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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CHINA - TANG DYNASTY (618-905) Matches Found: 568 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A DREAM OF MOUNTAINEERING, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: At night, in my dream, I stoutly climbed a mountain Last Line: Between the two, I get as much as I lose. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Dreams; Mountain Climbing; Sleep; Nightmares A PROTEST IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF CH'IEN FU (A.D. 879), by TS'AO SUNG Poem Text First Line: The hills and rivers of the lowland country Last Line: Is made out of ten thousand corpses. Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Freedom; Protest, Social; Liberty 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) ACCOMPANY THE EMPEROR ON A VISIT TO THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE, by WU ZETIAN Poem Source First Line: Upon seeing the place that my deceased mother once patronized Last Line: Even tears of blood will not bring her back Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Mothers AFTER GETTING DRUNK, BECOMING SOBER IN THE NIGHT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Our party scattered at yellow dusk and I came home to bed Last Line: And in my ears something sounded like the music of flutes and strings. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks & Drinking; Wine AFTER LUNCH, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: After lunch - one short nap Last Line: "just go on living, regardless of ""short"" or ""long." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AGAIN PASSING THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Her doorway set in white stone cliff Last Line: You asked of purple asphodel Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology ALARM AT FIRST ENTERING THE YANG-TZE GORGES, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Above, a mountain ten thousand feet high Last Line: Will be laid at last in an un-named grave! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fear; Yangzi River, China ALLEGORY, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Red peaches everywhere don their spring colors Last Line: So how can I become an immortal like shuangcheng? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AN EARLY LEVEE ADDRESSED TO CH'EN, THE HERMIT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At ch'ang-an - a full foot of snow Last Line: And not getting up till the sun has mounted the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANCHORED 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) ANOTHER POEM ON MR. ZHENG'S EASTERN PAVILION, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This splendid pavilion enters azure mists Last Line: Towards evening I seek the road I must take, %with tattered clouds flying past horse's flank Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANSWERING A FRIEND'S GIFT OF CHARCOAL, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: In a plain cottage among green hills Last Line: Warmed a body bent and twisted %into a straight body Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Gratitude ANSWERING LI YING WHO SHOWED ME HIS POEMS ABOUT SUMMER FISHING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Though we lived in the same lane Last Line: Lost beyond roads in a sea of mist Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ANSWERING MAGISTRATE ZHANG, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Now late in life I love only stillness Last Line: You ask the pattern of failure and success? - %the fisherman's song reaches deep past the shore Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life ANSWERING PEI DI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Murky and flooding, cold currents broaden Last Line: I know in my heart it's beyond white clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mount Zhong-nan, China; Rain ANSWERING THE POEM LEFT BY MR. SU, NOMINALLY OF THE BUREAU OF FORESTRY, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Humbly I dwell by the valley's mouth Last Line: A bell's infrequent tolling that broke %through gibbons' night cries Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests ARMY SONG, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: A dust storm over the gobi Last Line: Word has come that they've captured %the tu-yu-hun alive Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ARMY WAGONS; A BALLAD, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The wagons went by rumbling Last Line: When the sky grows shadowed and rains pour down, %you hear their voices wailing Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life ARRIVING AT HSUN-YANG: 1, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A bend of the river brings into view two triumphal arches Last Line: By misty waters and rainy sands, while the yellow dusk thickens. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips ARRIVING AT HSUN-YANG: 2, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We are almost come to hsun-yang: how my thoughts are stirred Last Line: They have taken the trouble, these civil people, to meet their new prefect! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips 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) AT THE END OF SPRING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Deep lane, poor families; I have few friends Last Line: I am a loosed boat floating a thousand miles Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AT THE YANGZI AND HAN, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: They roll on and on, rippling and surging Last Line: The fishing boat on its way home Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Han River, China; Yangzi River, China ATTENDING A BANQUET AT PRINCESS CH'ANG-NING'S EASTERN ESTATE, by LI CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Her country estate overlooks a blue domain Last Line: Their philanthropic majesties postpone their departure Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ATTENDING A BANQUET AT THE NEW RESIDENCE OF PRINCESS AN-LO, by SHEN CH'UAN-CH'I Poem Source First Line: Her royal highness loves immortals and gods Last Line: She toasts his long life with 'joy pervades heaven' Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ATTENDING A BANQUET ON THE GREAT BEGINNING, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Pale moon and scattered stars encircle chienchang court Last Line: An offering of red clouds for the sage on high Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN AT THE GATE, by LIU HAN Poem Source First Line: The quacking is gone the jade screen is empty Last Line: Paulownia leaves cover the steps in the moonlight Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN CARES: 2, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The autumn's moon complexion is ice Last Line: A beech tree looming and bare, %sound and echo like sad notes plucked Subject(s): Autumn; Beech Trees; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons; Trees AUTUMN 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 STIRRINGS: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Jade white dew scars and harms Last Line: Pounding blocks urgent in dusk Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: On kui-zhou's lonely walls Last Line: In front of sandbars has cast its light %on flowers of the reeds Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 3, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A thousand homes of the mountain town Last Line: And the mantles they wear are light Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 4, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have been told that chang-an Last Line: Is the longing of my heart Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 5, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Palace towers of peng-lai Last Line: Take my place in dawn court's ranks? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 6, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From the mouth of the ju-tang gorge Last Line: Qin since ancient times has been %land of emperors Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 7, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The waters of kun-ming pool Last Line: Lakes and rivers fill the earth, %and one old man, fishing Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lakes; Seasons AUTUMN STIRRINGS: 8, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At kun-wu hill the yu-su brook Last Line: Head hanging in bitterness Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN THOUGHTS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Like oxen on fire we're driven by desire Last Line: Where can I find yuan-lung's old tower Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AUTUMN THOUGHTS (8), by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Blown tumbling, leaves that fall to the ground Last Line: There's something on my mind just now, %a task to be done that never ends Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons AUTUMN WIND AT HANGU PASS: WRITTEN ON COMMAND, by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: Autumn winds lift up Last Line: Attesting to the mystic sage's return Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) AWAY FROM HOME AT THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER, by SSU-MA KUANG Poem Source First Line: In may when it's mild and the rain finally stops Last Line: Everywhere sunflowers lean toward the sun Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BALLAD OF AN OLD CYPRESS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In front of the shrine of zhu-ge liang Last Line: It has always been true that the greatest timber %is hardest put to use Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Cypress Trees BALLAD OF CHANGKAN, by TS'UI HAO Poem Source First Line: Where are you from good sir Last Line: Perhaps we're from the same place Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BALLAD OF MOUNT JING, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Swarms of flies cluster around my sick horse Last Line: At a moment like this the traveler's heart %is a flag in the wind a hundred feet high Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains BALLAD OF RUNNING HORSE RIVER; SENDING OFF THE ARMY, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: Have you not seen Last Line: At the western gate of ju-shi we %await news of the victory Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life BALLAD OF THE PAINTED EAGLE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: High in the hall I saw a live bird Last Line: Why now do my thoughts feel such pain, %as I walk, looking back, feelings twisted within? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Eagles; Paintings And Painters 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) BEING ON DUTY ALL NIGHT IN THE PALACE AND DREAMING OF HSIEN-YU TEMPLE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At the western window I paused from writing rescripts Last Line: I still thought it the murmur of a mountain stream. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sleep; Temples; Mosques BEING VISITED BY A FRIEND DURING ILLNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have been ill so long that I do not count the days Last Line: Gradually the feelings came back to my numbed heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness BENDING RIVER: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When a single petal falls away Last Line: What use to let hopes of tenuous glory %fetter this body of mine? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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 IN AUTUMN, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Away and away I sail in my light boat Last Line: And need not fear the greed of the evening wind. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails BOATING ON THE RESERVOIR WEST OF THE CITY, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dark blue brows and gleaming teeth Last Line: How could we have brought these hundred jugs %of ale that flow like a fountain? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) BUSINESS MEN, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Text First Line: Business men boast of their skill and cunning Last Line: On the chariot of mutation entered the gate of immutability? Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): Business; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Businessmen; Businesswomen BY THE PASSES, by LU LUN Poem Source First Line: The moon was black, the geese flew high Last Line: A blizzard covered our bows and swords Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life BY THE PASSES; A SONG, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: The turkish horn draws the north wind Last Line: North of the tents the sky must end, %flowing out from the passes the river's sound comes Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; War BY THE PASSES; SONGS (2), by GUAN-XIU Poem Source First Line: Bones from battles are trampled to dust Last Line: Who will stand out before the son of heaven %and sing out this song of the border forts? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life 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) CHANG E, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Upon a screen of mica Last Line: Her heart night after night Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology 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) CHILDREN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My niece, who is six years old, is called 'miss tortoise' Last Line: Why did I think that I alone should escape? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Children; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Childhood 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) CHOOSING A DWELLING PLACE IN LUO-YANG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Back from three years in charge of a province Last Line: I'm not watching out for myself alone - %my rocks and crane must have a haven Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Houses CHUANG-TZU, THE MONIST, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Chuang-tzu levels all things Last Line: A phoenix is superior to a reptile! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Chuang-tzu (4th Century) CHUCHOU'S WEST STREAM, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: I love unnoticed plants that grow beside a stream Last Line: I pull myself across on an unmanned country ferry Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CHUNGNAN MOUNTAINS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Taiyi isn't far from the heart of heaven Last Line: I yell to a woodcutter across the stream Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CICADAS, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Dew-rinsed %their pure notes Last Line: On its one branch, %alone Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Cicadas CICADAS, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Dew drops bathe their clear, distant tones Last Line: Though each lives on a different branch Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Cicadas CITADEL OF SAPPHIRE WALLS (1), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Citadel of sapphire walls, twelve turns Last Line: I would spend my whole life facing %a bowl of crystal Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CIVILIZATION, by YUAN CHIEH Poem Text First Line: To the south-east - three thousand leagues Last Line: Whether saints and sages have really done us good. Alternate Author Name(s): Tz'u-shan Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Civilization 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 HSIEH T'IAO'S NORTH TOWER IN HSUANCHENG IN AUTUMN, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This river town looks like a painting Last Line: Of facing the wind and remembering hsieh t'iao Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING STORK TOWER, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The bright sun rests on the hills and is gone Last Line: Climb just one more story of this tower Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING THE LING-YING TERRACE AND LOOKING NORTH, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Mounting on high I begin to realize the smallness of man's domain Last Line: A single grain of rice falling -- into the great barn. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hundreds of houses, thousands of houses, - like a chessboard Last Line: And a single row of stars lying to the west of the five gates. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING TO CANOPY PAVILION ON A SUMMER DAY, by TS'AI CH'UEH Poem Source First Line: A paper screen a stone pillow a square bamboo bed Last Line: At the sound of a fisherman's flute on the waves Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING WHITE STORK TOWER, by WANG CHIH-HUAN Poem Source First Line: The midday sun slips behind mountains Last Line: I climb one more story Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING YENCHOU TOWER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Visiting my father in east district Last Line: But this time my heart trembled Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) CLIMBING YUEHYANG TOWER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I heard long ago about tungting lake Last Line: My tears fall on the railing Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) 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) 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) CROWS CRY AT NIGHT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Beside the walls in yellow clouds Last Line: And stays in her chamber all alone %where her tears fall like the rain Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Absence; Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Crows DEEPLY MOVED, I SEND THIS TO SOMEONE, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: I entrust my bitterness to a lute's crimson strings Last Line: I don't sweep them away, waiting for one who understands me Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DELAYED ON THE SZECHUAN ROAD, by CHANG YUEH Poem Source First Line: A traveler races the sun and moon Last Line: It reaches loyang before me Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DIAGRAM OF EIGHT FORMATIONS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: His deeds overshadowed a land split in three Last Line: Pain surviving from failure to swallow wu Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DIALOGUE IN THE MOUNTAINS, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You ask me why it is Last Line: And there is another world %that is not of mortal men Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DON'T GO OUT THE GATE!, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Heaven beclouds and bewilders Last Line: Just look at him yelling at the wall, %writing out 'questions to heaven' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Heaven DON'T PLANT TREES, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Don't plant trees in the garden Last Line: This autumn like autumns past Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Trees DRAGOL POOL, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: At dragon pool he offers wine Last Line: The prince of xue is reeling drunk, %the prince of shou is sober Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) DREAM OF HEAVEN, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Aged hare, the wintry toad Last Line: The clear depth of the ocean %spilled from a cup Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology DREAMING OF YUAN CHEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At night you came and took my hand and we wandered together in my dream Last Line: Among the shadows of the terrace of night did you know them or not? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Dreams; Dead, The; Nightmares DRINKING ALONE BY MOONLIGHT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Here among flowers one flask of wine Last Line: Let us join to roam beyond human cares %and plan to meet far in the river of stars Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking DRINKING AT NIGHT IN YUCHOU, by CHANG YUEH Poem Source First Line: A cold wind fills the night with rain Last Line: How could I know the extent of grace Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DRINKING ON THE LAKE AS IT CLEARS THEN RAINS, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The shimmering waves are translucent when it clears Last Line: Equally lovely in powder or paint Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) DRINKING 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) EARLY AUTUMN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Before the fiery clouds have quenched their fearsome peaks Last Line: But late at night I scratch my head and sigh at my thin hair Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) EARLY COLD ON THE RIVER: SOMETHING ON MY MIND, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Trees shed their leaves, the geese cross south Last Line: Having missed the fork, if you should ask - %level lake and vast floods in the evening Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Nature EARLY MIGRATING GEESE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mid-autumn by golden river Last Line: Sesame seeds fill the waters, %and the shores are rich in moss Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Geese; Migration EARLY SPRING, by PAI YU-CH'AN Poem Source First Line: As soon as a southern branch unveils its first buds Last Line: Darker on the water lighter on the sand Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) EARLY SPRING EAST OF TOWN, by YANG CHU-YUAN Poem Source First Line: The best time for a poet is when spring is new Last Line: The whole town [or, everyone] will be out gawking at flowers Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Flowers; Gardens And Gardening; Poetry And Poets; Spring EASE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lined coat, warm cap and easy felt slippers Last Line: I wonder if the courtiers at the western capital know of these things, or not? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Comfort; Retirement EATING BAMBOO SHOOTS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: This province is truly a land of bamboo Last Line: Eat while you can, don't hestitate, %soon south winds will blow them into bamboo Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Food And Eating; Vegetarians EATING BAMBOO-SHOOTS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My new province is a land of bamboo-groves Last Line: For each breath of the south-wind makes a new bamboo! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Food & Eating EGRETS, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Garments of snow, tresses of snow Last Line: Shed in the evening breeze Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Egrets EIGHT EXTREMES, by LI YE Poem Source First Line: What is closest and farthest apart? Last Line: A man and wife Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Marriage ELEGY ON ANOTHER'S BEHALF, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The young peach I glimpsed calls to mind her jade beauty Last Line: But there is no way to end my regretful thoughts Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ENCOUNTERING A WOUNDED SOLDIER, by LU LUN Poem Source First Line: When he travels he often suffers from wounds Last Line: Touches the scars of the blade Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Soldiers; War ENCOUNTERING RAIN AT CHANGPA RESERVOIR ONE EVENING WHILE ENJOYING..., by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sunset is just right for boating Last Line: Surely the rain will bring poems Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ENCOUNTERING RAIN AT CHANGPA RESERVOIR ONE EVENING WHILE ENJOYING..., by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Rain drenches the mats Last Line: On a fall day in may at the lake Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) END OF SPRING: ON MY NEWLY RENTED THATCHED COTTAGE AT RANG-XI III, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Clouds brightly colored, now shadowed, now white Last Line: As river gibbons hum on the azure cliffs Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring ENJOYING RAIN ON A SPRING NIGHT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A good rain knows its season Last Line: At daybreak look where the red is soaked, %the blossoms are heavy in brocade city Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Rain 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) EXCURSION ON LAKE DONG-TING: 4, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: West I gaze from lake dont-ting Last Line: And there in bright colors painted %is the mountain of the lady Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lakes 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) FAREWELL FOR MR. LI, BUREAU DIRECTOR, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: A phoenix leaves his mate as wutong-blossoms fall Last Line: Half his lyrics are mixed with elegies Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell FARM FAMILY, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Weeding fields at sunup twisting hemp at night Last Line: Learn to plant melons in the shade of mulberry trees Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FARMING HOMES BY WEI RIVER, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The setting light falls on a hamlet Last Line: At this moment I yearn for freedom and ease, %and, downcast, I sing 'hard straits!' Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farm Life 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) 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 RHYME WORDS OF A POEM WRITTEN BY MY NEW NEIGHBOR, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Your single poem came, and I chanted it a hundred times Last Line: So don't pour out shuye's excellent wine alone Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking FOR CENSOR CHENG ON BEING BANISHED TO FUKIEN, by KAO SHIH Poem Source First Line: Go into exile but bear no grudge Last Line: Go but watch out for the wind and waves Alternate Author Name(s): Ta-fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR GENTLEMAN-IN-ATTENDANCE KAO, by KAO CH'AN Poem Source First Line: The green peach of heaven thrives in the dew Last Line: Does't blame the east wind for not blooming sooner Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR HERMIT CHU, MY NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Mister chin village with his blackhorned bandanna Last Line: He sees me to his gate when the moon is new Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR HIDDEN MIST PAVILION, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Spring flowers and autumn moon enter poems Last Line: Long ago, I moved my couch to face the mountain Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR LIU CHING-WEN, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lotuses are gone and their rainproof umbrellas Last Line: Is when oranges are yellow and tangerines are green Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FOR MY NEPHEW, HSIANG, ON MY DEMOTION AND ARRIVAL AT LANKUAN PASS, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: I submitted a memorial to the palace at dawn Last Line: No doubt to collect my bones from some infested river Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) FROST AND MOON, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: When first I heard the migrating geese Last Line: A contest of beauty and grace Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Goddesses And Gods; Mythology FROST AND THE MOON, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: By the time I hear geese the cicadas are gone Last Line: In the frost and moonlight they contest each other's charms Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GAZING ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE, by WANG CHI Poem Source First Line: Watching dusk fade at tungkao Last Line: I sing about gathering ferns Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GAZING AT THE VALLEY OF CH'IN, by LI CH'I Poem Source First Line: Gazing at the valley of ch'in at dawn Last Line: The frost and dew are so thick Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GAZING FROM A BOAT IN THE EARLY MORNING, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We set our sails and gazed southeast Last Line: I look now on morning's colored clouds %and they seem the crest of redwall mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Morning; Nature GAZING ON HUA-QING PALACE AT DAYBREAK, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: At daybreak those mansions and towers Last Line: And names it 'lasting life' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) GETTING OUT WHAT I FEEL, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I face my wine, unaware of darkness growing Last Line: The birds turn back, men too grow fewer Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking 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 FROM LUO-YANG TO YUE, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Restless and troubled for thirty years now Last Line: I will find brief joy in that thing in the cup, %and think no more of my name in the world Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Nature; Wanderers And Wandering GOING HOME TO VISIT CENSOR WANG ON MY DAY OFF AND NOT FINDING HIM HOME, by WEI YING-WU Poem Source First Line: Nine days of hustle and bustle Last Line: And snow was filling the hills Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests GOING OUT ON THE LE-YOU PLAIN, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Under vast skies, limpid and clear Last Line: Where rise the autumn winds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH A LITTLE DANCING GIRL, AGED FIFTEEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Two top-knots not yet plaited into one Last Line: When there's no one here with a heart for you to break! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Love - Age Differences GOLDEN BELLS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I was almost forty Last Line: Must now be postponed for fifteen years! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fathers & Daughters 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) HAVING CLIMBED TO THE TOPMOST PEAK OF THE INCENSE-BURNER MOUNTAIN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Up and up, the incense-burner peak! Last Line: Then, with lowered head, came back to the ants' nest. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountain Climbing; Nature; Retirement 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) 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 I SAILED ON THE LAKE TILL I CAME TO THE EASTERN STREAM, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of spring water, - thirty or forty miles Last Line: And staggers up the bank to pluck wistaria flowers. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sailing & Sailors; Seamen; Sails HOW PLUM FLOWERS EMBARRASS A GARDEN, by LIN PU Poem Source First Line: When everything has faded they alone shine forth Last Line: I don't need a sounding board or winecup Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) I CHANCED ON RAIN AT WANG-KOU AND RECALLED MOUNT ZHONG-NAN, by PEI DI Poem Source First Line: Rains dense and flooding, cold currents broaden Last Line: But where now is mount zhong-nan? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mount Zhong-nan, China; Rain I TRIED TO CLIMB ZHAO-CHENG TOWER ..., by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: I wanted to climb that thousand-step tower Last Line: Words from the earth and this speck of a man's heart - %how could high heaven even hear them? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Climbing; Heaven I WROTE THIS ON THE TOWER BY THE WATER AT THE KAI-YUAN TEMPLE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Fine artifacts of the six dynasties Last Line: Misty trees here and there %to the east of five lakes Subject(s): China - Southern Dynasties; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ILLNESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sad, sad - lean with long illness Last Line: Deep down still aches as of old! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness; Illness 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) INFORMAL COMPOSITION, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Come not too close to the sharp sword Last Line: Love's troubles are not in numbers: %just one evening scars the soul Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Love - Complaints INSCRIBED ON MIST-HIDDEN PAVILION, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Spring flowers and autumn moon enter my poems Last Line: I've moved my couch for good so that I can sleep facing the mountains Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) 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) JIANG VILLAGE: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: From west of the towering ochre clouds Last Line: The song ended, I looked to heaven and sighed, %and everyone present shed streaming tears Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) KEPT WAITING IN THE BOAT AT CHIU-K'OU TEN DAYS BY AN ADVERSE WIND, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: White billows and huge waves block the river crossing Last Line: While I sit in a boat at chiu-k'ou, wasting ten days! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Waiting KING OF QIN DRINKING, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: The king of qin rode his tiger Last Line: The clear harp's notes, his drunken eyes, %tears like a deep, clear spring Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking LAMENT BY THE RIVER, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Am old man, a countryman from shao-ling Last Line: I am on my way to south of the city %but turn and gaze to the north Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR CHEN-TAO, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In winter's first month, from ten provinces Last Line: For loyalist armies to come Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR GREENSLOPE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Our army was at greenslope Last Line: Hold on and wait until next year, %don't act rashly! Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LAMENT FOR OLD MR. JI, THE FINEST BREWER IN XUAN-CHENG, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Old mr. Ji in the yellow springs Last Line: And who will buy his beer down there? Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; Beer; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking LAMENT OF 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) LAST POEM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They have put my bed beside the unpainted screen Last Line: I lie back on my pillows and sleep with my face to the south. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Dead, The LATE AUTUMN IN THE QI-AN DISTRICT, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: When winds came to willow-lined shores Last Line: There's only an old man in a raincoat, %sitting there and fishing Subject(s): Autumn; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Seasons LATE AUTUMN IN THE QI-AN DISTRICT, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: When winds came to the willow-lined shores Last Line: Sitting there and fishing Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LATE SPRING, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Every plant and tree knows spring will soon be gone Last Line: They only know how to fill the sky with snow Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LATE SPRING, by TS'AO PIN Poem Source First Line: No one comes out to look at fallen flowers Last Line: I only hear frogs in the grass-filled pond Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LEFT UNTITLED (2), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Layers of draperies hang into depths Last Line: At this clarity in madness Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LEFT UNTITLED (4), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: That she would come was empty words Last Line: But further beyond peng mountain %are ten thousand slopes more Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LI PO, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jarred / the oars creaked in their locks Last Line: A dreamer's silver hands were at work. Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets 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) LISTENING TO A MONK PLAYING THE REED FLUTE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Dawn's sobbing cicadas or sad orioles at night Last Line: It will join gold bells to mix with autumn Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LITTLE CHANG-GAN SONG, by CUI GUO-FU Poem Source First Line: The moon grew dark in the wind Last Line: And I knew you were here, somewhere on the pond Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LITTLE SU'S TOMB, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Dew on the hidden orchid Last Line: Beneath western mound %wind blows the rain Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Courtesans; Graves; Su Xiao-xiao (little Su) LONE WILD GOOSE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lone goose, not drinking or pecking for food Last Line: The crows on the moors pay it no heed, %cawing and squawking in chaotic multitudes Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Geese; Solitude LONG SONGS FOLLOWING SHORT SONGS, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Long songs wrecked my clothes Last Line: I can't get to roam along with it, %my locks turn white ere the song is done Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Singing And Singers LONG-TOU BALLAD, by ZHANG JI Poem Source First Line: The road to long-tou is cut off Last Line: To once again take liang-zhou %into the house of han? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; War LONG-XI; A BALLAD, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Every ten miles a horse is set galloping Last Line: Snow now blows in the barrier mountains - %beacon fires are cut off, no smoke Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life LOOKING FOR A RECLUSE WITHOUT SUCCESS, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: Below the pines I ask the boy Last Line: But the clouds are too thick to know where Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) LOOKING FOR THE RECLUSE AND NOT FINDING HIM HOME, by JIA DAO Poem Source First Line: I asked his servant under the pines Last Line: But the clouds are so deep I know not where.' Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests; Zen Buddhism LOTUS-PICKING SONG, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: By the side, of ruo-ye creek Last Line: Catching sight of this, someone falters, %a heart breaking for naught Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Courtship; Lotus LOTUS-PICKING SONG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Leaves of water chestnuts curl in waves Last Line: And her hair-pick of dark green jade %falls right into the water Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Girls; Lotus LYING SICK, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: Sickness in poverty, true disgrace Last Line: Dawn's sorrows last to twilight sorrows Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sickness LYRICS FOR THE GIRLS OF YUE, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A young wu girl from chang-an Last Line: Fresh make-up bobs in fresh waves, %two scenes of brightness, both marvels Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Girls; Lotus MADLY SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is no one among men that has not a special failing Last Line: I choose a place that is unfrequented by men. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains; Poetry & Poets; Solitude; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Loneliness MAGIC, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Boundless, the great sea Last Line: Nor spoke of soaring in broad daylight up to the blue heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Magic MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 16, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: Someone asked me the way to cold mountain Last Line: Then you could get there right away Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 232, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: Man's life in this dust-clouded world Last Line: And then, in an instant, he's old Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Time MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 233, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: When han-shan utters these words Last Line: So dark it will be on those paths down below, %trapped in the toils of our karma Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 3, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: It's fun to be on cold mountain road Last Line: Shape asks shadow: 'which way to go?' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MASTER OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 32, by HAN-SHAN Poem Source First Line: I go climbing up the cold mountain road Last Line: May sit here with me inside the white clouds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) MEI-PI LAKE SONG, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The brothers cen have a passion for wonders Last Line: Yet still there has ever been %much sorrow, great joy too Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MID-AUTUMN, by LI P'U Poem Source First Line: A bright spirit in the sky a jeweled mirror rising Last Line: The next time the silver river is clear Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MID-AUTUMN MOON, by SU SHIH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: As evening clouds withdraw a clear cool air floods in Last Line: Where will we see this moon next year Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MIDCURRENT SONG, by CUI GUO-FU Poem Source First Line: When I came back, the sun was still high Last Line: And my boat whirled around, out of control Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MIDNIGHT, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: It is night's third hour, its third division Last Line: Strings resting by the window Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Night 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, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Her soul curls like a slender hook Last Line: Is seen at how many spots on earth Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOON AT THE FRONTIER PASS, by BAO JUNHUI Poem Source First Line: High, sky-high: fall's moon glitters bright Last Line: No more to hear the clangorous camp-gongs' clash Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life MOON OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The bright moon comes out from sky mountain Last Line: And in high chambers on this same night, %the sighs, I am sure, are not yet still Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life 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 PAVILION ON A SUMMER DAY, by KAO P'IEN Poem Source First Line: The shade from trees is dense and summer days are long Last Line: A trellis of roses fills the courtyard with perfume Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOUNTAIN STONES, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Mountain stones ragged and broken Last Line: How could I manage to stay till old age, %and never return again? Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOUNTAIN WIDOW, by TU HSUN-HO Poem Source First Line: My husband died in battle my home is now a hut Last Line: There's nowhere to go to escape corvee Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) MOVED BY THE END OF SPRING: SENT TO A FRIEND, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The oriole's song startles me from the remnants of a dream Last Line: And finish my song beside the low-limbed pine trees Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring 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 GRADUATE'S POEM MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE: 1, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Those enrolled among the immortals don't linger in the human world Last Line: Pan yue is so filled with grief that his hair is turning white Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mourning NEW GRADUATE'S POEM MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE: 2, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Blending with the mist, a single branch of moon cassia is graceful Last Line: For, since olden times, sorrow and joy have been the same as today Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mourning NEW 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'S MIDPOINT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: West tower, more than a hundred yards high Last Line: Yet in war's violence word rarely comes Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Night 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) 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) 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) OFFERED TO EMPEROR TAIZONG, by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: Morning comes: I face the mirror stand Last Line: A single summons? You think I'd come for that? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OFFICER AT TONG PASS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Such bustling hubbub, as our troops Last Line: Do instruct the general guarding the pass %not to follow the model of ge-shu han Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Soldiers OLD AIRS: 5, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: How gray and green stands mount tai-bo Last Line: I will work on the nugget of cinnabar %and leave forever the men of this world Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OLD AIRS: 7, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There was once one undying upon a crane Last Line: I would dine on that herb called goldenray, %and live a long life, matching heaven's span Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) OLD MAN'S BITTERNESS, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: I have no child to take down my writings Last Line: To tell no difference between large and small %is the true nature of things, heaven's gifts Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Old Age ON A BOX CONTAINING HIS OWN WORKS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I break up cypress and make a book-box Last Line: To be left by them to give to my grandchildren. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Books; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Writing & Writers; Reading ON A PAINTING OF PLAYING FOOTBALL, by CH'AO YUEH-CHIH Poem Source First Line: A thousand doors and windows open in the palace Last Line: No longer are memorials submitted in the morning Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON A WINTER'S NIGHT, SENT TO FEIQING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: With bitter longing I sought a poem, sang it beneath the lamplight Last Line: The evening sparrows twitter, vainly circling the forest Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON BEING REMOVED FROM HSUN-YANG AND SENT TO CHUNG-CHOU, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Before this, when I was stationed at hsun-yang Last Line: And am pleased with anyone who is even remotely human! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) ON BEING SIXTY, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Between thirty and forty, one is distracted by the five lusts Last Line: "not to complain of three-score, ""the time of obedient ears." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Aging; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON BOARD SHIP: READING YUAN CHEN'S POEMS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I take your poems in my hand and read them beside the candle Last Line: Listening to waves that, driven by the wind, strike the prow of the ship. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets ON CLIMBING TSUNGCHIH PAGODA, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: I climbed a pagoda that touched the highest heaven Last Line: I would have served the golden immortal Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON DEPUTY PREFECT TU TAKING UP A POST IN SHUCHOU, by WANG PO Poem Source First Line: From walls that guard the realms of ch'in Last Line: Our children drying their tears Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON FIRST ARRIVING IN BA-LING, JOINING LI BO AND PEI, WE GO BOATING, by JIA ZHIG Poem Source First Line: These men that I've met on the river Last Line: Weep the maidens of xiang Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Rivers ON GEESE TURNING BACK, by CH'IEN CH'I Poem Source First Line: Why do they turn back when they reach the hsiao and hsiang Last Line: Unable to bear such melancholy they all fly away Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON GOING TO A TAVERN, by WANG CHI Poem Text First Line: These days, continually fuddled with drink Last Line: How can I alone remain sober? Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Pubs; Taverns; Saloons ON HEARING SOMEONE SONG A POEM BY YUAN CHEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: No new poems his brush will trace Last Line: A pain had stabbed my heart. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets ON 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 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 MY LAZINESS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I have a post but Last Line: Scarcely counts as lazy at all Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Idleness ON MY PORTRAIT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I didn't even know my own face Last Line: Best resign and depart, the sooner the better, %withdraw this body fit for clouds and streams Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Portraits ON PASSING BY HUA-QING PALACE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Turn and look back from chang-an Last Line: Bringing down the sounds of laughter Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) ON 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 BIRTH OF HIS SON, by SU SHIH Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Families, when a child is born Last Line: By becoming a cabinet minister. Alternate Author Name(s): Su Dongpo; Tzu-chan; Su Tung-p'o; Su Shi Subject(s): Birth; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Parents; Child Birth; Midwifery; Parenthood ON THE 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 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 SET TOPIC: 'WILD GOOSE ON THE SANDS', by GENG WEI Poem Source First Line: Still a long road to travel to heng-yang Last Line: What thoughts as it stands alone on the beach? - %only worries that frost and sleet will come Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Geese; Migration ON THE TERRACE OF CANG JIE'S INVENTION OF CHARACTERS AT SAN-HUI TEMPLE, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: A wilderness temple, its grass-grown terrace at dusk Last Line: Still like that time when he first invented writing Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Chinese Language; Temples ON THE WAY TO HANGCHOW: ANCHORED ON THE RIVER AT NIGHT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Little sleeping and much grieving, - the traveller Last Line: And still we have not reached hang-chow! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips ON THINKING OF MY LORD'S GRACE, by LING-HU CH'U Poem Source First Line: The oriole's song is gone from my garden Last Line: Without seeing your kingfisher carriage Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON YELLOW CRANE TOWER HEARING A FLUTE, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Suddenly an exile on the way to changsha Last Line: Plum blossoms fall in this city in june Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ON YIN-WU PAVILION, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Flowers of springtime, autumn's moon Last Line: Where I lie, facing the hills Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) OUT THE PASSES, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Bright moon of the days of qin Last Line: He would not let the turkish horses %made the crossing of shadow mountain Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life OUT TO THE FRONTIER: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Cheerless, they leave their hometowns Last Line: A true man's concerned with all the world - %how can I refuse to hold fast in hardship? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life; Soldiers OVERLOOKING TUNGTING LAKE-FOR PRIME MINISTER CHANG, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: In september the lake is so flat Last Line: To covet their catch is vain Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PAINTED HAWK, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wind-blown frost rises from plain white silk Last Line: When will it strike the common birds? - %bloody feathers strewing rhw weed-covered plain Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hawks; Paintings And Painters PAINTED ON THE WALL OF MASTER HSUAN-WU'S ROOM, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: What year did tigerhead ku Last Line: Following the actual steps of hui-yuan Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PAINTING OF A PINE, by JIN-YUN Poem Source First Line: That painted pine looks exactly Last Line: The third trunk over Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Paintings And Painters; Pine Trees; Trees PALACE LYRICS: 95, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: Her sleep has beden fitful since spring began Last Line: And flipping a coin, manages to win %two or three tosses Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Coin Tossing PALACE ODE: 1, by LIN HUNG Poem Source First Line: Above the gilded hall's purple-tiered pavilion Last Line: His chariot of colored clouds drawn by dragon steeds Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PALACE ODE: 2, by LIN HUNG Poem Source First Line: At court the royal robes reflect the sun and moon Last Line: Line the cinnabar steps before the sun goes down Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PARTED BY GREAT DISTANCES, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography Last Line: Only then will the stains disappear %of their tears upon bamboo Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mythology - Chinese PARTING, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I get off my horse, offer you wine Last Line: White clouds there that never end Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell PARTING, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The willows, trees of the eastern gate Last Line: I suppose because partings were many Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell PARTING FROM A FRIEND ON A NIGHT IN SPRING, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Source First Line: As black smoke coils from silver candles Last Line: What year will it lead back again Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PARTING FROM MR. XUE AT GUANG-LING, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: There are some men, their aims unfulfilled Last Line: Where again shall I share your company? Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Nature PASSING HSIANGCHI TEMPLE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Unaware of hsiangchi temple Last Line: Where zen subdued the serpent Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PASSING T'IEN-MEN STREET IN CH'ANG-AN AND .. DISTANT VIEW OF CHUNG-NAN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The snow has gone from chung-nan; spring is almost come Last Line: Turns his head and looks at the mountains, -- not one man! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains; Hills; Downs (great Britain) PASSING THE SHRINE TO THE MASTER OF THE THREE GATES, by TAI SHU-LUN Poem Source First Line: The waters of the yuan and hsiang never cease Last Line: And blows through a grove of maples Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PEACH BLOSSOM CREEK, by ZHANG XU Poem Source First Line: Half-hidden, a bridge soars up Last Line: But at what spot is found that cave %upon the blue creek? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PEACH 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) PILGRIMAGE TO WU MOUNTAIN SHRINE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: I visit gaotang where anarchic apes cry Last Line: Vie vainly in spring for length like painted brows! Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PLAGIARIZING POEMS, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: A starving hount gnaws a dry bone Last Line: Formerly writing was something chaste; %even then it did not make a good man worthy Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Plagiarism; Writing And Writers PLANTING FLOWERS ON THE EASTERN EMBANKMENT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I took money and bought flowering trees Last Line: Sits till evening and will not move from the place! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Flowers; Gardens & Gardening 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) POEM IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER WU, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Monk zhi's vanished, flowery hermitage Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM MODELED ON 'THERE'S A BEAUTY IN THE NORTH', by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: It's been said for all these years, she stands alone Last Line: Don't take it lightly, that swinging, swaying waist Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY ON VISITING XINFENG: 1, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: The very last of winter's three months Last Line: Whose fields are all of jade Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POEM PRESENTED TO HIS MAJESTY ON VISITING XINFENG: 2, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: Wind-rattled phoenix pennons Last Line: Opens beside the sun Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POETIC GIFT FOR COURTESAN LI, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Your talents past compare though far away Last Line: Admire your winged dance atop the clouds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POETIC GIFT FOR SOMEONE VIEWING BAMBOOS AFTER RAIN, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: In southern clime and spring rain times Last Line: Its joints both hoary and sturdy Subject(s): Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) POURING WINE ALONE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: A long stretch of sky, vast sapphire Last Line: Jug hanging from waist, I go roaming alone - %to an autumn hair mount tai is small Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking PRESENTED TO THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Shying from the sun, I shade myself with gauze sleeves Last Line: Why should I regret wang chang? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PRIVATE THOUGHTS, by YEN SHU Poem Source First Line: Her lacquered carriage no longer arrives Last Line: But everywhere rivers and mountains are endless Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PROCLAIMING AN IMPERIAL VISIT TO THE SHANGLIN PARK, by WU ZETIAN Poem Source First Line: On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month Last Line: Don't wait for the morning wind to blow Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) PRUNING TREES, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Trees growing - right in front of my window Last Line: But better still, -- to see the green hills! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Trees QUATRAIN, by CHIH-NAN Poem Source First Line: I tied up my sampan in the shade of an ancient tree Last Line: And my face wasn't numbed by the willow-catkin wind Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) QUATRAIN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Birds are still whiter against river's sapphire Last Line: And when will be the time that I turn home? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Time QUATRAIN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A pair of golden orioles sings in green willows Last Line: My gate harbors boats from ten thousand miles downriver Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) QUATRAIN ON THE POOL BEHIND THE DISTRICT OFFICE IN QI-AN, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Water chestnuts pierce floating algae Last Line: Bathing their clothes of red Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lakes QUATRAIN WRITTEN ON THE ROAD, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: White strands of hair in my mirror Last Line: As I head on toward chang-an Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel 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) REALIZING THE FUTILITY OF LIFE; WRITTEN ON THE WALL OF A PRIEST'S CELL, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ever since the time when I was a lusty boy Last Line: That very striving will make one's error more. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Zen Buddhism; Theology RECITING ALOUD, ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Each person has some one addiction Last Line: I'm afraid I'll be mocked by the times, %so I come to this place where no man is Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Solitude RECORDING MY THOUGHTS WHILE TRAVELING AT NIGHT, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A shore of thin reeds in light wind Last Line: A solitary gull between heaven and earth Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) REGRET IN THE CHANGMEN PALACE, by XU HUI+1 Poem Source First Line: You used to love my cypress rafter terrace Last Line: Hard to offer water that's been spilled Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REGRETFUL THOUGHTS, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Fallen leaves are scattered by evening rain Last Line: No more green water and blue hills Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REJOICING AT THE ARRIVAL OF CH'EN HSIUNG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When the yellow bird's note was almost stopped Last Line: For it makes us tell the story of our whole lives. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks & Drinking; Friendship; Wine RELEASE FROM MELANCHOLY; SONG (WRITTEN UNDER THE FLOWERS), by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Autumn winds blow over the earth Last Line: And not let the world's petty things %weigh down and stifle me Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Melancholy RELEASING A MIGRANT YEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At nine rivers, in the tenth year, in winter, - heavy snow Last Line: They will pluck from your body those long feathers and make them into arrow-wings! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Freedom; Geese; Liberty REMEMBERING GOLDEN BELLS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Ruined and ill, - a man of two score Last Line: Because, in the road, I met her foster-nurse. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Daughters; Death - Children; Grief; Death - Babies; Sorrow; Sadness REPLYING TO A POEM BY PRIME MINISTER LU OF CHINLING, by TU SHEN-YEN Poem Source First Line: Only an impotent official Last Line: I think of home and dry my eyes Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The fair woman raises the beaded drapes Last Line: Cannot know the man who bears her reproach Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH IN A LETTER ON COLORED PAPER, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: When first leaves fall on lake dongting Last Line: This misery in living long apart Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH IN LOVE, by LI YE Poem Source First Line: People say the sea is deep Last Line: Heart and strings will break together Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) REPROACH IN THE WOMEN'S CHAMBERS, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: The oyung wife in her chambers Last Line: And regretted having sent her husband %to seek glory in the army Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RESIGNING AS MINISTER, by LI SHIH-CHIH Poem Source First Line: Yielding my post to the able Last Line: How many will visit today Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) RHYMING WITH A FRIEND, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: What can melt away the melancholy of lodging at an inn? Last Line: But for now I'll take it in hand and chant it Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RISING DRUNK ON A SPRING DAY, TELLING MY INTENT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: We are lodged in this world as in a great dream Last Line: Then sing wildly, waiting for the moon, %when the tune is done, I no longer care Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking RISING LATE AND PLAYING WITH A-TS'UI, AGED TWO, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: All the morning I have lain perversely in bed Last Line: I have added the fourth of playing with my baby-boy. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Sons RIVER FLOODED, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The river flooded ourside my scrapwood gate Last Line: The fisherman twirls his small paddle, %and turns the prow round so easily Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fishing And Fishermen RIVER VILLAGE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A bend in the clear river flows Last Line: For myself beyond things like that %what more have ti to seek? Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) RIVER VILLAGE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A clear river winds around the village Last Line: What else does this poor body need Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ROADS OF LOYANG, by CH'U KUANG-HSI Poem Source First Line: The roads are as straight as strands of hair Last Line: Ride by in pairs with their bridles ringing Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) ROADS OF LUO-YANG: PRESENTED TO THE DIRECTOR LI XIANG: 1, by CH'U KUANG-HSI Poem Source First Line: The spring ice melts on the river luo Last Line: How around horses' hooves the fallen flowers swirl Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SALT MERCHANT'S WIFE (IN HATRED OF PROFITEERS), by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The salt merchant's wife Last Line: This happened not in the han alone, %it happens also now Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Greed; Hate SAYING 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) SEEING OFF A FRIEND, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Dark hills stretch beyond the north rampart Last Line: Our parting horses neigh Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF A FRIEND LEAVING FOR SHU, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: You've heard of the tsantsung road Last Line: You don't need to ask yen tsun Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF CHAO TSUNG AT NIGHT, by YANG CHIUNG Poem Source First Line: Scion of chao jade disk worth cities Last Line: Moonlight fills the waiting river Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF CHU TA LEAVING FOR CH'IN, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: For an unemployed gentleman bound for wuling Last Line: A simple piece of my heart Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF EDITOR TS'UI MARCHING EAST, by CH'EN TZU-ANG Poem Source First Line: Golden skies have turned forbidding Last Line: Or seek your fame at unicorn hall Alternate Author Name(s): Po-yu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF REVEREND DAN XII, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: A poet suffers making poems Last Line: Starving from poems, old without rancor, %I have troubled the monk to shed streaming tears Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry And Poets SEEING OFF SPRING, by WANG FENG-YUAN Poem Source First Line: In april flowers fade and fall and more appear Last Line: Convinced it can still call the east wind back Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF SPRING ON THE LAST DAY OF APRIL, by CHIA TAO Poem Source First Line: When april reaches its thirtieth day Last Line: Until the dawn bell you're still spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF SUPPLY DIRECTOR KUO, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Huai river green brightens my door Last Line: But every night spring waters grow deeper Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF TS'UI JUNG, by TU SHEN-YEN Poem Source First Line: Our sovereign sends forth her general Last Line: The autumn wind quell kupei Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SEEING OFF YUAN ER ON A MISSION TO ANHSI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Morning rain dampens the dust in weicheng Last Line: West of yang pass there's no one you know Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SELLING TATTERED PEONIES, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Facing the wind, my sighs are stirred Last Line: That he has no way to buy Subject(s): Aging; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Peonies; Women SELLING WILD PEONIES, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: I sigh into the wind at how often the flowers fall Last Line: Then, my dear prince, you will regret that they are no longer for sale Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Peonies SENDING A FRIEND ON HIS WAY, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Green hills stretch past the north ramparts Last Line: We wave, going off from here, %and our horses whinny on parting Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell SENDING HAN KUI ON A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN REACHES OF THE YANGZI, by LI YE Poem Source First Line: We look at each other and point to willows Last Line: Flying back and forth, year after year Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENDING MR. YUAN ON HIS WAY ON A MISSION TO AN-XI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: By the walls of wie city the rain at dawn Last Line: Once you go west out yang pass %there will be no old friends Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell SENDING OFF MR. YAO, A SUPERNUMERARY, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Of countless willows one early autumn branch Last Line: So mist and moon at two spots will not feel sad Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENT TO FEIQING, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: On the stone steps crickets chirp, unsettled Last Line: So what can console my autumn feeling? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENT TO JUDGE HAN CHUO IN YANG-ZHOU, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Its green hills in shadows Last Line: Being hidden to play on the flute? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SENT TO ZI'AN, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Drunk at parting: a thousand goblets of wine won't wash away my sorrow Last Line: But I'm not willing to stay languidly drunk in my jade tower Subject(s): Alcoholics And Alcoholism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Grief SEPARATION, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Yesterday I heard that such-a-one was gone Last Line: And laughing gaze into each other's eyes? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Death; Dead, The SERVING IN THE SECRETARIAT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: At gossamer hall the writing has stopped Last Line: Purple myrtle flowers face a purple myrtle man Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SET TO THE TUNE RUYI NIANG, by WU ZETIAN Poem Source First Line: Watching red turn to green, my thoughts entangled and scattered Last Line: Open the chest and look for the skirt of pomegranate-red Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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) 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) SIGHT-SEEING IN THE MOORS OUTSIDE OF LIANG-ZHOU, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Old men of the prairie, two or three homes Last Line: The shamanka dances in frenzy, %dust shows on her stockings of gauze Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Clergy; Travel; Women 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) 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 SOMETHING TOUCHED ME ONE NIGHT AND I TRY TO GET IT OUT, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: I studied at night, by dawn and was not done Last Line: I think on past travels upon the green rivers Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel SONG FOR THE GOVERNOR OF WILD GOOSE BARRIER, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Black clouds weigh down on the walls Last Line: And we take in hand the jade dragon-swords %and die now for our lord Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life SONG OF A PAINTING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Descended from wei's warrior king, you, general Last Line: How all their days hardships and troubles %entangled them Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Paintings And Painters SONG OF A YOUNG NOBLEMAN AT THE END OF NIGHT, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Coiling smoke of sandalwood Last Line: Encircling his waist, white jade cold Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF AN ARROWHEAD FROM THE BATTLEFIELD OF CHANG-PING, by LI HE Poem Source First Line: Char of lacquer, powder of bone Last Line: Tried to get me to trade the metal %for an offering basket Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF LASTING PAIN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Han's sovereign prized the beauty of flesh Last Line: Yet this pain of ours will continue %and never finally end Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Pain; Passion; Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) SONG OF LIAN-ZHOU, by WANG HAN Poem Source First Line: Sweet wine of the grape Last Line: And how many ever returned? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drinks And Drinking SONG OF LIANG-ZHOU, by WANG ZHIHUAN Poem Source First Line: The yellow sands stretch off and up Last Line: The winds of spring have never passed %jade gate barrier Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF MING-GAO: SENDING OFF MR. CHEN, A GENTLEMAN IN RETIREMENT, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: It seems there is someone, he longs for ming-gao Last Line: I will join you forever as a friend Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Homecoming SONG OF MY CARES WHEN GOING FROM THE CAPITAL TO FENG-XIAN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A man of du-ling in commoner's clothes Last Line: Reasons to be troubled are as great as south mountain, %a chaos that no one can gasp Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF THE BRIGHT MOON, by PAO CHAO Poem Source First Line: The bright moon comes forth from eastern hills Last Line: A thousand gold pieces don't matter - %what counts is the strength of feeling Alternate Author Name(s): Ming-yuan; Bao Zhao Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Moon; Singing And Singers SONG OF THE SOUTHLAND, by YU HU Poem Source First Line: She had happened to go by the river Last Line: But furtively tossed a silver coin %to find the fortune of someone far Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Coin Tossing SONG OF THE SOUTHLAND (1), by CH'U KUANG-HSI Poem Source First Line: When on the long river the sun goes down Last Line: Go back and forth chasing the wakes of boats Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF THE SPRING PALACE, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Last night the breeze brought to bloom Last Line: He gives her a coat of brocade Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG OF XIANG-YANG, by CUI GUO-FU Poem Source First Line: Xiang-yang is a young man's place Last Line: Know my skill on the harp of qin Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SONG ON VISITING HEAVEN'S CRONE MOUNTAIN IN A DREAM: ON PARTING, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Seafarers speak of that isle of ying Last Line: It makes me incapable %of relaxing heart or face Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell SONG WRITTEN ON THE TOPIC 'STREAMS FLOWING DOWN IN THREE GORGES', by LI YE Poem Source First Line: My home used to be there Last Line: I want those flowering streams to continue forever Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) 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 LUNGHSING TEMPLE, by CH'I-WU CH'IEN Poem Source First Line: I failed to leave the temple by dark Last Line: Everywhere birds carried them off Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPENDING THE NIGHT AT YUNMEN TEMPLE PAVILION, by SUN T'I Poem Source First Line: At incense pavilion below east peak Last Line: I dreamed I was traveling with clouds Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPENDING THE NIGHT IN REVEREND YE'S MOUNTAIN CHAMBER, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When evening sun passed over western peaks Last Line: My harp waits alone on the vine-hung path Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests; Nature SPRING CLEARING, by WANG CHIA Poem Source First Line: Before the rain there were buds among the flowers Last Line: Apparently spring has moved to the neighbor's Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING COMPLAINT, by CHIN CH'ANG-HSU Poem Source First Line: Chase the orioles away Last Line: And keeps her from reaching liaohsi Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING DAWN, by MENG HAO-JAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Sleeping in spring oblivious of dawn Last Line: I wonder how many petals fell Alternate Author Name(s): Meng Hao-ran Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING DAY, by CHU HSI Poem Source First Line: Along the ssu river it's a fine day for blossoms Last Line: A thousand pinks and purples and everywhere spring Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SPRING FEELINGS, SENT TO ZI'AN, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The mountain road slants, the rocky steps are steep Last Line: Tears that fall in the bright light -- and this single poem Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring SPRING 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) STAYING OVERNIGHT AT THE CHANCELLERY IN SPRING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Flowers by the palace retire at dusk Last Line: And questions about last night Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) STIRRED BY SOMETHING AT MOUNT LI, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Cascades fly from mount li's cliffs Last Line: There is only the prince of shou Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Xuan-zong, Emperor Of China; Yang Yu-huan (prized Consort) STONE FISH LAKE, by YUAN CHIEH Poem Text First Line: I loved you dearly, stone fish lake Last Line: For ever and ever staring at the stone fish. Alternate Author Name(s): Tz'u-shan Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Nature STOPPING AT PEIKU MOUNTAIN, by WANG WAN Poem Source First Line: My route goes past blue peaks Last Line: Tied to a goose bound for loyang Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) STOPPING BY THE TEMPLE OF INCENSE MASSED (1), by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I knew not of the temple of incense massed Last Line: Towards dusk at the bend of a deserted pool, %in meditation's calm I mastered passion's dragon Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Meditation; Passion; Temples STOPPING BY THE TEMPLE OF INCENSE MASSED (1), by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Not know incense incense heap-up temple Last Line: Towards dusk at the bend of a deserted pool, %in meditation's calm I mastered passion's dragon Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Meditation; Passion; Temples STOPPING THE NIGHT AT JUNG-YANG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I grew up at jung-yang Last Line: Passionless, -- flow in their old course. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel; Journeys; Trips 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) SUI PALACE, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: The halls of the palace at lavender springs Last Line: It would not be right again to ask %for 'in the rear court flowers' Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Yang, Emperor Of China (sui Dynasty) SUI PALACE (2D VERSION), by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: He roamed off to the south on a whim Last Line: Half to be his for his sails Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Yang, Emperor Of China (sui Dynasty) SUMMER DAY, by CHANG FENG Poem Source First Line: Late summer on the river the sun and wind are mild Last Line: Let me pass this life chopping wood and fishing Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUMMER DAY IN THE MOUNTAINS, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lazily waving a white feather fan Last Line: My bare head ruffled by wind through pines Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Summer SUNBEAMS SHOOT, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: Sunbeams shoot through a gauze window screen Last Line: Where a sapphire green parrot faces %the red roses Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUNG OUT IN SYMPATHY FOR FLOWERS, by BAO JUNHUI Poem Source First Line: Flowers on a branch Last Line: And go back to the cave of your room Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SUNLIGHT CAST BACK, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: To the north of the chu king's palace Last Line: A soul never called back Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SURPRISED BY AUTUMN ON THE FEN, by SU T'ING Poem Source First Line: The north wind blows white clouds Last Line: I can't bear the sounds of autumn Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) SWING, by HUI-HUNG Poem Source First Line: A pair of blue ropes swing from a painted frame Last Line: A banished immortal from toad palace it seems Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TAKING DOWN A TRELLIS, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: These sticks, tied together, are falling apart Last Line: Man's life too always begins well Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Gardens And Gardening TAOISM AND BUDDHISM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A traveller came from across the seas Last Line: To the heaven of bliss fulfilled. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Buddhism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Taoism; Buddha; Buddhists; Theology TEA CEREMONY IN THE EAST PAVILION, by BAO JUNHUI Poem Source First Line: At ease this morning, turn toward dawn Last Line: That gives off cooling winds Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TELL ME NOW, by WANG CHI Poem Text First Line: Tell me now, what should a man want Last Line: And, at the end, need no paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Middle Ages (600 B.c.- 618 A.d.); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Contentment; Old Age TELLING MY FEELINGS, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Idle, at ease -- with nothing that I must attend to Last Line: And then, half-drunk, I rise and comb my hair Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 1. A DOG SEPARATED FROM ITS MASTER, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Behind crimson gates for four or five years Last Line: Upon the red silk rug Subject(s): Absence; Animals; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Dogs TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 10. A MIRROR SEPARATED FROM ITS STAND, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: The molten gold was poured Last Line: Within the splendid hall Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mirrors TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 2. A BRUSH SEPARATED FROM THE HAND, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Reed of yue and xuancheng bristles Last Line: In the hand of wang xizhi Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 3. A HORSE SEPARATED FROM THE STABLE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Ears like snow, a russet coat Last Line: Drawing the splendid coach Subject(s): Absence; Animals; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Horses TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 4. A PARROT SEPARATED FROM ITS CAGE, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: It goes alone through longxi Last Line: Calling from its cage Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Parrots TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 5. A SWALLOW SEPARATED FROM THE NEST, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: In and out through crimson gates Last Line: Up among the rafters Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Swallows TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 6. A PEARL SEPARATED FROM THE PALM, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Glistening thing, bright and round Last Line: In the owner's palm Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Pearls TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 7. A FISH SEPARATED FROM ITS POOL, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: In the lotus pond for four or five years Last Line: Through the clear waves Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Fishing And Fishermen TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 8. A HAWK SEPARATED FROM THE GAUNTLET, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Talons sharp as blade-point Last Line: Upon the ruler's arm Subject(s): Absence; Birds; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hawks TEN VERSIONS OF SEPARATION: 9. BAMBOO SEPARATED FROM A PAVILION, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Exuberant growth, newly planted Last Line: Over the jadelike hall Subject(s): Absence; Bamboo; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THE BIG RUG, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: That so many of the poor should suffer from cold what can we do to prevent? Last Line: Which at one time could cover up every inch of the city. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poverty; Rugs; Carpets THE CHANCELLOR'S GRAVEL-DRIVE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A government-bull yoked to a government-cart! Last Line: Need not trouble him at all. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Government; Roads; Paths; Trails THE DRAGON OF THE BLACK POOL; A SATIRE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Deep the waters of the black pool, coloured like ink Last Line: Beneath the nine-fold depths of his pool, does he know or not? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THE FLOWER MARKET, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the royal city spring is almost over Last Line: "would pay the taxes of ten poor houses." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Flowers; Social Protest THE GRAIN-TRIBUTE, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There came an officer knocking by night at my door Last Line: To return to others the corn in my great barn. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Retirement; Taxes; Wages; Salaries THE HARPER OF CHAO, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The singers have hushed their notes of clear song Last Line: Day by day is covered deeper with dust. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Musical Instruments; Singing & Singers THE HAT GIVEN TO THE POET BY LI-CHIEN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Long ago a white-haired gentleman Last Line: And the trees on your tomb are swayed by the autumn wind. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hats; Winter THE HERD BOY, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the southern village the boy who minds the ox Last Line: And a dark smoke oozes through the thatched roof. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Shepherds & Shepherdesses THE LETTER, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We talked together in the yung-shou temple Last Line: That each letter changes into a bar of gold! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Letters THE LITTLE CART, by CH'EN TZU-LUNG Poem Text First Line: The little cart jolting and banging through the yellow haze of dusk Last Line: They stand hesitating in the lonely road and their tears fall like rain. Alternate Author Name(s): Wo-tzu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); War THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAIRIES, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There was once a man who dreamt he went to heaven Last Line: For a single dream spoiled his whole life. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Magic THE OLD HARP, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of cord and cassia-wood is the harp compounded Last Line: Because of the ch'iang flute and the ch'in flageolet. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Harps; Musical Instruments; Lyres THE OLD MAN WITH THE BROKEN ARM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: At hsin-feng an old man - four-score and eight Last Line: Ask the man with the broken arm in the village of hsin-feng! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Military THE PEDLAR OF SPELLS, by LU YU (1125-1210) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: An old man selling charms in a cranny of the town wall Last Line: For he has a boy to lean on. Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kuan; Lu You Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse THE PEOPLE OF TAO-CHOU, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the land of tao-chou Last Line: "when boys are born the syllable ""yang"" is often used in their forename." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) THE PHILOSOPHERS: LAO-TZU, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Those who speak know nothing Last Line: Of five thousand words? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Variant Title(s): Lao-tzu (the Philospher) Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lao-tzu (6th Century) THE POLITICIAN, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I was going to the city to sell the herbs I had plucked Last Line: "at last he has made a ""coup"" that cannot fail!" Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Politics & Government THE PRISONER, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tartars led in chains Last Line: "a han heart and a han tongue set in the body of a turk." Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Freedom; Prisons & Prisoners; Soldiers; Tatars; Liberty; Tartars THE RED COCKATOO, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Sent as a present from annam Last Line: And shut it up inside. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): Anti-intellectualism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Parrots THE SILVER SPOON, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: To distant service my heart is well accustomed Last Line: You will think of me and eat up your food nicely! Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Gifts & Giving; Spoons THE TWO RED TOWERS; A SATIRE AGAINST CLERICALISM, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The two red towers / north and south rise facing each other Last Line: I begin to fear that the whole world will become a vast convent. Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Religion; Theology 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) 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) THREE POEMS THINKING ON PAST TRAVELS: 1, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: For ten years I was a drifter Last Line: From every temple's balcony Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel THREE POEMS THINKING ON PAST TRAVELS: 2, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: It was outside cloud gate temple Last Line: Of the pikes of the royal guard Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel THREE POEMS THINKING ON PAST TRAVELS: 3, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Here li bo wrote a poem Last Line: That bloomed in a mountain rain Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Li Po (701-762); Travel TO A PORTRAIT PAINTER WHO DESIRED HIM TO SIT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You, so bravely splashing reds and blues! Last Line: What can I do with a portrait such as that? Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Paintings And Painters; Portraits TO CENSOR TU AT THE CHANCELLERY, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: We hurry in pairs up cinnabar steps Last Line: The work of a censor I imagine is rare Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO CHANG HSU AFTER DRINKING, by KAO SHIH Poem Source First Line: The world is full of fickle people Last Line: With a jug of wine by your bed Alternate Author Name(s): Ta-fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO GENERAL GAO, WHO SMASHED THE REBELLION FOR THE SON, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Shocked, I looked at earth and sky Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TO 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) TORMENTED, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The bad poets all win public office Last Line: I sought peace but found no peace - %the packs mock me, glaring, roaring Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry And Poets 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 ON THE YANGTZE, by CH'IEN HSU Poem Source First Line: So close but plagued by wind and rain Last Line: Any six dynasty monks still dwell Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TRAVELING ON THE YANGZI: 1, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: The great yangzi curves and embraces wuchang Last Line: I dream that I am a butterfly still seeking flowers Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Yangzi River, China TRAVELING ON THE YANGZI: 2, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Misty flowers have already entered cormorant bay Last Line: This morning startled to find myself at han river's mouth Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Han River, China; Yangzi River, China TRAVELING SOUTH OF THE YANGTZE, by TSU YUNG Poem Source First Line: The mountains of ch'u never end Last Line: But who will take them to loyang bridge Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TURKS ARE GONE!, by LI PO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Harsh winds blow the frost Last Line: How will I find fierce warriors to guard my land all around? Alternate Author Name(s): Rihaku; Li Pai; Li Tai Pe; Li Bo; Li Bai Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life TWO POEMS FOR SOMEONE FARAWAY: 1, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: Hibiscus newly fallen on the hills of shu Last Line: Still climbs at full moon the mate-watching tower Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) TWO POEMS FOR SOMEONE FARAWAY: 2, by XUE TAO Poem Source First Line: New rushes, though weak, show a steady green Last Line: My sleeve's tear-soaked, the moon lights a thousand gates Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VARIATION ON 'HARD TRAVELING', by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: Towards evening the piping grew mournful Last Line: In one battle you can get made a nobleman - %no more yearning now for the women's rooms! Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life VIEW IN SPRING, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: A kingdom smashed, its hills and rivers still there Last Line: Fingers run through white hair until it thins, %cap-pins will almost no longer hold Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Civil Wars; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VILLA ON ZHONG-NAN MOUNTAIN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: In my middle years I came to much love the way Last Line: By chance I meet old men in the woods; %we laugh and chat, no fixed time to turn home Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life VILLAGE DUSK, by LEI CHEN Poem Source First Line: Grass lines the pond and water lines the bank Last Line: Aimlessly blowing a flute to no tune Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VILLAGE EVENTS, by FAN CH'ENG-TA Poem Source First Line: Green covers hills and plains and white fills the rivers Last Line: Once silkworms are fed it's time to transplant rice Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISIT TO THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The south mountains block up earth and sky Last Line: Reaching this place I repent my learning, %each dawn drawn nearer to groundless renown Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains VISITING A PRIVATE GARDEN IN LATE SPRING, by WANG CHI Poem Source First Line: Once the plum casts off its faded charms Last Line: And willows catkins hang across the mossy wall Alternate Author Name(s): Wu-kung; Wang Ch'i Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING A PRIVATE GARDEN WITHOUT SUCCESS, by YE SHAOWONG Poem Source First Line: It must be because he hates dogs on his moss Last Line: A branch of red blossoms reached past the wall Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING 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 PRINCESS CHANGNING'S POOL-FOR-SETTING-WINECUPS-AFLOAT, by SHANGGUAN WAN'ER Poem Source First Line: Propped up on staff, I looked over wispy peaks Last Line: It was because I cherished this hidden rest Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING THE SOUTHERN PAVILION OF CHONGZHEN TEMPLE, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Cloudy peaks fill my eyes, the clearness of spring is released Last Line: I raise my head, envying the names on the roster of successful candidates Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) VISITING THE SOUTHERN TOWER OF CHONG-ZHEN TEMPLE, by YU XUANJI Poem Source First Line: Cloud-covered hilltops fill my eyes Last Line: And lifting my head in vain I covet %the publicly posted name Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Examinations VISITING THE TEMPLE OF MOUNT HENG, THEN SPENDING THE NIGHT, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: The ritual ranks of the five great peaks Last Line: Till, gradually growing, the wintry sun %appeared off in the east Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): Buddhism; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Mountains; Temples 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) WALKING IN THE HILLS AND LOOKING FOR THE RECLUDE .. NOT FINDING HIM IN, by QIU WEI Poem Source First Line: On the very summit his thatched-roof hut Last Line: The mood departed, I went downhill; %there was no longer need to wait for you Subject(s): Absence; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Guests WANG STREAM COLLECTION': DEER FENCE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: No one is seen in deserted hills Last Line: And shines once again upon the green moss Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': DOGWOOD STRAND, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: When they form their berries red and green Last Line: I will set before him this dogwood cup Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Dogwood WANG STREAM COLLECTION': FINE GRAINED APRICOT WOOD LODGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I cut fine-grained apricot for its beams Last Line: Would go off to make rain in the mortal world Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': GOLD DUST SPRING, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: You drink each day from gold dust spring Last Line: Feathered ensigns go to jade emperor's court Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Health Resorts WANG STREAM COLLECTION': HUA-ZI HILL, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The birds in flight go off without ceasing Last Line: When will this downcast mood reach its end? Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': JIN BAMBOO RIDGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Lissome stalks shine in deserted bends Last Line: And even the woodsmen do not know Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': LACQUER TREE GARDEN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: That man of old was no disdainful clerk Last Line: Several trees swayed there dancing Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': LAKE QI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Playing the pipes we pass to far shores Last Line: Hills' green is rolling the white clouds up Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': LODGE IN THE BAMBOO, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: I sit alone in bamboo that hides me Last Line: The bright moon comes to shine on me Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life WANG STREAM COLLECTION': MAGNOLIA DELL, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: On the tips of trees are lotus blossoms Last Line: In tangled masses they blossom and fall Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Lotus WANG STREAM COLLECTION': MAGNOLIA FENCE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Autumn hills draw in the last sunlight Last Line: And nowhere is evening's haze to be found Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': NORTH COTTAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: North cottage, north of lake waters Last Line: Appear and vanish at green forest's edge Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': PAVILION OVERLOOKING THE LAKE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A light scull greets my worthy guest Last Line: With lotuses blooming on every side Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': PEPPER TREE GARDEN, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A cinnamon beaker greets the god's child Last Line: To bring down the lord in the clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': RAPIDS BY THE LUAN TREES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The moaning of wind in autumn rain Last Line: A white egret flies up in alarm, then comes down Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': SOUTH COTTAGE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A light boat goes off to south cottage Last Line: We can't tell them apart so far away Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': THE HOLLOW BY MENG'S WALLS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: New home in a breach in meng's walls Last Line: Pointless grief at the holding of men by force Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': THE LANE OF PALACE ASH TREES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: A slanting path, shaded by palace ash Last Line: Wary a mountain monk may come Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': WHITE STONE RAPIDS, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: White stone rapids are shallow and clear Last Line: And gossamer washed in bright moonlight Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): Brooks; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WANG STREAM COLLECTION': WILLOW WAVES, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Lacy trees, touching in separate rows Last Line: That suffer from parting in the spring breeze Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Willow Trees WANG WEI, by ARTHUR SZE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At my window Last Line: The moon. Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry & Poets WATCHING A HUNT, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The wind blows hard, the hornbow sings Last Line: I turn to look where the eagle was shot: %a thousand miles of twilight clouds hang flat Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hunting WHAT CAME TO ME IN A MOOD, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The plant does not die if you pull up the stalk Last Line: All things have their root in a single force - %then why do they tear one another down? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WHAT CAME TO MIND WHEN CHANTING MY POEMS, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Lazy and sickly, with much free time Last Line: Two thousand leagues apart we are - %so far off he knows not when a poem is done Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Poetry And Poets WHAT WAS IN MY HEART ON A SPRING DAY, by MENG CHIAO Poem Source First Line: The rains drip the sprouts out Last Line: Then frenzied songs and frenzied laughter come Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Spring WHEN LIVING QUIETLY AT WANG-CHUAN I GAVE THIS TO PEI DI, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: Cold mountains grow ever more azure gray Last Line: Now once again I meet jie yu, the drunk, %that reckless singer before the five willows Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Quiet Life WHERE YANGZI MEETS THE HAN, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Wanderer, homesick, where yangzi meets han Last Line: They need not take to the distant road Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Homesickness WHILE DRINKING AT THE CHUCHIANG WATERWAY: 1, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Each flying petal diminishes the spring Last Line: What use is mere fame if it weighs a person down Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WHILE DRINKING AT THE CHUCHIANG WATERWAY: 2, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Every day after court I pawn my spring clothes Last Line: Enjoy your time together and don't fight Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WINTER NIGHT, by PO CHU-YI Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: I dwell in poverty, kin and friends scattered Last Line: It has been like this four years now, %one thousand and three hundred nights Alternate Author Name(s): Bai Juyi; Bo Juyi; Po Chu-i; Lo T'ien; Jyu-yi Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Night WINTER NIGHT, by TU LEI Poem Source First Line: For a winter-night guest tea serves as wine Last Line: But with plum blossoms now it's different Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WINTER SCENE, by LIU K'O-CHUANG Poem Source First Line: I love to wake to morning light beneath a frosted window Last Line: May I never part from such delights again Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WINTER SOLSTICE EVE, by TU FU Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Heaven's times and man's affairs hurry us along Last Line: I tell my son to finish my wine Alternate Author Name(s): Du Fu Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WITH THE ARMY; A BALLAD, by WANG JIAN Poem Source First Line: The house of han pursues the khan Last Line: I have heard tell that in western liang-zhou %in every household the women weep Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life WITH THE ARMY; A BALLAD, by WANG CH'ANG-LING Poem Source First Line: A bugle blown set marchers in motion Last Line: We have bound the necks of their foremost chiefs %and go back to present them to the emperor Alternate Author Name(s): Wang Chang-ling Subject(s): Army - China; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Frontier And Pioneer Life WONG OF THE WHITE SNOW; SENDING OFF ASSISTANT WU ON RTEURN TO CAPITAL, by TS'EN SHEN Poem Source First Line: The north wind rolls up the earth Last Line: Leaving only the marks in the snow %to show where your horse has passed Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Farewell; Frontier And Pioneer Life 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 CROSSING THE YELLOW RIVER TO QING-HE, by WANG WEI (699-761) Poem Source First Line: The boat set sail upon the great river Last Line: I turn to gaze back toward my homeland - %only vast floods that stretch to the clouds Alternate Author Name(s): Mo-chieh; Wang Mo-ch'i Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Travel WRITTEN DURING THE RAIN ONE NIGHT AND SENT BACK NORTH, by LI SHANG-YIN Poem Source First Line: You asked when I was coming back Last Line: And speak back about this moment %of night rain in hills of ba? Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Rain WRITTEN IN THE PALACE, by LI ANG Poem Source First Line: The shanglin woods are in bloom Last Line: How vast is the view from on high Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON A SCREEN, by LIU CHI-SUN Poem Source First Line: Twittering swallows gossip in the rafters Last Line: I grab my staff and jug and head for mushroom mountain Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON A WALL, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: A pile of dry rushes in total disarray Last Line: Slowly steadily giving off heat Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON MISTER LAKESHADE'S WALL, by WANG ANSHIH Poem Source First Line: Below your thatched eaves you've swept away the moss Last Line: Two peaks swing open and welcome the blue Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) WRITTEN ON THE KAI-YUAN TEMPLE AT XUAN-ZHOU, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: Xie tiao's mansion from the southern dynasties Last Line: I linger here with my flagon of wine, %and watch spring rain in the hills ahead Subject(s): China - Southern Dynasties; China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Hsieh T'iao (xie Tiao) (464-499) WRITTEN ON THE 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 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 PLAYFULLY TO ZHANG JI, by HAN YU Poem Source First Line: Li bo's and du fu's writings endure Last Line: I will lend you a sash of flying red cloud; %you can join me up here, winging high and low Alternate Author Name(s): T'su-chih Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Li Po (701-762); Poetry And Poets; Tu Fu (712-770) WRITTEN WHILE 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) YELLOW CRANE TOWER, by TS'UI HAO Poem Source First Line: A man rode off on a crane long ago Last Line: Mist on the river only means sorrow Subject(s): China - Song Dynasty (960-1278); China - Tang Dynasty (618-905) YELLOW RIVER AT BIAN-ZHOU BLOCKED BY ICE, by DU MU Poem Source First Line: When a thousand miles of long river Last Line: Flowing on eastward by night and day %and no one can tell Subject(s): China - Tang Dynasty (618-905); Ice; Yellow River, China |
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