- 1Preface
- 2A Few Remarks on the History and Construction of Chinese Poetry
- 3The Technique of Chinese Poetry
- 4Biographical Notes of a Few of the More Eminent Chinese Poets
- 5Only a Fragrant Spray
- 6The River by Night in Spring
- 7The Beauty of Snow
- 8A Maiden’s Reverie
- 9A Song of the Marches
- 10The Cowherd and the Spinning-Maid
- 11The Old Soldier’s Return
- 12On the Lake Near the Western Mountains
- 13The Happy Farmer
- 14An Old House Unroofed by an Autumn Gale
- 15The Lament of the Ladies of the Siang River
- 16The Waters of the Mei-Pei
- 17The Swallow’s Song
- 18Farewell to a Comrade
- 19Beauty’s Fatal Snare
- 20A Reverie in a Summer-house
- 21The Flower-Seller
- 22The Red-Flower Pear-Tree
- 23A Song of Princess Tze-Yuh
- 24Distaste for Official Life
- 25The Fragrant Tree
- 26A Song of the Snow
- 27The Old Temple Among the Mountains
- 28A Soldier’s Farewell to His Wife
- 29The Wanderer’s Return
- 30The Pleasures of a Simple Life With Nature
- 31Listening to the Playing on a Lute in a Boat
- 32Reflections on the Past
- 33A Lowly Flower
- 34On Returning to a Country Life
- 35The Brevity of Life
- 36Conscripts Leaving for the Frontier
- 37Estimating the Value of a Wife
- 38The Lady Lo-Fu
- 39An Autumn Evening in the Garden
- 40Muh-Lan
- 41The Old Fisherman
- 42Midnight in the Garden
- 43Reflections on the Brevity of Life
- 44So-fei Gathering Flowers
- 45A Farewell
- 46The Khwun-ming Lake
- 47Reflections
- 48Pride and Humility
- 49Dwellers in the Peach Stream Valley
- 50The Five Sons
- 51The Journey Back
- 52The Gallant Captain and the Innkeeper’s Wife
- 53The Lady Chao-Chiün
- 54Night on the Lake
- 55The Fishermen’s Song
- 56The Students’ Ramble
- 57The Priest of T’ien Mountain
- 58Maidens by the River-side
- 59The Poet-Beggar
Chinese Poems
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