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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 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)


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)


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)


APRIL IN THE COUNTRY, by WONG JUAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: All the hills and plains
Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278)


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)


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 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)


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)


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 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 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 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)


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 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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


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


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)


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)


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)


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 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 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)


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 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


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)


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 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)


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)


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


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 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)


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 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)


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


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 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 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


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)


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


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


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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 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)


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)


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)


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)


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 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)


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


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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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)


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 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 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


INN AT THE ROADSIDE, by YANG WAN-LI    Poem Source                    
First Line: This road leading from town
Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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 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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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


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


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


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 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)


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


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


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 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


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)


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)


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)


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


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)


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 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)


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


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 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-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)


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


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 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)


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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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)


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


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)


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


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


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)


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)


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)


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 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 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)


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)


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


POTTER, by MEI YAO-CH'EN    Poem Source                    
Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278)


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


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)


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: 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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


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


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)


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 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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


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


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 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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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 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 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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)


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 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 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)


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


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 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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 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)


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)


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 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)


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 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)


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 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


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)


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)


WOMAN WHO RAISES SILKWORMS, by ZHANG YU    Poem Source                    
First Line: She went into the city yesterday
Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278)


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 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 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 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 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 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)


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-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


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)


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)