A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems

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Translator

Waley, Arthur, 1889-1966

Credits

Produced by Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Chinese poetry -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

42290

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42290

Release Date

March 10, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY CHINESE POEMS
2. 2.PRELIMINARY NOTE
3. 3.CONTENTS — PART I — PART II
4. 4.PART I — INTRODUCTION — Principal Chinese Dynasties — THE LIMITATIONS OF CHINESE LITERATURE — TECHNIQUE — THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF CHINESE POETRY — THE METHOD OF TRANSLATION — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES — CHAPTER I — BATTLE — THE MAN-WIND AND THE WOMAN-WIND — MASTER TĒNG-T’U — THE ORPHAN — THE SICK WIFE — COCK-CROW SONG — THE GOLDEN PALACE — “OLD POEM” — MEETING IN THE ROAD — FIGHTING SOUTH OF THE CASTLE — THE EASTERN GATE — OLD AND NEW — SOUTH OF THE GREAT SEA — THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY — OATHS OF FRIENDSHIP — BURIAL SONGS — SEVENTEEN OLD POEMS — THE AUTUMN WIND — LI FU-JĒN — SONG OF SNOW-WHITE HEADS — TO HIS WIFE — LI LING — LAMENT OF HSI-CHÜN — CH’IN CHIA — CH’IN CHIA’S WIFE’S REPLY — SONG — CHAPTER II — SATIRE ON PAYING CALLS IN AUGUST — ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER — THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST WU TWO POEMS — THE RUINS OF LO-YANG — THE COCK-FIGHT — A VISION — THE CURTAIN OF THE WEDDING BED — REGRET — TAOIST SONG — A GENTLE WIND — WOMAN — DAY DREAMS — THE SCHOLAR IN THE NARROW STREET — THE DESECRATION OF THE HAN TOMBS — BEARER’S SONG — THE VALLEY WIND — CHAPTER III — POEMS BY T’AO CH’IEN — CHAPTER IV — INVITING GUESTS — CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN — SAILING HOMEWARD — FIVE “TZŬ-YEH” SONGS — THE LITTLE LADY OF CH’ING-HSI (A CHILDREN’S SONG) — PLUCKING THE RUSHES (A BOY AND GIRL ARE SENT TO GATHER RUSHES FOR THATCHING) — BALLAD OF THE WESTERN ISLAND IN THE NORTH COUNTRY — SONG — SONG OF THE MEN OF CHIN-LING (MARCHING BACK INTO THE CAPITAL) — THE SCHOLAR RECRUIT — THE RED HILLS — DREAMING OF A DEAD LADY — THE LIBERATOR A POLITICAL ALLEGORY — LO-YANG — WINTER NIGHT — THE REJECTED WIFE — PEOPLE HIDE THEIR LOVE — THE FERRY — THE WATERS OF LUNG-T’OU (THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER) — FLOWERS AND MOONLIGHT ON THE SPRING RIVER — TCHIREK SONG — CHAPTER V — BUSINESS MEN — TELL ME NOW — ON GOING TO A TAVERN — STONE FISH LAKE — CIVILIZATION — A PROTEST IN THE SIXTH YEAR OF CH’IEN FU ( A.D. 879) — ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON — THE PEDLAR OF SPELLS — BOATING IN AUTUMN — THE HERD-BOY — HOW I SAILED ON THE LAKE TILL I CAME TO THE EASTERN STREAM — A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINESE POEM — THE LITTLE CART
5. 5.PART II Po Chü-i ( A.D. 772-846) — INTRODUCTION — AN EARLY LEVÉE Addressed to Ch’ēn, the Hermit — BEING ON DUTY ALL NIGHT IN THE PALACE AND DREAMING OF THE HSIEN-YU TEMPLE — PASSING T’IEN-MĒN STREET IN CH’ANG-AN AND SEEING A DISTANT VIEW OF CHUNG-NAN [50] MOUNTAIN — THE LETTER — REJOICING AT THE ARRIVAL OF CH’ĒN HSIUNG — GOLDEN BELLS — REMEMBERING GOLDEN BELLS — ILLNESS — THE DRAGON OF THE BLACK POOL A Satire — THE GRAIN TRIBUTE — THE PEOPLE OF TAO-CHOU — THE OLD HARP — THE HARPER OF CHAO — THE FLOWER MARKET — THE PRISONER — THE CHANCELLOR’S GRAVEL-DRIVE ( A Satire on the Maltreatment of Subordinates ) — THE MAN WHO DREAMED OF FAIRIES — MAGIC — THE TWO RED TOWERS ( A Satire against Clericalism ) — THE CHARCOAL-SELLER ( A Satire against “Kommandatur” ) — THE POLITICIAN — THE OLD MAN WITH THE BROKEN ARM ( A Satire on Militarism ) — KEPT WAITING IN THE BOAT AT CHIU-K’OU TEN DAYS BY AN ADVERSE WIND — ON BOARD SHIP: READING YÜAN CHĒN’S POEMS — ARRIVING AT HSÜN-YANG ( Two Poems ) — MADLY SINGING IN THE MOUNTAINS — RELEASING A MIGRANT “YEN” (WILD GOOSE) — TO A PORTRAIT PAINTER WHO DESIRED HIM TO SIT — SEPARATION — HAVING CLIMBED TO THE TOPMOST PEAK OF THE INCENSE-BURNER MOUNTAIN — EATING BAMBOO-SHOOTS — THE RED COCKATOO — AFTER LUNCH — ALARM AT FIRST ENTERING THE YANG-TZE GORGES — ON BEING REMOVED FROM HSÜN-YANG AND SENT TO CHUNG-CHOU — PLANTING FLOWERS ON THE EASTERN EMBANKMENT — CHILDREN — PRUNING TREES — BEING VISITED BY A FRIEND DURING ILLNESS — ON THE WAY TO HANGCHOW: ANCHORED ON THE RIVER AT NIGHT — STOPPING THE NIGHT AT JUNG-YANG — THE SILVER SPOON — THE HAT GIVEN TO THE POET BY LI CHIEN — THE BIG RUG — AFTER GETTING DRUNK, BECOMING SOBER IN THE NIGHT — REALIZING THE FUTILITY OF LIFE — RISING LATE AND PLAYING WITH A-TS’UI, AGED TWO — ON A BOX CONTAINING HIS OWN WORKS — ON BEING SIXTY — CLIMBING THE TERRACE OF KUAN-YIN AND LOOKING AT THE CITY — CLIMBING THE LING YING TERRACE AND LOOKING NORTH — GOING TO THE MOUNTAINS WITH A LITTLE DANCING GIRL, AGED FIFTEEN — DREAMING OF YÜAN CHĒN — A DREAM OF MOUNTAINEERING — EASE — ON HEARING SOMEONE SING A POEM BY YÜAN CHĒN — THE PHILOSOPHERS — TAOISM AND BUDDHISM — LAST POEM
6. 6.Transcriber’s Note

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