Breaking the Willow: Poems of Parting, Exile, Separation & Reunion, Vol. 16 Book

Introduction 16

Anonymous

[from the Book of Songs, 12th Century B.C.E. - 3rd Century B.C.E.]

Shijing 44 27

Yuan Ji (210-263)

Insomnia

Xie Lingyun (385-433)

Surveying My Fields, I Climb Panxu Mountain at the Month of the Sea 29

Meng Haoran (689-740)

Poem Sent to Old Friends While Staying Overnight on the Donglu River 30

In the Twilight of the Year, I Return to the South 31

Wang Changling (698-756)

Enjoying the Moonlight with My Cousin in the South Study and Thinking of Our Friend Cui in Shanyin 32

Wang Wei (701-761)

A Farewell 33

Farewell in the Mountains 34

Seeing Yuan Second Off to An Xi 35

Li Bai (701-762)

Seeing Meng Haoran Off to Yangzhou 36

Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon 37

Sad Thoughts in Spring 38

Seeing Off a Friend 39

Leaving Early from White Emperor City 40

Du Fu (712-770)

Moonlit Night 41

Spring Outlook 42

Beside Serpentine Lake 43

On His Sad Departure from Changan by the Gate of Golden Light 45

Missing Li Bai at the End of the Earth 46

Dreaming of Li Bai (1) 47

Dreaming of Li Bai (2) 48

Thinking of My Brothers on a Moonlit Night 49

Poem for Wei Ba 50

Welcoming a Guest 51

A Second Farewell to Governor Yen Wu at the Fengji Post Station 52

On Learning that Our Troops Have Retaken Henan and Hebei 53

Quatrain 54

Passing the Night at Headquarters 55

Written While Traveling at Night 56

On Yueyang Tower 57

Meeting Li Guinian in the South 58

Bai Juyi (772-846)

Invitation to Liu Nineteen 59

Liu Zongyuan (773-819)

Dwelling Beside a Stream 60

Li Shangyin (ca. 812-858)

Untitled 61

Night Rains: Lines to Send North 62

Liu Yong (987-1053)

A Song of Parting 63

Thoughts of Return 65

Yan Shu(991-1055)

There Is Nothing One Can Do 66

Where Are You Now? 67

Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072)

First Full Moon 68

Lyric in the Third Month 69

Alone on the High Balcony 70

Li Qingzhao (1084-ca. 1151)

Words to the Tune "Tipsy in the Shade of Flowers" 71

Words to the Tune "Spring in Wuling" 72

Yang Guo (ca. 1200-1275)

Lotus Song (1) 73

Lotus Song (2) 74

Guan Hanqing (ca. 1220-ca. 1307)

Sadness at Parting 75

Wang Yun (1228-1306)

Country Scene 76

Anonymous (Yuan Dynasty, 1234-1368)

The Courtesans Lament 77

Ma Zhiyuan (1260-1334)

Meditation in Autumn 78

Zhang Yanghao (1269-1329)

Retirement Benefits 79

Zhang Kejiu (1270-ca. 1349)

Spring Sadness 80

Autumn Thoughts 81

Autumn Dream 82

Liu Zhi (ca. 1280-ca. 1335)

Song of Departure 83

Guan Yunshi (1286-1324)

Written for Someone 84

Notes on the Poems 85

Bibliography of Sources 89