Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of TranslationsJohn Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau Chinese University Press, 2000 - 1176 pages |
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Page vii
... Writing ( Jerry Norman ) Oracle Bones 3 4 46 10 Texts of Divination ( Stanley Mickel ) 10 Divining the Future ... Written Character ( Anonymous ) , translated by Herbert Giles ..... 31 The Acts of Signifying ( François Cheng ) 33 ...
... Writing ( Jerry Norman ) Oracle Bones 3 4 46 10 Texts of Divination ( Stanley Mickel ) 10 Divining the Future ... Written Character ( Anonymous ) , translated by Herbert Giles ..... 31 The Acts of Signifying ( François Cheng ) 33 ...
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... Written While Drunk . Two Miscellaneous Poems A Picnic by the Xie River . . Written on the First Day of the Fifth Month 502 505 506 508 Putting the Blame on His Sons In Reply to a Poem by Liu Chaisang . Harmonizing with a Poem by the ...
... Written While Drunk . Two Miscellaneous Poems A Picnic by the Xie River . . Written on the First Day of the Fifth Month 502 505 506 508 Putting the Blame on His Sons In Reply to a Poem by Liu Chaisang . Harmonizing with a Poem by the ...
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... Written on the Lake on My Way Back to the Retreat at Stone Cliff 527 On Climbing the Highest Peak of Stone Gate 528 What I Saw When I Had Crossed the Lake 528 I Follow the Jinzhu Torrent . 529 A Poem on Stone House Mountain 530 Last ...
... Written on the Lake on My Way Back to the Retreat at Stone Cliff 527 On Climbing the Highest Peak of Stone Gate 528 What I Saw When I Had Crossed the Lake 528 I Follow the Jinzhu Torrent . 529 A Poem on Stone House Mountain 530 Last ...
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... Written on the Tavern Wall Drinking Alone . . . To a Kill - Joy , translated by Herbert Giles Record of Drunk - Land , translated by Herbert Giles Lu Zhaolin ( 634 - c . 684 ) : Chang'an , translated by Stephen Owen . . Luo Binwang ...
... Written on the Tavern Wall Drinking Alone . . . To a Kill - Joy , translated by Herbert Giles Record of Drunk - Land , translated by Herbert Giles Lu Zhaolin ( 634 - c . 684 ) : Chang'an , translated by Stephen Owen . . Luo Binwang ...
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... Written During the Qian - yuan Era 789 790 On the Spur of the Moment A Guest Arrives . Restless Night ... Quatrain : In Late Sun They Say You're Staying in a Mountain Temple On the River 791 791 792 792 792 793 Yellow Orioles Nine Poems ...
... Written During the Qian - yuan Era 789 790 On the Spur of the Moment A Guest Arrives . Restless Night ... Quatrain : In Late Sun They Say You're Staying in a Mountain Temple On the River 791 791 792 792 792 793 Yellow Orioles Nine Poems ...
Contents
Foreword by Cyril Birch | xli |
About the Editors | lx |
Oracle Bones | 10 |
Bronze Inscriptions | 18 |
Calligraphy | 24 |
Outlines Characters Signs | 31 |
Early Myths and Legends | 37 |
The Northern Lands Beyond the Sea Book 8 of the Book of Hills | 45 |
Six Poems translated by Gladys Yang and Yang Xianyi | 512 |
A Rhapsody translated by J R Hightower | 517 |
Further Reading | 540 |
Five Poems translated by Anne Birrell | 546 |
Four Poems translated by Anne Birrell | 556 |
Liu An Prince of Huainan d 122 B C | 571 |
Ling d 74 B C | 582 |
Introduction Craig Fisk | 626 |
The Sage Kings Selections from the Bamboo Annals | 54 |
Further Reading | 66 |
xii The Mallards translated by Robert Payne et al 1947 | 84 |
xix Kuankuan the Ospreys translated by Wailim Yip 1976 | 90 |
GetanShade o the Vine translated by Ezra Pound | 97 |
Caifan Pluck the Quince translated by Ezra Pound | 104 |
Lüyi Green Robe translated by Ezra Pound | 110 |
Caige | 124 |
ZhihuYoung Soldier Thinks of Home translated by Rewi Alley | 130 |
Qingying Buzz Buzz the Blue Flies translated by Burton | 144 |
Eight Ancient Poems from The Fountain of Old Poems translated | 150 |
Book 3 Reign of Duke Zhuang Years | 161 |
Attitudes Toward the Supernatural | 172 |
Philosophy | 183 |
The Analects of Confucius c 551c 479 B C | 192 |
The Way and Its Power Six Chapters translated by Arthur Waley | 202 |
Three Passages translated by David Collie 1828 | 220 |
Ten Passages translated by A C Graham 1960 | 226 |
Further Reading | 234 |
Qu Yuan c 340278 B C | 240 |
V | 259 |
Rhapsodies from the | 267 |
Jia Yi 200168 B C | 278 |
Sima Xiangru 179117 B C attrib | 292 |
Further Reading | 327 |
History of the Former Han | 351 |
Doctors Diviners and Magicians | 359 |
Immortals | 371 |
Further Reading | 381 |
A Sad Song translated by Burton Watson | 406 |
Poets of the Han | 413 |
Liu Fuling Emperor Zhao of Han ?9574 B C | 416 |
Orchid Pavilion | 479 |
Further Reading | 488 |
Nineteen Poems translated by William Acker | 495 |
Strange Tales from the | 651 |
Further Reading | 673 |
Poets of the Early Tang | 677 |
Two Poems translated by Stephen Owen | 688 |
Two Poems translated by Stephen Owen | 694 |
Introduction H C Chang | 701 |
The Bank of the Magnolias | 707 |
Further Reading | 719 |
Four Poems translated by David Young | 751 |
Two Versions | 756 |
Further Reading | 763 |
Sixteen Poems translated by Burton Watson | 785 |
Eight Poems translated by Kenneth Rexroth | 796 |
Two Ballads translated by Arthur Cooper | 803 |
Three Versions | 813 |
Four Poems translated by Stephen Owen | 835 |
Four Poems translated by Stephen Owen | 867 |
Twentythree Poems translated by Arthur Waley | 873 |
Record of a Poetic Friendship translated | 894 |
Further Reading | 954 |
Poetry of Zen and the Tao | 975 |
Essays of the Tang Dynasty | 989 |
Further Reading | 1017 |
Ballads and Stories from | 1077 |
The Quest of Mulian or The Great Maudgalyāyana Rescues His Mother | 1088 |
Further Reading | 1110 |
Further Reading | 1131 |
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Major Chinese Dynasties and Periods | 1155 |
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