On Tang Poetry and English Poetry Xu Yuan-zhong

Luo Binwang（640？-684 ？）

On HearingCicadasinPrison Tr．Liu Yiqing

Contents

In Reply to Magistrate Lu’s Poem：An Excursion in Early Spring Tr．Ni Peiling

Farewell to Vice-Prefect Du Tr．X．Y．Z．

Written at the North Post House on the Da yu Ridge Tr．Du Tianchong

Lines Tr．Liu Shimu

Alone Tr．Wang Shiren

A Survey ofTang Poetry and 300 Tang Poems Wu Juntao Tr．Yang Liyi

Coming Home Tr．X．Y．Z．

On Climbing·Youzhou Tower Tr．X．Y．Z．

Viewing the Moon and Missing the De ar One Afar Tr．Ni Peiling

Thoughts Tr．Qiu Ke’an

Sacrificing to Confucius and Mou？ing Him When Passing Through Lu Tr．Suo Tianzhang

Starting for the Front Tr．X．Y．Z．

Wang Han（687-735？）

On the Stork Tower Tr．X．Y．Z．

Out of the Great Wall Tr．X．Y．Z．

Returning to the South Mountain at the Year’s End Tr．WuJuntao

parting Words to Wang Wei Tr．Wu Juntao

To My Old Friend in Yangzhou from a Boat Moored at Night on Tonglu River Tr．Wu Juntao

Mooring on the River at Jiande Tr．X．Y．Z．

Waiting in Vain for Ding．the Eldest Among His Brothers，When Lodging in Buddhist Priest Ye’s Mountain Hut Tr．Wu Juntao

To Zhang，the Fifth Among His Brothers，When Mounting Orchid Mountain on an Autumn Day Tr．Wu Juntao

Thinking of Xin，the Eldest Among His Brothers，in South Pavilion on a Summer Day Tr．Wu Juntao

Song of Returning to Deer-Gate Mountain at Night Tr．Wu Juntao

Mounting Xian Mountain with Friends Tr．Wu Juntao

To Prime Minister Zhang from the Bank of Dongting Lake Tr．Wu Juntao

Visiting an Old Friend’s Cottage Tr．X．Y．Z．

Thoughts on a Day When Cold Winds Come Early Tr．Wu Juntao

A Spring Morning Tr．X．Y．Z．

To Buddhist Priest Yuan from Changan Tr．Wu Juntao

Dining in Taoist Priest Mei’s Mountain Hut Tr．Wu Juntao

A Warrior and a Singer Tr．Xu Zhongjie

A Send-off to Chen Changfu Tr．Xu Zhongjie

Seeing Off Prefect Li Degraded to Xiazhong and Prefect Wang Degraded to Changsha Tr．Tao Jie 1

Deeply Moved by Music Tr．Xu Zhongjie

On Hearing Dong Tinglan Play the Song ofthe Tartar Pipe，Written also for Minister Fang Tr．Liu Nienling

On Hearing An Wanshan Play the Tartar Reed-Pipe Tr．Liu Nienling

An Old War Song Tr．X．Y．Z．

Seeing Wei Wan Off to the Capital Tr．ZhangWenhao

Boating on the Ruoye Stream in Spring Tr．Qiu Ke’an

Enjoying the Moonlight with My Cousin in the South Study and ThinkingofMy Friend Prefect Cui in Shanyin Tr．Tao Jie

A Song ofthe Frontier Tr．Tao Jie

A Frontier Song Tr．Tao Jie

Spring Court Plaint Tr．Tao Jie

Sorrow of a Young Bride in Her Boudoir Tr．X．Y．Z．

Seeing Xin Jian Off at Hibiscus Pavilion Tr．TaoJie

On the Frontier Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Court Lady Who Lost the Emperor’s Favor Tr．X．Y．Z．

Zu Yong（699-746？）

A Distant View ofJi Gate Tr．Zhu Jiongqiang

Looking at the Zhongnan Mountain After Snowfall Tr．Yang Zhouhan

Green Stream Tr．Wu Juntao

At My Villa in Zhongnan Tr．Sun Liang

The Village on RiverWei Tr．WuJuntao

A Farewell Tr．Wu Juntao

Seeing Qiwu Qian Off to His Native Cou ntry After His Failure in the Examination Tr．Wu Juntao

A Song ofXi Shi Tr．Wu Juntao

The Old General Tr．Xu Zhongjie

The Legend of the Peach Blossom Valley Tr．Loh Bei-yei

The Maid of Luoyang Tr．Loh Bei-yei

Retirement at Wangchuan-To Pei Di Tr．Huang Xingsheng

My Mountain Villa in an Autumn Evening Tr．Wu Juntao

On Coming Back to Mount Song Tr．Sun Liang

Mount Zhongnan Tr．Sun Liang

Paying Visit to Incense Storing Temple Tr．Wu Juntao

Farewell to Prefect Li of Zizhou Tr．Huang Xingsheng

Gazing Afar by the Han River Tr．Sun Liang

The Eight-Battle-Formations Tr．Wu Juntao 1

Written at the Rural Retreat at Wangchuan During a Prolonged Rain Tr．Zeng Bingheng

A Parting Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Rencontre Tr．Lin Tongzhu

Thinking of My Brothers on Mountain-Climbing Day Tr．X．Y．Z．

Love Seeds Tr．X．Y．Z．

In Response to Subprefect Zhang Tr．Huang Xingsheng

Answering the Imperial Call to Wrlfe in Reply to His Majesty’s Poem：Viewing the Scene in Spring Rain on an Excursion Tr．Zeng Bingheng

Replying to Secretary Jia Zhi’s Poem An Early Levee atDamingPalace Tr．Huang Xingsheng

To the Court-Affair Administrator Guo Tr．Zeng Bingheng

Hut Among the Bamboos Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Deer Enclosure Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Farewell Song Tr．X．Y．Z．

An Autumn Night Tr．X．Y．Z．

Ascending the Yueyang Tower Tr．Wu Juntao 1

QiuWei（701-796 ？）

Failing to Find the Hermit of West Hill at Home Tr．Qiu Ke’an

Cui Shu To Prefect Liu-Mounting the Divine Terrace on the Double Ninth Festival Tr．Wan Changsheng

Leaving the White Emperor Town for Jiangling Tr．X．Y．Z．

Farewell Beyond the Thorn-Gate Gorge Tr．X．Y．Z．

Seeing Meng Haoran Off at Yellow Crane Tower Tr．X．Y．Z．

Thoughts on Old Time from a Night Mooring near Cattle Hill Tr．X．Y．Z．

Ballad ofa Merchant’s Wife Tr．X．Y．Z．

To Meng Haoran Tr．Zhang Longxi

TheMoon overtheMountain Pass Tr．X．Y．Z．

Parting at a Tavern inJinling Tr．X．Y．Z．

Hard Is the Road to Shu Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Beautiful Lady Yang Tr．X．Y．Z．

Desce nding Zhongnan Mountain and Meeting Husi the Hermit Tr．X．Y．Z．

Drinking Alone under the Moon Tr．X．Y．Z．

Hard Is the Wav of the World Tr．X．Y．Z．

Invitation to Wine Tr．X．Y．Z．

Mount Skyland Ascended in a Dream-A Song of Farewell Tr．X．Y．Z．

Farewell to Uncle yun，the Imperial Librarian at Xie Tiao’s Pavilion in Xuanzhou Tr．X．Y．Z．

On Hearing a Monk from Shu Playing His Lute Tr．X．Y．Z．

Songof Mount Lu-To Censor Lu Xuzhou Tr．X．Y．Z．

On Phoenix Terrace at Jinling Tr．X．y．Z．

Lovesickness Tr．X．Y．Z．

Longing on Marble Steps Tr．Wan Zhaofeng

A Tranquil Night Tr．X．Y．Z．

Farewell to a Friend Tr．X．Y．Z．

Waitingin Vain Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Faithful Wife Longing for Her Husband in Spring Tr．X．Y．Z．

Ballads ofFour Seasons Tr．X．Y．Z．

Liu Shenxu

Title Missing Tr．Du Tianchong

Wang Wan Lying at Anchor Under Baigu Hill Tr．Ni Peiling

SongoftheNorthern Frontier Tr．X．Y．Z．

Passing Huayin Tr．Luo Zhiye

Yellow Crane Tower Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Riverside Song Tr．X．Y．Z．

The PeachBlossomValley Tr．LiFuning

Looking at Mountain Tai Tr．WuJuntao

Song ofthe Conscripts Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Song ofFair Ladies Tr．WuJuntao

Mourning for a Prince Tr．WuJuntao

Mourningby theWindingRiver Tr．WuJuntao

The Moonlit Night Tr．Wu Juntao

A Spring View Tr．Wu Juntao

Lodging at the Yamen to the Left of the Imperial Palace on a Spring Night Tr．Wu Juntao

In the Second Year of Zhide，I Escaped through the Golden-Lights Gate to Fengxiang along a Narrow Footpath．Now at the Beginning of the First Year of Qianyuan，Demotedfrom the Post of Left-Hand Imperial Adviser to an Official of Huazhou County，and Bid

To Hermit Wei，the Eighth Among His Brothers Tr．Wu Juntao

The Surpassing Beauty Tr．Wu Juntao

Dreaming of Li Bai，Two Poems Tr．Wu Juntao

Thinking of My Brothers on a Moonlit Night Tr．Wu Juntao

Thinking of Li Bai at the End of the Sky Tr．WuJuntao

The Temple of the Prime Minister of Shu Tr．Wu Juntao

Receiving a Guest Tr．Wu Juntao

A View Outfield Tr．Wu Juntao

Four Rhymes to Lord Yah Wu When Once Again Seeing Him Off at the Courier Station of Fengji Tr．Wu Juntao

Recapture of the Regions North and South of the Yellow River Tr．X．Y．Z．

Upon Leaving the Tomb of Grand Military Governor Fang Tr．Wu Juntao

On a Tower Tr．X．Y．Z．

Odeon aPainting-ToGeneralCaoBa Tr．Wu Juntao

Looking at the Painting of Steeds by General Cao in RecorderWei Feng’s House Tr．Wu Juntao

Lodging at the Yamen Tr．WuJuntao

Nocturnal Reflections While Travelling Tr．Wu Juntao

The Ancient Cypress Tr．Wu Juntao

Contemplations on the Historical Sites，Five Poems（Two Selections） Tr．Wu Juntao

A Night in a Chamber Tr．Wu Juntao

To Censor Han Zhu Tr．Wu Juntao

Climbing the Height Tr．X．Y．Z．

Watching a Sword Dance Performed bv the Pupil of

the Elder Sister of Gongsun-With a Preface Tr．Wu Juntao

Coming Across Li Guinian on the Southern Shore Tr．X．Y．Z．

Composed at the Beginning of the New Year Tr．Wang Ban

Bidding Farewell to Grand Censor Li Returning to His Country House in Hanyang Tr．Wang Ban

Ascending the Wugong Terrace in Au tumn for a Distant View Tr．Wang Ban

To South Stream for Taoist Chang Tr．Wang Ban

At a Farewell Dinner for Wang the EleventhSetting Out onTravelstothe South Tr．WangBan

Parting with Two Friends Also Sent into Exile Tr．Du Tianchong

Passing by the Place Where Jia Yi Lived in Exile Tr．Du Tianchong

To a Friend-Gazing out over the Lake toward Yueyang at Sunset Tr．DuTianchong

Zither Playing Tr．Yang Zhouhan

Leave-Taking of a Buddhist Monk Tr．Yang Zhouhan

Parting with the Monk Lingche Tr．X．Y．Z．

On Meeting a Messenger Going to the Capital Tr．X．Y．Z．

Climbing the Pagoda at Ci’en Temple with Gao Shi and Xue Ju Tr．Qiu Ke’an

Song of Running-Horse River in Farewell to General Feng on His Western Expedition Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Send-off to General Feng from Luntai upon His Western Expedition Tr．Xu Zhongjie

Song of White Snow in Farewell to Secretary Wu Going Back to the Capital Tr．X．Y．Z．

To Censor Du Fu in the Left Court Tr．Wang Minyuan

Replying to Secretary Jia Zhi’s Poem An Early Levee at Daming Palace Tr．Huang Xingsheng

Spring Thoughts Tr．Wang Jianzhong

A Moonlit Night Tr．X．Y．Z．

Liu Fangping

Loneliness Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Parting Wish Tr．Yang Zhouhan

Pei Di（716-？）

To Officers After the Retreat of the Raiders Tr．Qiu Ke’an

A Tippler’s Song on Rock Fish Lake Tr．Xu Zhongjie

An Invitation to My Friend Councillor Yang from My Study at Gu Kou Tr．Zhang Guruo

Seeing a Japanese Bonze Off to Japan Tr．Zhang Guruo

To Master Pei，a Palace Official Tr．Wang Shiren

Mooring at Night by Maple Bridge Tr．X．Y．Z．

Zhang Ji

Han Hong

Responding to Cheng Yan’s Poem on Autumn Night Tr．Wang Minyuan

An Inscription for Xian You Temple Tr．Huang Xingsheng

“Cold Food”Festival Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Sikong Shu

Seeing a Friend Off to the North After the Quelling of the Rebels Tr．ZhangGuruo

Parting with My Friend Han Shen After a Night’s Lodging in the Hospice of Yun Yang County Tr．ZhangGuruo

Pleased at My Cousin Lu Lun’s Passing a Night with Me Tr．ZhangGuruo

Not Finding Lu Hongjian at Home Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Jiao Ran

Li Duan

The Zitherist Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Palace Poem Tr．X．Y．Z．

Liu Zhongyong

A Soldier’s Complaint Tr．Li Funing

A Chance Meeting of Old Acquaintances at an Inn Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Wei Yinguu（737-792？）

Entertaining Literary Scholars in My Official Residence on a Rainy Day Tr．Li Funing

On Setting Out on the Yangtze；For Secretary Yuan Tr．Li Funing

For the Mountain Hermit of Quanjiao Tr．Li Funing

To My Daughter，on Her Marriage into the Yang Family Tr．Li Funing

On Meeting Feng Zhu at Changan Tr．Li Funing

Mooring at Dusk in Xuyi County Tr．Loh Bei-yei

The Eastern Suburbs Tr．Loh Bei-yei

Happy Meeting on the Huai with an Old Friend from Liangzhou Tr．Loh Bei-yei

A Valediction：To Li Cao．in an Evening Drizzle Tr．Loh Bei-yei

To Li Dan Tr．Loh Bei-yei

To Second Board Secretary Qiu in an Autumn Night Tr．Zhang Guruo

On the West Stream at Chuzhou Tr．X．Y．Z．

Lu Lun（748-800？）

Seeing Li Duan Off Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

ANight-MooringatEzhou Tr．WangShiren

Border Songs Tr．X．Y．Z．

Meeting with My Cousin Only to Part Tr．Ni Peiling

A Southern Song Tr．X．Y．Z．

Ascending at Night the Gate-Tower of the Triumphal Town and Hearing a Flute Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Faithful Widow Tr．Qiu Ke’an

Song of a Roamer Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Forlorn Wife Tr．Yang Zhouhan

Chang Jian

Overnight Tarry in Wang Changling’s Hermitage Tr．Loh Bei-yei

In the Rear Buddha Hall of the Broken Hill Temple Tr．Loh Bei-yei

Wang Jian（766？-830？）

A Bride Tr．X．Y．Z．

Zhang Ji （766 ？-830？）

To an Old Friend Lost in Tubo Tr．Tao Jie

Mountain Rocks Tr．Xu Zhongjie

To Zhang Gongcao on the Moon Festival Tr．Xu Zhongjie

A Poem l nscribed on the Entrance Gate of a Temple on Heng Mountain Tr．Liu Nienling

An Ode tothe Stone Drums Tr．LinTongqi

At the Temple of Liu Bei Tr．Bai Xiaodong

Meditating on the Past at West Fort Mountain Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

The Street of Mansions Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Song ofSpring Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Everlasting Regret Tr．X．Y．Z．

Song ofa Pipa Player Tr．X．Y．Z．

Grass Tr．X．Y．Z．

On a Moonlit Night-To My Brothers and Sisters Dispersed After the Unrest in Henan and the Famine in Guannei Tr．Jin Di＆Colin Crisp

A Note to Liu Shijiu Tr．Jin Di＆Colin Crisp

Palace Plaint Tr．X．Y．Z．

An Early Morning Visit to the Buddhist Priest Chao to Read the Chan Scriptures Tr．Feng Xiang

Dwelling by a Stream Tr．Feng Xiang

An Old Fisherman Tr．BaiXiaodong

To Four Friends in Exile Tr．X．Y．Z．

Fishing in Snow Tr．X．Y．Z．

To My Deceased Wife Tr．X．Y．Z．

Looking for a Hermit Without Finding Him Tr．X．Y．Z．

Du Qiuniang

The Golden Dress Tr．X．Y．Z．

Zhu Qingyu

Within the Palace Tr．X．Y．Z．

To the Lord Examiner on the Eve of Examinations Tr．X．Y．Z．

Xu Hun

Early Autumn Tr．Wang Minyuan

Inscribed on the Post House at Tong Pass on an Autumn Trip to the Capital Tr．Tao Jie

Poem Written on Pleasure Plateau Before Departing for Wuxing Tr．Yuan Kejia

The Red Cliff Tr．X．Y．Z．

Mooring on River Qinhuai Tr．X．Y．Z．

To Han Chuo，Magistrate of Yangzhou Tr．Yuan·Kejia

Parting Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Golden Valley Garden in Ruins Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Night at an Inn Tr．Wang shi-ren

A Confession Tr．X．Y．Z．

An Autumn Night Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Swan-Song Tr．X．Y．Z．

Zhang Hu （？-859 ？）

A Maid of Honor Tr．X．Y．Z．

Long-Life Terrace（two poems） Tr．Li Funing

Written on the Wall of Jinling Ferry-House Tr．Li Funing

To an East-Bound Friend Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Ferrying South from Lizhou Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

The Temple of Su Wu Tr．Hu Zhuan in

She Wails on a Jade Lute Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Chen Tao（812？-885 ？）

The Riverside Battleground Tr．X．Y．Z．

TheHan YuMemorialStele T r．LinTongqi

To- Tr．Feng Xiang

A Message to Official Ling Hu Tr．Bai Xiaodong

Falling Flowers Tr．Tao Jie

The Jade Pool Tr．Bai Xiaodong

A Bright Scholar Tr．X．Y．Z．

Written on a Rainy Night to My Wife in the North T r．X．Y．Z．

To One Unnamed Tr．X．Y．Z． Liu Yiqing

Poem Without aTitle Tr．X．Y．Z．

The Cicada Tr．Liu Shimu

Untitled Poems Tr．X．Y．Z．

Reflections at a Military Post Tr．Huang Xinqu

The Sad Zither Tr．X．Y．Z．

A Marble Screen Tr．Bai Xiaodong

Spring Rain Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Thoughts in the Cold Tr．Wu Xianglin

Wind and Rain Tr．Liu Yiqing

The SuiPalace in the South Tr．BaiXiaodong

The Sui Palace Tr．Huang Xinqu

To the Moon Goddess Tr．X．Y．Z．

At the North Green Vine Hermitage Tr．Tao Jie

On the Merry-Making Plain Tr．X．Y．Z．

Crossing the River Han Tr．X．Y．Z．

Xue Feng

Court Ladies Tr．WangJianzhong

Ma Dai

My Stay in the Riverside Hut in Autumn Tr．Ni Peiling

Thinking of the Past on the Xiang River Tr．Ni Peiling

At Mawei Hill Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

Night Thoughts on Terrace Tower Tr．Hu Zhuanglin

A Jinling Landscape Tr．X．Y．Z．

ZhangQiao

Written at the Frontier Tr．Suo Tianzhang

TheChillingWeather Tr．BaiXiaodong

A Complaint in Spring Tr．X．Y．Z．

Jin Changxu

A Palace Maid’s Lament in Spring Tr．Loh Bei-yei

Cui Tu

Thoughts on a New Year’s Eve Tr．Ni Peiling

A Lone Wild Goose Tr．Ni Peiling

Qin Taoyu

Soliloquy of a Poor Girl Tr．Wang Shiren

Zhang Bi

To My Love Tr．X．Y．Z．

General Geshu Tr．X．Y．Z．

Anonymous

Anonymous

Cold Food Day Tr．X．Y．Z．

Appendix Ⅰ

The Capsule Biographies of the Poets WuJuntao Tr．Yang Liyi

Appendix Ⅱ

The Capsule Biographies of the Translators

Appendix Ⅲ

A Bibliography of the English Translations of Tang Poetry Ed．Wang Lina

WangBo（650-

CChen Zi’ang（661～

Du Shenyan（645？-

ZhangXu（C．

Song Zhiwen（656？-

Shen Quanqi（656？-

Zhang Jiuling （678～

Meng Haoran（689-

Wang Zhihuan（688-

He Zhizhang（659-

Qiwu Qian（692-

Li Qi（690？-

Cui Hao（704？-

Wang Changling（698-

Wang Wei（701-

Emperor Xuanzong（Li Long？．685-

LiBai（or Li Po，701-

Gao Shi（701-

Huangfu Ran（716-

Cen Shen（715-

Du Fu （or Tu Pu，712-

YuanJie（719-

Qian Qi （722-

Dai Shulun（732-

Liu Changqing（714-

Gu Kuang（725-

Meng Jiao（751-

Quan Deyu （759-

Liu Zongyuan（773-

Han Yu（768-

Li Yi（748-

Yuan Zhen（779-

Liu Yuxi（772-

Jia Dao （779-

BaiJuyi （772-

Du Mu（803-

Li Shangyin（813-

Wen Tingyun （812-

Li Pin（818-

Zheng Tian（823-

Du Xunhe（846-

Wei Zhuang（836？-

Han Wo（844-