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Fir-Flower Tablets, translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell

Fir-Flower Tablets, translated by Florence Ayscough and Amy Lowell

by Florence Wheelock Ayscough

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Translator
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925
Title
Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated from the Chinese
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Christopher Wright, some illustration images from TIA and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
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.
48222
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48222
Release Date
February 9, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FIR-FLOWER TABLETS
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION
  5. 5.FIR-FLOWER TABLETS
  6. 6.SONGS OF THE MARCHES
  7. 7.THE BATTLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY
  8. 8.THE PERILS OF THE SHU ROAD
  9. 9.LOOKING AT THE MOON AFTER RAIN
  10. 10.THE LONELY WIFE
  11. 11.THE PLEASURES WITHIN THE PALACE
  12. 12.THE YOUNG GIRLS OF YÜEH
  13. 13.WRITTEN IN THE CHARACTER OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN GRIEVING BEFORE HER MIRROR
  14. 14.SONGS TO THE PEONIES SUNG TO THE AIR: "PEACEFUL BRIGHTNESS"
  15. 15.SPRING GRIEF AND RESENTMENT BY LI T'AI-PO
  16. 16.THE CAST-OFF PALACE WOMAN OF CH'IN AND THE DRAGON ROBES
  17. 17.THE POET IS DETAINED IN A NANKING WINE-SHOP ON THE EVE OF STARTING ON A JOURNEY
  18. 18.FÊNG HUANG T'AI
  19. 19.THE NORTHERN FLIGHT
  20. 20.FIGHTING TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY
  21. 21.THE CROSSWISE RIVER
  22. 22.ON HEARING THE BUDDHIST PRIEST OF SHU PLAY HIS TABLE-LUTE
  23. 23.CH'ANG KAN
  24. 24.SORROW DURING A CLEAR AUTUMN
  25. 25.POIGNANT GRIEF DURING A SUNNY SPRING
  26. 26.TWO POEMS WRITTEN AS PARTING GIFTS TO TS'UI (THE OFFICIAL) OF CH'IU PU
  27. 27.SENT AS A PARTING GIFT TO THE SECOND OFFICIAL OF CH'IU PU
  28. 28.THE SONG OF THE WHITE CLOUDS
  29. 29.WIND-BOUND AT THE NEW FOREST REACH. A LETTER SENT TO A FRIEND
  30. 30.IN THE PROVINCE OF LU, AT THE ANCESTRAL SHRINE OF KING YAO. SAYING FAREWELL TO WU FIVE ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR LANG YA
  31. 31.DRINKING ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT
  32. 32.DRINKING ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT
  33. 33.A STATEMENT OF RESOLUTIONS AFTER BEING DRUNK ON A SPRING DAY
  34. 34.RIVER CHANT
  35. 35.SEPARATED BY IMPERIAL SUMMONS FROM HER WHO LIVES WITHIN
  36. 36.A WOMAN SINGS TO THE AIR: "SITTING AT NIGHT"
  37. 37.THE PALACE WOMAN OF HAN TAN BECOMES THE WIFE OF THE SOLDIERS' COOK
  38. 38.THE SORREL HORSE
  39. 39.A POEM GIVEN TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ENCOUNTERED ON A FIELD-PATH
  40. 40.SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A FRIEND
  41. 41.DESCENDING THE EXTREME SOUTH MOUNTAIN; PASSING THE HOUSE OF HU SSŬ, LOVER OF HILLS; SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE PREPARATION OF WINE — THE TERRACED ROAD OF THE TWO-EDGED SWORD MOUNTAINS
  42. 42.HEARING A BAMBOO FLUTE ON A SPRING NIGHT IN THE CITY OF LO YANG
  43. 43.THE RETREAT OF HSIEH KUNG
  44. 44.A TRAVELLER COMES TO THE OLD TERRACE OF SU
  45. 45.THEME OF THE REST-HOUSE ON THE CLEAR WAN RIVER
  46. 46.DRINKING SONG
  47. 47.ANSWER TO AN AFFECTIONATE INVITATION FROM TS'UI FIFTEEN
  48. 48.PARROT ISLAND
  49. 49.THE HONOURABLE LADY CHAO
  50. 50.THINKING OF THE FRONTIER
  51. 51.A SONG OF RESENTMENT
  52. 52.PICKING WILLOW
  53. 53.AUTUMN RIVER SONG
  54. 54.VISITING THE TAOIST PRIEST ON THE MOUNTAIN WHICH UPHOLDS HEAVEN. HE IS ABSENT
  55. 55.REPLY TO AN UNREFINED PERSON ENCOUNTERED IN THE HILLS
  56. 56.RECITING VERSES BY MOONLIGHT IN A WESTERN UPPER CHAMBER IN THE CITY OF THE GOLDEN MOUND
  57. 57.PASSING THE NIGHT AT THE WHITE HERON ISLAND
  58. 58.ASCENDING THE THREE CHASMS
  59. 59.PARTING FROM YANG, A HILL MAN WHO IS RETURNING TO THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
  60. 60.NIGHT THOUGHTS
  61. 61.THE SERPENT MOUND
  62. 62.ON THE SUBJECT OF OLD TAI'S WINE-SHOP
  63. 63.DRINKING IN THE T'AO PAVILION
  64. 64.A SONG FOR THE HOUR WHEN THE CROWS ROOST
  65. 65.POEM SENT TO THE OFFICIAL WANG OF HAN YANG
  66. 66.DRINKING ALONE ON THE ROCK IN THE RIVER OF THE CLEAR STREAM
  67. 67.A FAREWELL BANQUET TO MY FATHER'S YOUNGER BROTHER YÜN, THE IMPERIAL LIBRARIAN
  68. 68.IN THE PROVINCE OF LU, TO THE EAST OF THE STONE GATE MOUNTAIN, TAKING LEAVE OF TU FU
  69. 69.THE MOON OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASS
  70. 70.THE TAKING-UP OF ARMS
  71. 71.A SONG OF THE REST-HOUSE OF DEEP TROUBLE
  72. 72.THE "LOOKING-FOR-HUSBAND" ROCK
  73. 73.AFTER BEING SEPARATED FOR A LONG TIME
  74. 74.BITTER JEALOUSY IN THE PALACE OF THE HIGH GATE
  75. 75.ETERNALLY THINKING OF EACH OTHER
  76. 76.PASSIONATE GRIEF
  77. 77.SUNG TO THE AIR: "THE MANTZŬ LIKE AN IDOL"
  78. 78.AT THE YELLOW CRANE TOWER, TAKING LEAVE OF MÊNG HAO JAN ON HIS DEPARTURE TO KUANG LING
  79. 79.IN DEEP THOUGHT, GAZING AT THE MOON
  80. 80.THOUGHTS FROM A THOUSAND LI
  81. 81.WORD-PATTERN
  82. 82.THE HEAVEN'S GATE MOUNTAINS
  83. 83.POEM SENT ON HEARING THAT WANG CH'ANG-LING HAD BEEN EXILED TO LUNG PIAO
  84. 84.A PARTING GIFT TO WANG LUN
  85. 85.SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A FRIEND WHO IS GOING ON AN EXCURSION TO THE PLUM-FLOWER LAKE
  86. 86.A POEM SENT TO TU FU FROM SHA CH'IU CH'ÊNG
  87. 87.BIDDING GOOD-BYE TO YIN SHU
  88. 88.A DESULTORY VISIT TO THE FÊNG HSIEN TEMPLE AT THE DRAGON'S GATE
  89. 89.THE THATCHED HOUSE UNROOFED BY AN AUTUMN GALE
  90. 90.THE RIVER VILLAGE
  91. 91.THE EXCURSION
  92. 92.THE RECRUITING OFFICERS AT THE VILLAGE OF THE STONE MOAT
  93. 93.CROSSING THE FRONTIER
  94. 94.CROSSING THE FRONTIER
  95. 95.THE SORCERESS GORGE
  96. 96.THINKING OF LI PO ON A SPRING DAY
  97. 97.AT THE EDGE OF HEAVEN. THINKING OF LI T'AI-PO
  98. 98.SENT TO LI PO AS A GIFT
  99. 99.A TOAST FOR MÊNG YÜN-CH'ING
  100. 100.MOON NIGHT
  101. 101.HEARING THE EARLY ORIOLE (WRITTEN IN EXILE)
  102. 102.THE CITY OF STONES. (NANKING)
  103. 103.SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "THE UNRIPE HAWTHORN BERRY"
  104. 104.WRITTEN BY WANG WEI, IN THE MANNER OF CHIA, THE (PALACE) SECRETARY, AFTER AN IMPERIAL AUDIENCE AT DAWN IN THE "PALACE OF GREAT BRILLIANCE"
  105. 105.THE BLUE-GREEN STREAM
  106. 106.FARM HOUSE ON THE WEI STREAM
  107. 107.SEEKING FOR THE HERMIT OF THE WEST HILL; NOT MEETING HIM
  108. 108.FLOATING ON THE POOL OF JO YA. SPRING
  109. 109.SUNG TO THE AIR: "THE WANDERER"
  110. 110.FAREWELL WORDS TO THE DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE OF YANG
  111. 111.SUNG TO THE AIR: "LOOKING SOUTH OVER THE RIVER AND DREAMING"
  112. 112.TOGETHER WE KNOW HAPPINESS
  113. 113.ONCE MORE FIELDS AND GARDENS
  114. 114.SONG OF THE SNAPPED WILLOW
  115. 115.THE CLOUDY RIVER
  116. 116.TO THE AIR: "THE FALLEN LEAVES AND THE PLAINTIVE CICADA"
  117. 117.WRITTEN IN EARLY AUTUMN AT THE POOL OF SPRINKLING WATER
  118. 118.PROCLAIMING THE JOY OF CERTAIN HOURS
  119. 119.A SONG OF GRIEF
  120. 120.A LETTER OF THANKS FOR PRECIOUS PEARLS BESTOWED BY ONE ABOVE
  121. 121.DANCING
  122. 122.SONGS OF THE COURTESANS
  123. 123.THE GREAT HO RIVER
  124. 124.WRITTEN PICTURES
  125. 125.AN EVENING MEETING
  126. 126.THE EMPEROR'S RETURN FROM A JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH
  127. 127.ON SEEING THE PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTIFUL CONCUBINE
  128. 128.CALLIGRAPHY
  129. 129.THE PALACE BLOSSOMS
  130. 130.ONE GOES A JOURNEY
  131. 131.FROM THE STRAW HUT AMONG THE SEVEN PEAKS
  132. 132.ON THE CLASSIC OF THE HILLS AND SEA
  133. 133.THE HERMIT
  134. 134.AFTER HOW MANY YEARS
  135. 135.THE INN AT THE MOUNTAIN PASS
  136. 136.LI T'AI-PO MEDITATES
  137. 137.PAIR OF SCROLLS
  138. 138.TWO PANELS
  139. 139.THE RETURN
  140. 140.EVENING CALM
  141. 141.FISHING PICTURE
  142. 142.SPRING. SUMMER. AUTUMN
  143. 143.NOTES
  144. 144.TABLE OF CHINESE HISTORICAL PERIODS
  145. 145.Transcriber's Notes:

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