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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