Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse Book

	Translator's Preface	3
1	Spring Dawn	9
2	Calling on Censor Yuan without Success	11
3	Seeing Off Supply Director Kuo	13
4	The Roads of Loyang	15
5	Sitting Alone on Chingting Mountain	17
6	Climbing White Stork Tower	19
7	On Seeing Princess Yung-lo Leave for Manchuria	21
8	Spring Complaint	23
9	A Pear Blossom in the East Wing	25
10	On Thinking of My Lord's Grace	27
11	On Mister Yuan's Country Retreat	29
12	Seeing Off Chao Tsung at Night	31
13	Bamboo Retreat	33
14	Seeing Off Chu Ta Leaving for Ch'in	35
15	Ballad of Changkan	37
16	Ode to the Past	39
17	Resigning as Minister	41
18	On Meeting a Chivalrous Man	43
19	Traveling on the Yangtze	45
20	In Reply to Li Huan	47
21	Ode to the Autumn Wind	49
22	To Secretary Ch'iu on an Autumn Night	51
23	Autumn Day	53
24	Autumn Day on the Lake	55
25	Written in the Palace	57
26	Looking for a Recluse without Success	59
27	Surprised by Autumn on the Fen	61
28	Delayed on the Szechuan Road	63
29	Thoughts on a Quiet Night	65
30	Chiupu River Song	67
31	To Vice Censor Ch'iao	69
32	In Reply to the Prefect of Wuling	71
33	Thinking of My Home in Ch'ang-an While Traveling with the Army for Nine Days	73
34	A Concubine's Lament	75
35	Written at Chulin Temple	77
36	Passing the Shrine to the Master of the Three Gates	79
37	Saying Goodbye on the Yi River	81
38	Saying Goodbye to Lu Ch'in-Ch'ing	83
39	In Reply	85
40	Reaching Sword Gate Pass After Touring the Land of Shu	89
41	Replying to a Poem by Prime Minister Lu of Chinling	91
42	At an Imperial Banquet in Penglai Hall Offering Praise for the Chungnan Mountains	93
43	Parting from a Friend on a Night in Spring	95
44	Attending a Banquet at Princess Ch'ang-ning's Eastern Estate	97
45	Given the Word "Forest" by His Majesty at the Licheng Palace Library Banquet	99
46	Seeing Off a Friend	101
47	Seeing Off a Friend Leaving for Shu	103
48	Stopping at Peiku Mountain	105
49	Mister Su's Country Retreat	107
50	Staying Overnight at the Chancellery in Spring	109
51	Painted on the Wall of Master Hsuan-wu's Room	111
52	The Chungnan Mountains	113
53	To Censor Tu at the Chancellery	115
54	On Climbing Tsungchih Pagoda	117
55	Climbing Yenchou Tower	119
56	On Deputy Prefect Tu Taking Up a Post in Shuchou	121
57	Seeing Off Ts'ui Jung	123
58	The Imperial Entourage on the Road from Tengfeng	125
59	Written on the Wall of Master Yi's Meditation Hut	127
60	To Chang Hsu after Drinking	129
61	Jade Terrace Temple	131
62	On Seeing a Landscape Painted by My Commissioner Cousin for Li Ku	133
63	Recording My Thoughts While Traveling at Night	135
64	Climbing Yuehyang Tower	137
65	Traveling South of the Yangtze	139
66	Spending the Night at Lunghsing Temple	141
67	The Meditation Hall behind Poshan Temple	143
68	Written at the Sungting Relay Station	145
69	Shengkuo Temple	147
70	Gazing across the Countryside	149
71	Seeing Off Editor Ts'ui Marching East	151
72	Encountering Rain at Changpa Reservoir One Evening While Enjoying a Cool Breeze with Rich Young Men and Their Singsong Girls - I	153
73	Encountering Rain at Changpa Reservoir One Evening While Enjoying a Cool Breeze with Rich Young Men and Their Singsong Girls - II	155
74	Spending the Night at Yunmen Temple Pavilion	157
75	Climbing Hsieh T'iao's North Tower in Hsuancheng in Autumn	159
76	Overlooking Tungting Lake - For Prime Minister Chang	161
77	Passing Hsiangchi Temple	163
78	For Censor Cheng on Being Banished to Fukien	165
79	Miscellaneous Poem at Chinchou	167
80	Shrine to Yu the Great	169
81	Gazing at the Valley of Ch'in	171
82	Commiserating with Gentleman-in-Waiting Wang on Tungting Lake	173
83	Crossing the Yangtze	175
84	Drinking at Night in Yuchou	177
85	Casual Poem on a Spring Day	181
86	Spring Day	183
87	Spring Night	185
88	Early Spring East of Town	187
89	Spring Night	189
90	Light Rain in Early Spring	191
91	New Year's Day	193
92	Attending a Banquet on the Great Beginning	195
93	Occasional Poem on the Arrival of Spring	197
94	On a Painting of Playing Football	199
95	Palace Ode - I	201
96	Palace Ode - II	203
97	In Praise of Huaching Palace	205
98	Chingping Ode	207
99	Written on the Wall of an Inn	209
100	Quatrain	211
101	Begonia	213
102	Grave Sweeping Day	215
103	Chingming	217
104	Festival Day	219
105	Cold Food	221
106	Chiangnan Spring	223
107	For Gentleman-in-Attendance Kao	225
108	Quatrain	227
109	Visiting a Private Garden without Success	229
110	Traveling Away from Home	231
111	Written on a Screen	233
112	Inspired	235
113	The Peach Blossoms of Chingchuan Hermitage	237
114	The Peach Blossoms of Hsuantu Temple	239
115	Visiting Hsuantu Temple Again	241
116	Chuchou's West Stream	243
117	Flower Shadows	245
118	North Mountain	247
119	On the Lake	249
120	Inspired	251
121	Spring Clearing	253
122	Late Spring	255
123	Falling Flowers	257
124	Visiting a Private Garden in Late Spring	259
125	The Oriole Shuttle	261
126	Events of Late Spring	263
127	Climbing a Mountain	265
128	Lament of the Silkmaid	267
129	Late Spring	269
130	Spring Lament	271
131	Seeing Off Spring	273
132	Seeing Off Spring on the Last Day of April	275
133	Away from Home at the Beginning of Summer	277
134	Waiting for a Friend	279
135	Waking Up in Early Summer	281
136	On the Sanchu Road	283
137	Impressions	285
138	Visiting Chang's Garden at the Beginning of Summer	287
139	Written at the South Tower of Ochou	289
140	A Mountain Pavilion on a Summer Day	291
141	A Farm Family	293
142	Village Events	295
143	On the Pomegranate Flower	297
144	Village Dusk	299
145	Written on Mister Lakeshade's Wall	301
146	Black Robe Lane	303
147	Seeing Off Yuan Er on a Mission to Anhsi	305
148	On Yellow Crane Tower Hearing a Flute	307
149	Written at Huainan Temple	309
150	The Seventh Night	311
151	Autumn Moon	313
152	Autumn at the Gate	315
153	Autumn Evening	317
154	Mid-Autumn Moon	319
155	Reflections at a River Tower	321
156	Written at an Inn in Linan	323
157	At Chingtzu Temple Seeing Off Lin Tzu-fang at Dawn	325
158	Drinking on the Lake As It Clears Then Rains	327
159	Retiring After Attending a Tea at Hsuante Palace	329
160	Climbing to Canopy Pavilion on a Summer Day	331
161	Written While Serving at Jade Hall	333
162	Written at Secretary Wang's Bamboo Tower	335
163	Serving in the Secretariat	337
164	Reflections While Reading - I	339
165	Reflections While Reading - II	341
166	Cold Spring Pavilion	343
167	For Liu Ching-wen	345
168	Anchored Overnight at Maple Bridge	347
169	Winter Night	349
170	The Frost and the Moon	351
171	The Plum	353
172	Early Spring	355
173	The Show and the Plum - I	357
174	The Snow and the Plum - II	359
175	Herdboy	361
176	Anchored Overnight on the Chinhuai	363
177	On Geese Turning Back	365
178	Written on a Wall	367
179	Morning Court at Taming Palace	371
180	Responding to Secretary Chia Chih's "Morning Court at Taming Palace"	373
181	Responding to Secretary Chia Chih's "Morning Court at Taming Palace"	375
182	Responding to Secretary Chia Chih's "Morning Court at Taming Palace"	377
183	On Lantern Festival at Imperial Request	379
184	On Lantern Festival at Imperial Request	381
185	Attending a Banquet at the New Residence of Princess An-lo	383
186	In Reply to Ting Yuan-chen	385
187	Flower Garland Song	387
188	Private Thoughts	389
189	Cold Food	391
190	Chingming	393
191	Drinking Wine on Grave Sweeping Day	395
192	Strolling outside Town	397
193	The Swing	399
194	While Drinking at the Chuchiang Waterway - I	401
195	While Drinking at the Chuchiang Waterway - II	403
196	Yellow Crane Tower	405
197	A Traveler's Thoughts on a Spring Evening	407
198	In Reply to Li Tan	409
199	River Village	411
200	Summer Day	413
201	Written at My Wang River Retreat after a Steady Rain	415
202	New Bamboo at East Lake	417
203	Spending a Summer Night with My Cousin Talking about the Past	419
204	Occasional Poem on an Autumn Day	421
205	Visiting Crescent Pond	423
206	Autumn Inspiration - I	425
207	Autumn Inspiration - II	427
208	Autumn Inspiration - III	429
209	Autumn Inspiration - IV	431
210	Aboard a Boat on a Moonlit Night	433
211	Autumn Longing in Ch'ang-an	435
212	Early Autumn	437
213	Mid-Autumn	439
214	At Mister Ts'ui's Villa in Lantien on the Ninth	441
215	Autumn Thoughts	443
216	For Hermit Chu, My Neighbor to the South	445
217	Hearing a Flute	447
218	Winter Scene	449
219	Winter Solstice Eve	451
220	How Plum Flowers Embarrass a Garden	453
221	For My Nephew, Hsiang, on My Demotion and Arrival at Lankuan Pass	455
222	Spears and Shields	457
223	Returning to My Retreat	459
224	A Mountain Widow	461
	Postscript	463
	Timeline	465
	About the Translator	467
	Index of Authors	469
	Index of Titles	471