line: Need not trouble him at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Government; Roads; Paths; Trails THE CHINAMAN, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Centre of earth!' a chinaman he said Last Line: His tail: those flames became its funeral-pyre. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): China; Hair; Maps THE CHINESE AND ROMAN ARTISTS; OR, THE MIRROR OF THE HEART, by JALAL AD-DIN (JALALUDDIN) AR-RUMI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: This contest heed, of chinaman's and roman's art Last Line: With endless images reflections it incrust. Alternate Author Name(s): Mawlana; Rumi, Jalaluddin Molavi; Rumi; Dschellaleddin Pumi; Hilali Subject(s): Art & Artists; China; Rome, Italy THE CHINESE LAUNDRYMAN, by KAREN SWENSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: He is a librarian of laundry Last Line: To make, one more time, the fabric hold. Subject(s): China; Laundry & Laundering THE CHINESE NIGHTINGALE; A SONG IN CHINESE TAPESTRIES, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How, how,' he said. 'friend chang,' I said Last Line: Said the chinese nightingale. Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): Birds; China; Nightingales; Tapestries THE COCK-FIGHT, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Text First Line: Our wandering eyes are sated with the dancer's skill Last Line: "then I shall not leave without winning the match!" Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Cock-fighting THE CURTAIN OF THE WEDDING BED, by MRS. LIU HSUN Poem Text First Line: Flap, flap, you curtain in front of our bed! Last Line: Curtain -- shall I ever take you out again? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy THE DESECRATION OF THE HAN TOMB, by CHANG TSAI Poem Text First Line: At pei-mang how they rise to heaven Last Line: "and am sorely grieved at the thought of ""then"" and ""now." Alternate Author Name(s): Meng-yang Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Graves; Tombs; Tombstones THE DRAGON OF THE BLACK POOL; A SATIRE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Deep the waters of the black pool, coloured like ink Last Line: Beneath the nine-fold depths of his pool, does he know or not? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THE EASTERN GATE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I went out at the eastern gate Last Line: One cannot put things off Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);grief; Sorrow;sadness THE EMPEROR OF CHINA, by HEINRICH HEINE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My father was a dreadful bore Last Line: And join in shouting hosanna! Subject(s): China; Courts & Courtiers; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens THE EMPIRE OF CHINA IS CRUMBLING DOWN; DEDICATED TO WILLIAM ROSE BENET, by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Now let the generations pass Last Line: "crumble down." Alternate Author Name(s): Lindsay, Vachel Subject(s): China; Confucius & Confucianism THE FALL OF CH'OU, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jade pendants chime before the dawn audience Last Line: Two hearts singing like chiming jade Subject(s): China; Nature; Jade THE FERRY, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of marsh-mallows my boat is made Last Line: So long you tarry at the crossing. Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fear; Ferry Boats; Love - Complaints THE FLOWER MARKET, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the royal city spring is almost over Last Line: "would pay the taxes of ten poor houses." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Flowers; Social Protest THE GOLDEN PALACE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: We go to the golden palace Last Line: Through countless autumns enjoy like felicity Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);food & Eating THE GRAIN-TRIBUTE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There came an officer knocking by night at my door Last Line: To return to others the corn in my great barn. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Retirement; Taxes; Wages; Salaries THE GREAT YELLOW RIVER INUNDATION IN CHINA, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Twas in the year of 1887, and on the 28th of september Last Line: For fear god punished you likewise for your iniquities. Subject(s): China; Drowning; Floods; Rain; Rivers; Water THE HARPER OF CHAO, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The singers have hushed their notes of clear song Last Line: Day by day is covered deeper with dust. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Musical Instruments; Singing & Singers THE HAT GIVEN TO THE POET BY LI-CHIEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long ago a white-haired gentleman Last Line: And the trees on your tomb are swayed by the autumn wind. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hats; Winter THE HERD BOY, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the southern village the boy who minds the ox Last Line: And a dark smoke oozes through the thatched roof. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Shepherds & Shepherdesses THE LETTER, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We talked together in the yung-shou temple Last Line: That each letter changes into a bar of gold! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Letters THE LIBERATOR; A POLITICAL ALLEGORY, by WU-TI (464-549) Poem Text First Line: In the high trees - many doleful winds Last Line: And down again to thank the young man. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Politics & Government THE LITTLE CART, by CH'EN TZU-LUNG Poem Text First Line: The little cart jolting and banging through the yellow haze of dusk Last Line: They stand hesitating in the lonely road and their tears fall like rain. Alternate Author Name(s): Wo-tzu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); War THE LITTLE LADY (A CHILDREN'S SONG), by CH'ING HSI Poem Text First Line: Her door opened on the white water Last Line: All alone without a lover. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE LONG WAR, by LI PO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They fought last year by the upper valley of son-kan Last Line: They have accomplished nothing! Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Army - China; Death; Soldiers; War; Dead, The THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAIRIES, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was once a man who dreamt he went to heaven Last Line: For a single dream spoiled his whole life. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Magic THE MAN-WIND AND THE WOMAN-WIND, by SUNG YU Poem Text First Line: Hsiang, king of ch'u, was feasting in the orchid-tower palace Last Line: "such is the woman-wind of the common people." Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Wind THE OLD HARP, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of cord and cassia-wood is the harp compounded Last Line: Because of the ch'iang flute and the ch'in flageolet. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Harps; Musical Instruments; Lyres THE OLD MAN WITH THE BROKEN ARM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At hsin-feng an old man - four-score and eight Last Line: Ask the man with the broken arm in the village of hsin-feng! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Military THE ORPHAN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: To be an orphan Last Line: Living with my brother and sister-in-law Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);orphans; Foundlings THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I am a prisoner in the hands of the enemy Last Line: To send and ransom me? Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);prisons & Prisoners THE PEDLAR OF SPELLS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An old man selling charms in a cranny of the town wall Last Line: For he has a boy to lean on. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse THE PEOPLE OF TAO-CHOU, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the land of tao-chou Last Line: "when boys are born the syllable ""yang"" is often used in their forename." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THE PHILOSOPHERS: LAO-TZU, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Those who speak know nothing Last Line: Of five thousand words? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Variant Title(s): Lao-tzu (the Philospher) Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lao-tzu (6th Century) THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 251, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I see the yellow river Last Line: Because we keep ourselves blind Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Buddhism; Chinese Literature; Yellow River, China; Buddha; Buddhists THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 67, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The yellow river is boundless Last Line: You make an effort moving or still Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Chinese Literature; Yellow River, China THE POEMS OF PICKUP: 23, by HAN SHAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was pickup from the first Last Line: Count the times the yellow river has cleared Alternate Author Name(s): Kanzan; Hanshan; Han-shan Subject(s): Brothers; Chinese Literature; Yellow River, China; Half-brothers THE POLITICIAN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was going to the city to sell the herbs I had plucked Last Line: "at last he has made a ""coup"" that cannot fail!" Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Politics & Government THE PORCELAIN COUPLE, by DONALD HALL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When jane felt well enough for me to leave her Subject(s): China (porcelain); Home THE PRISONER, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tartars led in chains Last Line: "a han heart and a han tongue set in the body of a turk." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Freedom; Prisons & Prisoners; Soldiers; Tatars; Liberty; Tartars THE PRIVATE OF THE BUFFS; OR, THE BRITISH SOLDIER IN CHINA, by FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Last night, among his fellow roughs Last Line: Because his soul was great. Subject(s): China; Courage; Heroism; Patriotism; Valor; Bravery; Heroes; Heroines THE RED COCKATOO, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sent as a present from annam Last Line: And shut it up inside. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Anti-intellectualism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Parrots THE RED HILLS, by PAO CHAO Poem Text First Line: Red hills lie athwart us as a menace in the west Last Line: Can he hope that his soldiers will give what is hardest to give? Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers THE REJECTED WIFE, by YUAN-TI Poem Text First Line: Entering the hall, she meets the new wife Last Line: That her present pain will never come to an end. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love - Loss Of THE RUINS OF LO-YANG, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Text First Line: I climb to the ridge of pei mang mountain Last Line: I am heart-tied and cannot speak. Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Ruins THE SCHOLAR IN THE NARROW STREET, by TSO SSU Poem Text First Line: Flap, flap, the captive bird in the cage Last Line: And this should be the wise man's pattern. Alternate Author Name(s): T'ai-ch'ung+(1) Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) THE SCHOLAR RECRUIT, by PAO CHAO Poem Text First Line: Now / late I follow time's necessity Last Line: What will become of me before it's all over? Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Soldiers THE SICK WIFE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: She had been ill for years and years Last Line: I will forget and never speak of her again Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);death; "dead, The; THE SILVER SPOON, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To distant service my heart is well accustomed Last Line: You will think of me and eat up your food nicely! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Gifts & Giving; Spoons THE SINGING FLOWER, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I am already a singing flower Last Line: Your singing flower. Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy; Chinese Literature; Dreams; Poetry & Poets; Sea; Water; Nightmares; Ocean THE TWO RED TOWERS; A SATIRE AGAINST CLERICALISM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The two red towers / north and south rise facing each other Last Line: I begin to fear that the whole world will become a vast convent. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Theology THE VALLEY WIND, by LU YUN Poem Text First Line: Living in retirement beyond the world Last Line: My cottage becomes a universe. Alternate Author Name(s): Shih-lung Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Retirement THE WATERS OF LUNG-T'OU (THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER), by HSU LING Poem Text First Line: The road that I came by mounts eight thousand feet Last Line: That I ever lived in the streets of hsien-yang. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsiao-mu Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Frontier & Pioneer Life; Nature THERE WAS AN OLD PERSON OF CHINA, by EDWARD LEAR Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: And all of them settled in china Subject(s): China; Old Age; Travel THESE DAYS ARE ABJECT AND CRAVEN, by JIANG SHIWEI Poem Source Last Line: But it could knock you over with one blow Subject(s): China - Democracy THINKING OF MY HOME IN CH'ANG-AN WHILE TRAVELING WITH THE ARMY...., by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: If only I could climb somewhere Last Line: Blooms by a battlefield now Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THIRTEEN COMPANION PIECES: BRIDGE OVER LAKE, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Its red railings and painted posts Last Line: Crossing over the bridge Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) THIS WORLD IS A CONFUSION OF THREE WORLDS, by ROBERT BLY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dark figures of politics hover in the air Subject(s): China; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple THOUGHT AS I READ A BOOK, by ZHU XI Poem Source First Line: A pond as big as a courtyard Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) THOUGHTS FROM MEMORIES, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) THOUGHTS ON A QUIET NIGHT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Before my bed the light is so bright Last Line: Lying back down I think of home Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THOUGHTS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY WIFE'S DEATH, by NARA SINGDE Poem Source First Line: When will this misery end? Last Line: My tears are gone, %ashes of paper rise Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Marriage; Mourning THOUGHTS ON THE PAST AT TONG PASS, by ZHANG YANG-HAO Poem Source First Line: Here peaks and ridges seem to pass Last Line: The common folk suffered %when kingdoms fell Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) THOUGHTS STIRRED ON MEETING THE GARDENER OF ROYAL ACADEMY IN NANJING, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: Cold tides dashed on the ruined fort Last Line: There was a pavilion to the south %where beech and bamboo gave off a light cool Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Ruins THREE POEMS THINKING ON PAST TRAVELS: 1, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: For ten years I was a drifter Last Line: From every temple's balcony Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel THREE POEMS THINKING ON PAST TRAVELS: 2, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: It was outside cloud gate temple Last Line: Of the pikes of the royal guard Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel THREE POEMS THINKING ON PAST TRAVELS: 3, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Here li bo wrote a poem Last Line: That bloomed in a mountain rain Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Li Po (701-762); Travel THRUSH, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A hundred small whistles Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TIAN WEN (HEAVENLY QUESTIONS), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Who passed down the story of the far-off, ancient beginning Last Line: Fame of his loyalty spread throughout the world Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) TICKET, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: He hasn't got a ticket Subject(s): China - Democracy; Longing TO A CHINESE BRIDE, by VIRGINIA CONNETT Poem Text First Line: You are the shadow of tall bamboo Last Line: I await your palanquin by the wall of the blue pagoda. Subject(s): Brides; China TO A CHINESE GONG, by WINONA MONTGOMERY GILLILAND Poem Text First Line: Great shining disc of burnished brass Last Line: "to summon ""foreign devils"" to their dinner." Subject(s): China TO A PORTRAIT PAINTER WHO DESIRED HIM TO SIT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You, so bravely splashing reds and blues! Last Line: What can I do with a portrait such as that? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Paintings And Painters; Portraits TO ANOTHER, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Let us sit now in the broad window Last Line: That li po saw in the drowned rushes Subject(s): Books; China; Legends; Li Po (701-762); Relationships TO CENSOR TU AT THE CHANCELLERY, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: We hurry in pairs up cinnabar steps Last Line: The work of a censor I imagine is rare Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO CHANG HSU AFTER DRINKING, by KAO SHIH Poem Source First Line: The world is full of fickle people Last Line: With a jug of wine by your bed Alternate Author Name(s): Ta-fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO GENERAL GAO, WHO SMASHED THE REBELLION FOR THE SON, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Shocked, I looked at earth and sky Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO HIS WIFE, by SU WU Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Since our hair was plaited and we became man and wife Last Line: And if I die, we will go on thinking of each other. Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives TO HIS WIFE (1), by QIN JIA Poem Source First Line: Liken man's life to morning dew Last Line: Sorrow comes like tracing a ring - %the heart is no mat to be rolled away Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Grief; Longing; Love - Marital TO HUANG JI-FU, by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: I am lodged by the northern sea Last Line: With gibbons wailing across the creek %among miasmal vines Subject(s): Absence; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TO MY SONS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TO SECRETARY CH'IU ON AN AUTUMN NIGHT, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: Out walking and singing of cooler days Last Line: The recluse I suspect not yet asleep Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO THE CITY OF NANKING, by LI PO Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou that hast seen six kingdoms pass away Last Line: To mingle with the abysms of the sea. Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Nanking, China TO THE TUNE OF SAILING AT NIGHT (2), by MA CHIH-YUAN Poem Source First Line: Think of the ch'in palace Last Line: Dragon from snake on the stones Subject(s): Change; China TO VICE CENSOR CH'IAO, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Source First Line: The han court glorified clever officials Last Line: What good is an old man's valor Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TOMBS AND RUMORS, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: We climb and then descend Last Line: In the same moment is extinguished Subject(s): China; Death; Graves; Talk TONG-CAHO TOWER AT ZHENG-MAI STATION, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: For the rest of my days I would grow old Last Line: Is a hair's breadt line of green mountains, %and that is the heartland Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Exiles TORMENTED, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The bad poets all win public office Last Line: I sought peace but found no peace - %the packs mock me, glaring, roaring Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry And Poets TOWARD A BORDER CROSSING, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: What's he thinking, I'm thinking, the real live panda bear? Last Line: Never looking back Variant Title(s): China Lesso Subject(s): China; Shenzhen, China TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. CHINA, A.D. 1900, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Far in the interior of china Last Line: And oddly enough has no intention of returning to those times. Subject(s): China TRANSPARENT GRIEF, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: My transparent grief %was filled with you Last Line: Bathing the road in light Subject(s): China - Democracy TRAVELER'S THOUGHTS ON A SPRING EVENING, by TS'UEI T'U Poem Source First Line: Flowing water and falling petals have no pity Last Line: Why fight over the mists of wuhu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TRAVELING AWAY FROM HOME, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The fine wine of lanling with its turmeric scent Last Line: They'll soon forget about their hometowns Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TRAVELING BY BOAT TO TAKE UP MY POST AT PI-LING, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: I can't stand the hearing the cries Last Line: The streaks of candle soot Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TRAVELING ON THE YANGTZE, by CH'IEN HSU Poem Source First Line: So close but plagued by wind and rain Last Line: Any six dynasty monks still dwell Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TRAVELING ON THE YANGZI: 1, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The great yangzi curves and embraces wuchang Last Line: I dream that I am a butterfly still seeking flowers Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Yangzi River, China TRAVELING ON THE YANGZI: 2, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Misty flowers have already entered cormorant bay Last Line: This morning startled to find myself at han river's mouth Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Han River, China; Yangzi River, China TRAVELING SOUTH OF THE YANGTZE, by TSU YUNG Poem Source First Line: The mountains of ch'u never end Last Line: But who will take them to loyang bridge Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TREADING THE SLEDGE, by WU WEN-YING Poem Source First Line: Glossy marble swathed in lace Last Line: The evening wind in the kumi leaves %stirs sadness and reproach Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TURKS ARE GONE!, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Harsh winds blow the frost Last Line: How will I find fierce warriors to guard my land all around? Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life TURNING BACK AFTER SEEING THE FLOWERS, by LIU YONG Poem Source First Line: When I reckon up these hundred years Last Line: Take my hand and we'll go there together Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TWO COMPANION PIECES FOR LI TIAN-LIN: 1, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: You've got to cut loose to learn poetry Last Line: So tasty! -- what can I liken it to? -- %a frosty crab pickled in dregs of beer Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) TWO POEMS FOR SOMEONE FARAWAY: 1, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Hibiscus newly fallen on the hills of shu Last Line: Still climbs at full moon the mate-watching tower Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TWO POEMS FOR SOMEONE FARAWAY: 2, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: New rushes, though weak, show a steady green Last Line: My sleeve's tear-soaked, the moon lights a thousand gates Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TZE TEG SONG: 1, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: At the time when blossoms Last Line: "I said I must go, / because my silkworms were hungry" Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) TZU YEH SONG: 5, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I have brought my pillow and am lying at the northern window Last Line: How long do you think our love can last? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.);love - Nature Of TZU-TEG SONG: 2, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: All night I could not sleep Last Line: "I kept on hearing a voice calling: / out of nowhere, nothing answered 'yes'" Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.);insomnia;night; Sleeplessness;bedtime TZU-TEG SONG: 4, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I heard my love was going to yang-chou Last Line: For a moment when you held me fast in your outstretched arms/I thought the river stood still and did Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) UGLY SLAVE, by XIN QIJI Poem Source First Line: When I was young, I didn't know Last Line: And say instead, 'cool weather -- a nice autumn' Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) UNCLASSIFIED POEM, by LIU ZHEN Poem Source First Line: The work in my office keeps piling up Last Line: O to have such fleet feathers %and to bob in the waves along with you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Office Work UNCLASSIFIED POEM: 1, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: High on the terrace are sad strong winds Last Line: But its shape and shadow were suddenly gone, %its swift wingbeats wound my heart Subject(s): Birds; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Escapes UNCLASSIFIED POEM: 2, by CAO ZHI Poem Source First Line: Tumbleweed rolling, severed from root Last Line: Keep going then, say no more! %brooding troubles make a man old Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) UNFAMILIAR SHORE, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: These sails are slack Last Line: A gull swoops down, but will not light %on your outstretched hand Subject(s): China - Democracy; Shadows UNFINISHED POEM, by YU YOUZE Poem Source First Line: I stood nailed to a prison wall Last Line: The corner of my jacket flutters gently %like a rising flag Subject(s): China - Democracy UNTIL NO STONE IS LEFT, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Statues of chairman mao are everywhere in china Last Line: They're not there. At all Subject(s): China UNTITLED, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Sir, you come from my native home Last Line: Did the cold plum sprout flowers or not Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China VARIANT ON THE THE SONGS OF THE EAST AND WEST GATES, by TS'AO TS'AO Poem Source First Line: Wild geese go north of the passes Last Line: How can one forget home Subject(s): Absence; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) VARIATION ON 'HARD TRAVELING', by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Towards evening the piping grew mournful Last Line: In one battle you can get made a nobleman - %no more yearning now for the women's rooms! Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life VARIOUS OCCASIONS OF INTEREST IN FIELDS AND GARDENS: 15, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Butterflies go in pairs Last Line: Is here to sell his tea Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VARIOUS OCCASIONS OF INTEREST IN FIELDS AND GARDENS: 31, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: At daybreak, out to weed the fields Last Line: Are learning to plant melons Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VARIOUS OCCASIONS OF INTEREST IN THE FIELDS AND GARDENS: 33, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: A traveler in the brown dust Last Line: Is where the breeze is most cool Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VARIOUS OCCASIONS OF INTEREST IN THE FIELDS AND GARDENS: 40, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: He calmly watches a spider weave Last Line: To help them break the siege Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Insects; Spiders VARIOUS OCCASIONS OF INTEREST IN THE FIELDS AND GARDENS: 44, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: A newly constructed threshing floor Last Line: Until the day grows light Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VARIOUS OCCASIONS OF INTEREST IN THE FIELDS AND GARDENS: 52, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: The burning sap of a pine brand Last Line: Is twice as red as before Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VARIOUS RESPONSES ON AN OCEAN VOYAGE: 1, by HUANG TSUN-HSIEN Poem Source First Line: In the years and months of my middle age Last Line: In only one year I have received %twice the 'dawn of flowers' Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); Middle Age; Sea Voyages VERY EARLY MORNING EXERCISE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chan yuen is on the threshold of a remarkable career Last Line: The first dawn glows at the end of the streets Subject(s): Introspection; Men; Nanking, China VICTORY MUSIC, by BO PU Poem Source First Line: I walk here all alone Last Line: Don't make me hang taround till dawn! Subject(s): China - Yuan Dynasty (1260-1341) VIEW IN SPRING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A kingdom smashed, its hills and rivers still there Last Line: Fingers run through white hair until it thins, %cap-pins will almost no longer hold Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VIEW OF THE SUNSET ON THE RIVER IN SPRING AS PAINTED, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A few branches of peach in blossom Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VILLA ON ZHONG-NAN MOUNTAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In my middle years I came to much love the way Last Line: By chance I meet old men in the woods; %we laugh and chat, no fixed time to turn home Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life VILLAGE DUSK, by LEI CHEN Poem Source First Line: Grass lines the pond and water lines the bank Last Line: Aimlessly blowing a flute to no tune Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VILLAGE EVENTS, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Green covers hills and plains and white fills the rivers Last Line: Once silkworms are fed it's time to transplant rice Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISIT, by PAUL CLAUDEL Poem Source First Line: There are long cries before any one opens Last Line: My host does not arrive. I am alone Subject(s): China; Prisons And Prisoners; Solitude VISIT TO THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The south mountains block up earth and sky Last Line: Reaching this place I repent my learning, %each dawn drawn nearer to groundless renown Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains VISITING A PRIVATE GARDEN IN LATE SPRING, by WANG CHI Poem Source First Line: Once the plum casts off its faded charms Last Line: And willows catkins hang across the mossy wall Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING A PRIVATE GARDEN WITHOUT SUCCESS, by YE SHAOWONG Poem Source First Line: It must be because he hates dogs on his moss Last Line: A branch of red blossoms reached past the wall Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING A SECLUDED GARDEN AND LEARNING THE OWNER IS AWAY, by YE SHAOWONG Poem Source First Line: Visitors here trample the lichen Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VISITING CHANG'S GARDEN AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, by TAI MIN Poem Source First Line: Ducklings in a pond of deep and shallow water Last Line: Beneath a loquat tree picked clean of gold Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING CRESCENT POND, by CH'ENG HAO Poem Source First Line: We circle the shore of crescent pond Last Line: Let's meet again our next day off Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING HSUANTU TEMPLE AGAIN, by LIU YU-HSI Poem Source First Line: The temple's vast courtyard is now home to moss Last Line: Old mister liu is back here again Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING JU-FA-YUAN TEMPLE WITH WANG QIU-CHENG AND ZHANG HE-CHAI, by HUANG JING-REN Poem Source First Line: I left the ancient temple in twilight mist Last Line: And wondered where to find other hills %still red in the evening sun Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) VISITING PRINCESS CHANGNING'S POOL-FOR-SETTING-WINECUPS-AFLOAT, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: Propped up on staff, I looked over wispy peaks Last Line: It was because I cherished this hidden rest Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING THE SOUTHERN PAVILION, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Season's close, evening skies clear to translucence Last Line: For whom can I clarify hopes and dreams? - %a mind that appreciates will know on its own Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) VISITING THE SOUTHERN PAVILION OF CHONGZHEN TEMPLE, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Cloudy peaks fill my eyes, the clearness of spring is released Last Line: I raise my head, envying the names on the roster of successful candidates Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING THE SOUTHERN TOWER OF CHONG-ZHEN TEMPLE, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Cloud-covered hilltops fill my eyes Last Line: And lifting my head in vain I covet %the publicly posted name Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Examinations VISITING THE TEMPLE OF MOUNT HENG, THEN SPENDING THE NIGHT, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: The ritual ranks of the five great peaks Last Line: Till, gradually growing, the wintry sun %appeared off in the east Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): Buddhism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains; Temples VISITING WEST-OF-THE-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Don't laugh at the old farmers Last Line: Knock at your gate one night Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) VOICES OF THE DEAD: IN CHINA, by JULIA DE BURGOS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Chiang kai-shek! And my bones? And my face without eyes? Last Line: And I offer, certain, to raise the victory, %my voice of free dead, satisfied and avenged Subject(s): China; Politics WAITING FOR A FRIEND, by CHAO SHIH-HSIU Poem Source First Line: During plum season it rains on every roof Last Line: I play a game of chess until the lamp goes out Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WAITING FOR THE TRAIN, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: These phantoms down the street, don't tell me Last Line: The train's in, northbound, where cold begins Subject(s): Family Life - China WAKING UP IN EARLY SUMMER, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: The sour trace of plums squirts between my teeth Last Line: I sit and watch my children chasing willow fuzz Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WALK IN THE WILDS, by HE ZHU Poem Source First Line: From the ford a tiny path Last Line: Watching over her melons Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WALKING ACROSS TIANANMEN SQUARE, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: I was walking across tiananmen square in the early Last Line: Found in china - a haunting presence Subject(s): China; Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 WALKING BACKWARDS IN BEIJING, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Lost inside himself' Last Line: And has yet to notice me Subject(s): China WALKING IN THE HILLS AND LOOKING FOR THE RECLUDE .. NOT FINDING HIM IN, by QIU WEI Poem Source First Line: On the very summit his thatched-roof hut Last Line: The mood departed, I went downhill; %there was no longer need to wait for you Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests WALKING IN THE WILDS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Afternoon butterflies dance in the vegetable plot Last Line: A good laugh is solace for life's last days Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WALKING THE CORPSE, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: More than once %farmer li had imagined Last Line: Almost have been worth it Subject(s): China WANDERING TO THE TIAN-TAI MOUNTAINS, by SUN CHO Poem Source First Line: Utter void, hollow magnitudes, lacking all limit Last Line: I blur the thousands of images by dark observation, %my body, insensate, identical with what is natu Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Mountains WANG STREAM COLLECTION': DEER FENCE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: No one is seen in deserted hills Last Line: And shines once again upon the green moss Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': DOGWOOD STRAND, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: When they form their berries red and green Last Line: I will set before him this dogwood cup Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Dogwood WANG STREAM COLLECTION': FINE GRAINED APRICOT WOOD LODGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I cut fine-grained apricot for its beams Last Line: Would go off to make rain in the mortal world Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': GOLD DUST SPRING, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: You drink each day from gold dust spring Last Line: Feathered ensigns go to jade emperor's court Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Health Resorts WANG STREAM COLLECTION': HUA-ZI HILL, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The birds in flight go off without ceasing Last Line: When will this downcast mood reach its end? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': JIN BAMBOO RIDGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Lissome stalks shine in deserted bends Last Line: And even the woodsmen do not know Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': LACQUER TREE GARDEN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: That man of old was no disdainful clerk Last Line: Several trees swayed there dancing Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': LAKE QI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Playing the pipes we pass to far shores Last Line: Hills' green is rolling the white clouds up Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': LODGE IN THE BAMBOO, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I sit alone in bamboo that hides me Last Line: The bright moon comes to shine on me Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life WANG STREAM COLLECTION': MAGNOLIA DELL, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: On the tips of trees are lotus blossoms Last Line: In tangled masses they blossom and fall Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lotus WANG STREAM COLLECTION': MAGNOLIA FENCE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Autumn hills draw in the last sunlight Last Line: And nowhere is evening's haze to be found Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': NORTH COTTAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: North cottage, north of lake waters Last Line: Appear and vanish at green forest's edge Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': PAVILION OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A light scull greets my worthy guest Last Line: With lotuses blooming on every side Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': PEPPER TREE GARDEN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A cinnamon beaker greets the god's child Last Line: To bring down the lord in the clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': RAPIDS BY THE LUAN TREES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The moaning of wind in autumn rain Last Line: A white egret flies up in alarm, then comes down Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': SOUTH COTTAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A light boat goes off to south cottage Last Line: We can't tell them apart so far away Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': THE HOLLOW BY MENG'S WALLS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: New home in a breach in meng's walls Last Line: Pointless grief at the holding of men by force Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': THE LANE OF PALACE ASH TREES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A slanting path, shaded by palace ash Last Line: Wary a mountain monk may come Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': WHITE STONE RAPIDS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: White stone rapids are shallow and clear Last Line: And gossamer washed in bright moonlight Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Brooks; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': WILLOW WAVES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Lacy trees, touching in separate rows Last Line: That suffer from parting in the spring breeze Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Willow Trees WANG WEI, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At my window Last Line: The moon. Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets WAR SEQUENCE: WAR ALTARS, by RENA CAREY SHEFFIELD Poem Text First Line: Within the green jade temple of chapei Last Line: The silent buddha sits and meditates. Subject(s): China; World War Ii; Second World War WASHING CREEK SANDS, by OU-YANG JIONG Poem Source First Line: Speak no more when we meet Last Line: That her lover was untrue? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Unfaithfulness WASHING CREEK SANDS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I roll away my books and poems Last Line: And will not go to the emperor's court Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WASHING CREEK SANDS, by YAN SHU Poem Source First Line: Only a moment, this season's splendor Last Line: The person before your eyes Subject(s): Carpe Diem; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WATCHING A HUNT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The wind blows hard, the hornbow sings Last Line: I turn to look where the eagle was shot: %a thousand miles of twilight clouds hang flat Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hunting WATCHING ANTS, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: When one of them chances to meet another Last Line: Their wagon train is filled Subject(s): Ants; China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Insects WATCHING THE TIDE ON 17TH OF AUGUST IN THE LUNAR CALENDAR, by CHEN SHIDAO Poem Source First Line: An alabaster rainbow Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WATERING MY HORSE BY THE GREAT WALL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Green, green the grass by the river Last Line: It began, 'take care of yourself,' %and ended, 'I love you forever' Subject(s): Absence; China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Great Wall, China WEEKEND EVENING, by GONG PEIYU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The wind has lost its mind Last Line: Cling to the world, or let it go Alternate Author Name(s): Shu Ting; Shu Ding Subject(s): China - Democracy WEST FIELDS: 1, by WU WEI-YEH Poem Source First Line: You dig and build, of world's trouble weary Last Line: We'll sit on the grass, drain a jug of beer, %and find some joy in the years that remain Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) WEST GATE, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Our west gate Last Line: The miser who cannot bear to spend %wins only mocking in later days Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fasts And Feasts; Pleasure WHAT CAME TO ME IN A MOOD, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The plant does not die if you pull up the stalk Last Line: All things have their root in a single force - %then why do they tear one another down? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WHAT CAME TO MIND WHEN CHANTING MY POEMS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lazy and sickly, with much free time Last Line: Two thousand leagues apart we are - %so far off he knows not when a poem is done Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry And Poets WHAT CHINESE MEN HAVE TO SING ABOUT, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Chinese men, %when they are by themselves Last Line: Unless it is just that Subject(s): China WHAT I SAW ON THE NORTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF ZHEN-ZHOU, by WANG SHIH-CHEN Poem Source First Line: The cloud cover pressed on the city walls Last Line: But the wind blew down the last of the snow Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) WHAT THE STUDENTS KNEW, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: They knew that china had long suffered from political Last Line: Including their very lives, at risk Subject(s): China WHAT WAS IN MY HEART ON A SPRING DAY, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The rains drip the sprouts out Last Line: Then frenzied songs and frenzied laughter come Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring WHEN HOPE COMES BACK; FOR SHU TING, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: There's nothing left Last Line: Hope's back. %what more can I ask? Subject(s): China - Democracy WHEN I BLINK, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: I'm convinced Last Line: I try to stare at it without blinking Subject(s): China - Democracy WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND IN MY PRIME, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: When I think of this, it makes me shudder Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) WHEN LIVING QUIETLY AT WANG-CHUAN I GAVE THIS TO PEI DI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Cold mountains grow ever more azure gray Last Line: Now once again I meet jie yu, the drunk, %that reckless singer before the five willows Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life WHEN PEOPLE RISE FROM CHEESE, STATEMENT #1, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: Songs, but the bloody revolution goes unnoticed Last Line: From far away there comes marching a troop %of smoking people Subject(s): China - Democracy WHEN THE GREAT CHINESE PAPERMAKERS CAME TO CUBA, GREAT POETS FOLLOWED, by VIRGIL SUAREZ Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Because of the great stillness, a silence so deep it made the pink carp Last Line: Surfaces, this heavenly paperupon which to write a firest, lasting word Subject(s): China; Cuba; Paper; Poetry & Poets WHEN THE PEOPLE AROSE FROM CHEESE, by LI SHIZHENG Poem Source First Line: The songs ignored the blood of revolution Last Line: In the distance, another legion approaches Subject(s): China - Democracy WHERE CONFUCIUS IS, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: I am writing this Last Line: Let confucius eat Subject(s): China WHERE I'VE BEEN ALL MY LIFE, by CAROLYN KIZER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sirs, in our youth you love the sight of us Last Line: Come die with me in the mosques of rotterdam. Subject(s): China; Ethnic Identity; Identity; Netherlands; Rotterdam, Netherlands; Self-consciousness; Travel; Women; Women's Rights; Holland; Dutch People; Journeys; Trips; Feminism WHERE YANGZI MEETS THE HAN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wanderer, homesick, where yangzi meets han Last Line: They need not take to the distant road Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Homesickness WHILE DRINKING AT THE CHUCHIANG WATERWAY: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Each flying petal diminishes the spring Last Line: What use is mere fame if it weighs a person down Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WHILE DRINKING AT THE CHUCHIANG WATERWAY: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Every day after court I pawn my spring clothes Last Line: Enjoy your time together and don't fight Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WHITE DEW WETS THE MOOR-GRASSES, FR. NINETEEN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) WHITE EGRET, by OU YANGXIU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Splashing on stones, the rapids' sounds Last Line: It stands there alone with dignitty, %thoughts even more serene Alternate Author Name(s): Ou-yang Hsiu; Ou-yang Xiu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Egrets WILLOWWARE, by JULIA RANDALL Poem Source First Line: Grandmother, I have broken the last plate Subject(s): China (porcelain) WILLOWWARE CUP, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mass hysteria, wave after breaking wave Subject(s): China (porcelain) WILLOWWARE CUP, by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mass hysteria, wave after breaking wave Last Line: Tilted honeycombs, thunderhead blue Subject(s): China (porcelain) WIND ENTERS PINES, by WU WEN-YING Poem Source First Line: I listened to the wind and listened to rain Last Line: And moss on the secret stairs grows all night long Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WINDOW IN THE CLIFF, by ZHAO ZHENKAI Poem Source First Line: The wasp arouses the flower with terrible thrusts Last Line: In the market, women are buying spring Subject(s): China - Democracy WINDOW VIEW FROM A SHANGHAI HOTEL, by STEPHEN SHU-NING LIU Poem Source First Line: The wind gives spasmodic moans this evening Last Line: Wept for me, and will not weep again? Subject(s): Family Life - China WING TEE WEE, by J. P. DENISON Poem Text First Line: Oh, wing tee wee / was a sweet chinee Last Line: And the maids are false, -- as everywhere. Subject(s): China; Unfaithfulness; Women; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy WINTER LONGING, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: In the naked tree an enromous crow Last Line: Are there no tadpoles anywhere %wriggling, searching for green coral? Subject(s): China - Democracy; Longing WINTER NIGHT, by CH'IEN WEN OF LIANG Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My bed is so empty that I keep on waking up Last Line: Oh that those were waves which could carry me back to you! Alternate Author Name(s): Jian-wen; Xiao Gang; Ch'ien Wen-ti Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing; Winter WINTER NIGHT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I dwell in poverty, kin and friends scattered Last Line: It has been like this four years now, %one thousand and three hundred nights Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Night WINTER NIGHT, by TU LEI Poem Source First Line: For a winter-night guest tea serves as wine Last Line: But with plum blossoms now it's different Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WINTER SCENE, by LIU K'O-CHUANG Poem Source First Line: I love to wake to morning light beneath a frosted window Last Line: May I never part from such delights again Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WINTER SOLSTICE EVE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Heaven's times and man's affairs hurry us along Last Line: I tell my son to finish my wine Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WITH THE ARMY: 5, by WANG CAN Poem Source First Line: I kept faring down roads choked with weeds Last Line: The poet once praised a 'happy land' - %though a stranger here, I still wish to stay Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Travel WITH THE ARMY; A BALLAD, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: The house of han pursues the khan Last Line: I have heard tell that in western liang-zhou %in every household the women weep Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life WITH THE ARMY; A BALLAD, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: A bugle blown set marchers in motion Last Line: We have bound the necks of their foremost chiefs %and go back to present them to the emperor Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life WOMAN, by FU HSUAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: How sad it is to be a woman Last Line: Than they whose parting is like ts'an and ch'en. Alternate Author Name(s): Hsiu-i; Fu Xuan Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Women WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Near where I live in beijung Last Line: She doesn't even know her own secrets Subject(s): China WOMAN WHO RAISES SILKWORMS, by ZHANG YU Poem Source First Line: She went into the city yesterday Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WONG OF THE WHITE SNOW; SENDING OFF ASSISTANT WU ON RTEURN TO CAPITAL, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: The north wind rolls up the earth Last Line: Leaving only the marks in the snow %to show where your horse has passed Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Frontier And Pioneer Life WRITING OF MY SORROW, by MEI YAO-CH'EN Poem Source First Line: Heaven took my wife from me Last Line: This gaunt and worn ghost in the mirror Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Death - Children; Grief WRITING ON THE WALL OF THE RIVER KIOSK, by KOU ZHUN Poem Source First Line: There is a scattering Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WRITTEN AT AN INN IN LINAN, by LIN SHENG Poem Source First Line: Hills upon hills pavilions beyond pavilions Last Line: They mistake hangchou for pienchou Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT CHULIN TEMPLE, by CHU FANG Poem Source First Line: The months and years compel our lives Last Line: The welcome of chulin temple Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT HUAINAN TEMPLE, by CH'ENG HAO Poem Source First Line: Traveling north heading south stopping where they can Last Line: Let the evening hills share each other's sorrow Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT MY WANG RIVER RETREAT AFTER A STEADY RAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Steady rain deserted woods and finally kitchen smoke Last Line: Why then do the seagulls still suspects me Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT NIGHT AT AN INN IN THE HILLS: 2, by HUANG JING-REN Poem Source First Line: The city people are different Last Line: And watch the fish and dragons come, %to drink in the light Subject(s): China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) WRITTEN AT SECRETARY WANG'S BAMBOO TOWER, by LI CHIA-YU Poem Source First Line: An idle upright official laughs at the high and mighty Last Line: Wearing his silk hat he naps beside gulls Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT THE SOUTH TOWER OF OCHOU, by HUANG CHING-JEN+(1) Poem Source First Line: Mountain light meets water light everywhere I look Last Line: Together from the south they bring something cool Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT THE SUNGTING RELAY STATION, by CHANG HU Poem Source First Line: Hill shapes merge with the far-off sky Last Line: Not here among the five lakes Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN AT WAN MOUNTAIN POOL, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I sat on a boulder, let my fishing line hang Last Line: Moving in moonlight, I turn back with a rowing song Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): Han River, China; Nature; Nymphs WRITTEN CROSSING THE YELLOW RIVER TO QING-HE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The boat set sail upon the great river Last Line: I turn to gaze back toward my homeland - %only vast floods that stretch to the clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel WRITTEN DURING THE RAIN ONE NIGHT AND SENT BACK NORTH, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: You asked when I was coming back Last Line: And speak back about this moment %of night rain in hills of ba? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Rain WRITTEN IN THE PALACE, by LI ANG Poem Source First Line: The shanglin woods are in bloom Last Line: How vast is the view from on high Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON A SCREEN, by LIU CHI-SUN Poem Source First Line: Twittering swallows gossip in the rafters Last Line: I grab my staff and jug and head for mushroom mountain Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON A WALL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A pile of dry rushes in total disarray Last Line: Slowly steadily giving off heat Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON MISTER LAKESHADE'S WALL, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Below your thatched eaves you've swept away the moss Last Line: Two peaks swing open and welcome the blue Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON PARTING FROM MR. TING, by TS'AO CHIH Poem Source First Line: On foot I climb pei-mang slope Last Line: Thinking of the place I used to live, %my breath chokes up and will not let me speak Alternate Author Name(s): Tzu-chien Subject(s): China - Civil Wars WRITTEN ON THE CHAN-ZI TEMPLE IN YANG-ZHOU, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Rain passes, a cicada's piercing cry Last Line: The singing and piping that is yang-zhou? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Temples; Yang-zhou (city), China WRITTEN ON THE KAI-YUAN TEMPLE AT XUAN-ZHOU, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Xie tiao's mansion from the southern dynasties Last Line: I linger here with my flagon of wine, %and watch spring rain in the hills ahead Subject(s): China - Southern Dynasties; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hsieh T'iao (xie Tiao) (464-499) WRITTEN ON THE LAKE, RETURNING FROM THE CHAPEL AT STONE CLIFF, by XIE LING-YUN Poem Source First Line: Dawnlight to dusk, transmuted the atmosphere Last Line: These words I send to those nurturing life: %just try using this way to search for it Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Zen Buddhism WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF AN INN, by CHENG HUI Poem Source First Line: A raspberry-scented dream dispels the chill of spring Last Line: According to my count he should be in changshan Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF HU YIN'S HOUSE, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: You clean the thatched roofs so frequently Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF MASTER YI'S MEDITATION HUT, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Accustomed my friend to the stillness of zen Last Line: I know the mind impervious to stain Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF THE LINAN HOTEL, by LIN SHENG Poem Source First Line: Green mountains shadow green mountains Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF XILIN MONASTERY, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Behold this world horizontally Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) WRITTEN PLAYFULLY TO ZHANG JI, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Li bo's and du fu's writings endure Last Line: I will lend you a sash of flying red cloud; %you can join me up here, winging high and low Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Li Po (701-762); Poetry And Poets; Tu Fu (712-770) WRITTEN WHILE DRUNK, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I built my house near where others dwell Last Line: But when I start to tell it, I cannot find the words Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Truth WRITTEN WHILE SERVING AT JADE HALL, by HUNG TZU-K'UEI Poem Source First Line: The forbidden gates are locked and silent Last Line: Moonlight floods the myrtle-lined steps Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WU-ZHEN MONASTERY, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Stream in the wild running zigzag Last Line: The path is almost gone Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) XI SHI (SORROW FOR TROTH BETRAYED), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Oppressed by each day's new signs of age and decay Last Line: What would distinguish him from common cattle Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) YAN JI-SHENG, CHANCELLOR OF EDUCATION ... VISIT THE PEI GARDEN, by YANG WAN-LI Poem Source First Line: As soon as the boat shoved off Last Line: Fish and turtles in countless numbers %came out within the waves Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) YANG PAN-ER, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I happened to go out before white gate Last Line: And I am the brazier where it burns Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) YANG-ZHOU, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: The soil of yang-zhou's thunder basin tomb Last Line: Half removes his cloak of purple fur Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Yang-zhou (city), China YANG-ZHOU ANDANTE, by JIANG KUI Poem Source First Line: Famed metropolis east of the huai Last Line: Do they come again year after year? Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); Yang-zhou (city), China YEARS AGO, WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS OF MY ELDERS, by T'AO CH'IEN Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: No use leaving post-mortem trusts Alternate Author Name(s): T'ao Yuan-ming; Tao Yuanming; Tao Qian Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) YEARS VANISH LIKE THE MORNING DEW, by MEI SHENG Poem Text First Line: I drive my chariot up to the eastern gate Last Line: And clothe our bodies in robes of satin and silk. Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.); Death; Dead, The YELLOW CRANE TOWER, by TS'UI HAO Poem Source First Line: A man rode off on a crane long ago Last Line: Mist on the river only means sorrow Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) YELLOW RIVER AT BIAN-ZHOU BLOCKED BY ICE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: When a thousand miles of long river Last Line: Flowing on eastward by night and day %and no one can tell Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Ice; Yellow River, China YESTERDAY, by GU CHENG Poem Source First Line: Yesterday %coils in the corner Last Line: To circumvent %the second coming Subject(s): China - Democracy; Violence YOU WILL DIE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: You have coats and robes Last Line: And another will take your place Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.);death; "dead, The; YOUNG RUAN RETURNS, by YAN JIDAO Poem Source First Line: Here at the world's edge dew turns to frost Last Line: Which tears at the heart Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278) YU FU (THE FISHERMAN), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Are not you the lord of the three wards? Last Line: With that he was gone, and did not speak again Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) YUAN YOU (FAR-OFF JOURNEY), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Grieved by the parlous state of this world's ways Last Line: And entered the neighbourhood of the great beginning Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) YUJIE XING: THE LANTERN FESTIVAL IN BEIJING, by XU CAN Poem Source First Line: Having watched the decorated lanterns, I move away on fragrant clogs Last Line: Let alone next year's moon Subject(s): Beijing, China; Festivals YUN'ER'S BELL, by YUN'ER Poem Source First Line: The first month, early auspicious, dinghai day Last Line: Protect and strike this bell! Subject(s): Bells; China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZHAO YIN SHI (SUMMONS FOR A RECLUSE), by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: The cassia trees grow thick Last Line: In the mountains you cannot stay long Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZHONG AND GUO, by WILLIAM SLAUGHTER Poem Source First Line: Zhong and guo are the characters that, put together Last Line: Seen it, still heavy with meaning for china's future Subject(s): China ZI-YE SONG, by HSIAO YEN Poem Source First Line: In her yearning it seems she wants to come closer Last Line: White fingers stroke the charming strings Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. SPRING: 10, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Flowers so lovely in the spring groves Last Line: Blows open wide my skirts of gauze Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Spring ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. SPRING: 6, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The cuckoo is singing in the bamboo Last Line: Their gauze skirts trail through fragrant grass Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Spring ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. SPRING: 9, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Skirt of gauze, tight red sleeves Last Line: Wanton and seeking a like-hearted man Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Spring ZI-YE SONGS OF THE FOUR SEASONS. WINTER: 13, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Where will we tie our true-love-knot? Last Line: And the hard frosts will freeze me to death Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Winter ZI-YE SONGS: 1-2, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I went out the gates at sinset Last Line: And on purpose let me see you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS: 12, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: At dawn I long to go out the gates Last Line: But my heart in secret thinks of you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS: 16, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: My love was taken by another Last Line: Which is to say: 'close no more' Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Unfaithfulness ZI-YE SONGS: 19, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: When my love is sad, I'm also down Last Line: From different roots shared branches rise? Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.) ZI-YE SONGS: 20, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I was moved by how lovig you were at first Last Line: All glitter outside, nothing deep with Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Superficiality ZI-YE SONGS: 23, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: Who can feel longing and not sing out? Last Line: So upset that I can't help thinking of you Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Longing ZI-YE SONGS: 24, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I held my dress, not tying the sash Last Line: If it opens a bit, just blame the spring wind Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Flirtation ZI-YE SONGS: 33, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: The night lasted on, I could not sleep Last Line: And I wasted an answering 'yes!' to the sky Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Love ZI-YE SONGS: 36, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I am that star at the dipper's end Last Line: In the east at dawn, at dusk turning west Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); Fidelity ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 1. GRIEVING I MAKE MY PLAINT, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Grieving I make my plaint, to give my sorrows rein Last Line: To cherish these my delights in a private place Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 2. CROSSING THE RIVER, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: When I was young I loved this rare apparel Last Line: With true heart long I pondered; then suddenly I set forth Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 3. A LAMENT FOR YING, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: High heaven is not constant in its dispensations Last Line: By day and night I never can forget Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 4. THE OUTPOURING OF SAD THOUGHTS, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: My heart is clouded over with melancholy thoughts Last Line: But my melancholy finds no course; to whom can these words be uttered Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 5. EMBRACING SAND, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: In the teeming late summer Last Line: To noble men I here plainly declare that I will be numbered with %such as you Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 6. THINKING OF A FAIR ONE, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Thinking of a fair one Last Line: With my thoughts all on peng xian bending Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 7. ALAS FOR THE DAYS GONE BY, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Alas for the days gone by! When I was trusted Last Line: But for thought of my blinded lord and his lack of understanding Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 8. IN PRAISE OF THE ORANGE TREE, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Fairest of all god's trees, the orange came and settled here Last Line: In your acts like bo yi: I set you up as my model Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) ZIU ZHANG (NINE PIECES): 9. GRIEVING AT THE EDDYING WIND, by CH'U YUAN Poem Source First Line: Grieving at the eddying wind that shakes the orchid blossoms Last Line: But what good did it do to clasp a great stone and drown Alternate Author Name(s): Qu Ping; Qu Yuan Subject(s): China - Early Period (to 200 B.c.) |
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