The classic of poetry : beginnings. CCLXXII "We have in hand" --
The Zhou founding. CCXLV "She bore the folk" --
from Historical records. "Chronicles of Zhou" --
from The zhuang-zi. "Renouncing kingship --
CCXXXVI "The greater brightness" --
CCLXII "Yangzi and Han" --
CLXVIII "Bringing forth the chariots" --
Human sacrifice : making exchanges. CXXXI "Yellow bird" --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 6th year of Duke Wen --
The Zou tradition : an entry for the 19th year of Duke Xi --
The classic of poetry : "Airs". I "Fishhawk" --
Other voices in the tradition. Songs of my cares II / Ruan Ji --
Written at Wan Mountain pool / Meng Hao-ran --
Correspondences. VI "Peach tree soft and tender" --
XX "Plums are falling" --
XLVI "Thorn-vine on the wall" --
XCIV "Creepers on the moorland" --
CXL "Willows by the eastern gate" --
CLXXXIV "Crane cries out" --
V "Grasshoppers' wings" --
CLXVII "Gather the fiddleheads" --
IV "Trees with bending boughs" --
The classic of poetry : "Airs". Understanding and misunderstanding : the need to explain. XLII " Gentle girl" --
LXI " The river is broad" --
LXXVI "Zhong-zi, please" --
XXVI "Boat of cypress" --
Other poems. XCV "Zhen and Wei" --
CXXXVII "Eastern gate's white elms" --
CXI "Within ten acres" --
XXXIV "Dry leaves on the gourd" --
LVI "We had our delight" --
LXXXI "I went along the broad road" --
LXXXII "Rooster crows" --
CVII "Sandals of straw" --
Courtship, marriage, and love. CXXXVIII "Barred gate" --
XXIV "Ah, how splendid" --
CLVIII "Cutting the haft" --
XXII "The river has its forkings" --
XLVIII "In the mulberries" --
LXVI "My prince has taken the field" --
LXXVII "Shu is on a field hunt" --
LXXXVII "Lift your kilts."
Using the poems and early interpretation. Analects XVII.9 --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 31st year of Duke Xiang --
from The Zhuang-zi. "Outer things" --
Mencius II A, 2.xi, xvii --
from Classic of documents. "Canon of Shun" --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 25th year of Duke Xiang --
from Classic of changes. "Appended discourses" --
"Elucidation of the images" / Wang Bi --
from the Zhuang-zi. "The way of heaven" --
The "great preface" to The classic of poetry --
Selections from the "Record of music --
Other voices in the tradition. from Peony pavilion. from scene VII : the schoolroom for women ; from scene IX : getting the garden in order / Tang Xian-zu
Early narrative. Two sad stories of good behavior. The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 12th year of Duke Xuan --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 22nd year of Duke Xi --
An exegetical literature. Analects II.10 --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 14th year of Duke Zhuang --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 3rd year of Duke Ding --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 3rd year of Duke Xuan --
Heroes of the will. from the Schemes of the warring states --
Swindles and bad exchanges : the problems surrounding Bian He's jade. from the Han fei-zi. "He's jade" (or "Bian He's jade") --
from the "Biographies of Lian Bo and Lin Xiang-ru". Historical records --
The story of Wu Zi-xu. from Historical records. "Biography of Wu Zi-xu" --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 20th year of Duke Zhao --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 4th year of Duke Ding --
The Zuo tradition : an entry for the 11th year of Duke Ai --
Other voices in the tradition. A winter "white linen song" / Yuan Zhen --
to "Eight-note Gan-zhou", visiting the magic cliff with various gentlemen of the transport office / Wu Wen-ying
Early literary prose : the delight of words. The wind --
from the Zhuang-zi. "Heaven's motions" --
The poetic exposition on the owl / Jia Yi --
from the Zhuang-zi. "Discourse on thinking of things as being on the same level" --
Coda. The old airs IX / Li Bo --
Early political oratory. from Classic of documents. "Tang's vow" --
The Zou tradition : an entry for the 26th year of Duke Zhao --
from the Schemes of the warring states --
Letter of protest to the Prince of Wu / Mei Sheng --
from the Zhuang-zi. "Attaining life" --
Si-ma Qian. Letter in reply to Ren An ; The biography of Bo Yi and Shu Qi ; The prince of Wei ; from "Biographies of the assassins" : Nie Zheng / Si-ma Qian --
The Chu-ci : "Lyrics of Chu". "The nine songs". The sovereign of the East : the one --
The lady of the Xiang River --
The senior master of lifespans --
The junior master of lifespans, "Lord Iris" --
The Yellow River's earl --
The Chu-ci tradition. Journeys heavenly and earthly. Far roaming --
The great one / Si-ma Xiang-ru --
Songs of my cares LXVIII / Ruan Ji --
Wandering to the Tian-tai Mountains / Sun Chuo --
The encounter with the goddess. from The poetic exposition on Gao-tang. Opening ; The goddess / Song Yu --
The goddess of the Luo / Cao Zhi --
Other voices in the tradition. from "Accounts of marvels" : Xiao Kuang. Opening section / Pei Xing --
Songs for the goddess' shrine on Fish Mountain. Song welcoming the goddess ; Song sending the goddess on her way / Wang Wei --
String music for the gods / Li He --
Written on the temple of Mount Xiao / Wen Ting-yun --
Shrine by the river / Guan-xiu --
Calling back the soul. "Calling back the soul --
"Calling back the recluse" --
Other voices in the tradtion. Seven sorrows / Ruan Yu --
Pall bearer's song II / Tao Qian --
Hard ways to Shu / Li Bo --
Interlude between the "Lyrics of Chu" and Yue-fu : "The biography of Lady Li". from "The biographies of the imperial in-laws". The Han history / Ban Gu
The Chinese "Middle Ages". Yue-fu. Heaven above --
South of the walls we fought --
Prelude : white swans in pairs --
Chang-an has narrow alleys --
Other voices in the tradition. The sensual charms of the three wives / Shen Yue --
Yue fu. Song of white hair --
Mulberries by the path --
Xin Yan-nian, officer of the guard --
I watered my horse at a spring by the wall / Chen Lin --
Yue-fu of the south. Zi-ye songs, I-II, XII, XVI, XIX-XX, XXIII-XXIV, XXXIII, XXXVI --
The Zi-ye songs of the four seasons. Spring songs, VI, IX-X ; Winter songs, XIII --
"I ride the coach with polished sides" / Little Su --
Yue-fu of the northern dynasties. Qi-yu songs, I, IV --
Song of the prince of Lang-ya --
Breaking the branches of willows, I-III --
Other voices in the tradition : the later lineages of Yue-fu. South of the walls we fought / Li Bo --
South of the wall we fought / Wang Shi-zhen --
South of the walls we fought / Li Ye-si --
Song lyric to "Boddhisattva barbarian" / Anonymous
The beginnings of classical poetry. Parting and going off. East Gate --
Anonymous old poem / Su Wu --
Seven sorrows I / Wang Can --
Songs of my cares III / Ruan Ji --
Longing on the road. Nineteen old poems I --
Coming to the city. Nineteen old poems, III and IV --
Alone at night. Nineteen old poems, XIX --
Seven sorrows II / Wang Can --
Songs of my cares I / Ruan Ji --
To "Gods on the Magpie Bridge" / Qin Guan --
The message and gift. Watering my horse by the Great Wall --
The stranger and the woman. Prelude --
Nineteen old poems II and V --
Impermanence and disillusion. Nineteen old poems XIII, XIV and XV --
The return. Anonymous old poem --
Sending off Mr. Ying / Cao Zhi --
Coda : reencounter. Old poem --
The poets. The bitter cold / Cao Cao --
With the army V / Wang Can --
Unclassified poem / Liu Zhen --
Unclassified poem I / Cao Zhi --
Chamber thoughts III / Xu Gan --
Three versions of "Since you have gone away" / Yan-Shi bo, Wang Rong and Chen Shu-bao --
Cao Zhi. Presented to Cao Biao, Prince of Bai-ma ; Song of a brown wren in wild fields ; Unclassified poem II / Cao Zhi --
Ruan Ji. Songs of my cares XVI, VI and XXXIII / Ruan Ji --
Turning away. Calling to the recluse / Lu Ji --
Calling to the recluse I / Zuo Si
Feast. Classic of poetry CXV "Hawthorn on the mountain" --
Classic of poetry CXIV "Cricket" --
Classic of poetry CLXI "Deer cry" --
from "Calling back the soul" --
Song of the autumn wind --
Dew on the onion grass --
Public banquet / Cao Zhi --
Preface to the "Orchid Pavilion poems" / Wang Xi-zhi --
Bring in the wine / Li Bo --
Having fallen off my horse drunk, various gentlemen come to visit me bringing wine / Du Fu --
Drunk, to Zhang Shu of the imperial library / Han Yu --
Inviting writers to drink / Meng Jiao --
Bring in the wine / Li He --
An invitation for Mr. Liu / Bo Ju-yi --
to "The pleasures of kicking the football" / Feng Yan-si --
to "Washing creek sands" ; to "Reaching golden gates" / Yan Shu --
to "Fragrance fills the yard" : written on a summer day at Wu-xiang Mountain in Li-shui / Zhou Bang-yan --
The poetic exposition on Red Cliff / Su Shi --
Anecdotes, parables, and profound jokes. from the Zhuang-zi --
from Discourses of the domains --
from The park of stories --
from The forest of jokes --
from The forest of tales --
from Sundry accounts of the western capital --
from New stories and tales of the times / Liu Yi-quing --
An account of peach blossom spring / Tao Qian
The poetry of the southern dynasties. Confucius, Analects XI.26 ; Seasons shift ; Biography of Master Five Willows ; Dwelling in peace on the double ninth ; Drinking wine V ; Returning to dwell in gardens and fields I ; Moving my dwelling I ; The sixth month of 408 : we had a fire ; Begging ; Reading the Classic of mountains and seas I / Tao Qian --
Fu-chun Isle ; Written on the lake, returning from the chapel at Stone Cliff ; Climbing an upper story by the pool ; Visiting the southern pavilion / Xie Ling-yun --
Hard traveling IV, II and VI ; Song of the bright moon / Bao Zhao --
The southern courts. Performers on the terrace of the bronze sparrow / He Xun --
A companion piece for Xie Jing's "Terrace of the bronze sparrow" / Xie Tiao --
Song of Yong-zhou : II North isle ; Source of pain II ; Song : every night ; Roaming in the north park by night ; Sending a palace lady back by night to the rear boat ; On a lone duck ; New swallows ; The reflection of a high building in the water / Xiao Gang --
Zi-ye song / Liu Yan (Emperor Wu of the Liang) --
Going out early and meeting an old love, I give this to her in her carriage / Shen Yue --
Song on reflections in water / Madam Shen --
Quatrains on various topics I / Wu Jun --
Spring longings / Wang Seng-ru --
On a woman unwilling to come forth / Liu Xiao-chuo --
Respectfully answering "Drifting on the river" ; Study in the hills ; A companion piece for Grand Master Yan's "Newly cleared skies" / Yu Xin --
The image of the southern dynasties. A ballad of the Yong-jia / Zhang Ji --
A song of Lord Xie's villa ; Song for the bank where the cock crowed / Wen Ting-yun --
Traditional literary theory. The poetic exposition on literature / Lu Ji --
from Wen-xin diao-long ("The literary mind carves dragons"). Its source in the way : chapter 1 ; Spirit thought : chapter 26 ; Nature and form : chapter 27 ; Continuity and variation : chapter 29 ; Determination of momentum : chapter 30 ; Hidden and outstanding : chapter 40 ; The sensuous colors of physical things : chapter 46 ; The one who knows the tone : chapter 48 / Liu Xie --
A discourse on literature / Cao Pi