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1 FIR-FLOWER TABLETS
2 CONTENTS
3 ILLUSTRATIONS
4 INTRODUCTION
5 FIR-FLOWER TABLETS
6 SONGS OF THE MARCHES
7 THE BATTLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY
8 THE PERILS OF THE SHU ROAD
9 LOOKING AT THE MOON AFTER RAIN
10 THE LONELY WIFE
11 THE PLEASURES WITHIN THE PALACE
12 THE YOUNG GIRLS OF YÜEH
13 WRITTEN IN THE CHARACTER OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN GRIEVING BEFORE HER MIRROR
14 SONGS TO THE PEONIES SUNG TO THE AIR: "PEACEFUL BRIGHTNESS"
15 SPRING GRIEF AND RESENTMENT BY LI T'AI-PO
16 THE CAST-OFF PALACE WOMAN OF CH'IN AND THE DRAGON ROBES
17 THE POET IS DETAINED IN A NANKING WINE-SHOP ON THE EVE OF STARTING ON A JOURNEY
18 FÊNG HUANG T'AI
19 THE NORTHERN FLIGHT
20 FIGHTING TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY
21 THE CROSSWISE RIVER
22 ON HEARING THE BUDDHIST PRIEST OF SHU PLAY HIS TABLE-LUTE
23 CH'ANG KAN
24 SORROW DURING A CLEAR AUTUMN
25 POIGNANT GRIEF DURING A SUNNY SPRING
26 TWO POEMS WRITTEN AS PARTING GIFTS TO TS'UI (THE OFFICIAL) OF CH'IU PU
27 SENT AS A PARTING GIFT TO THE SECOND OFFICIAL OF CH'IU PU
28 THE SONG OF THE WHITE CLOUDS
29 WIND-BOUND AT THE NEW FOREST REACH. A LETTER SENT TO A FRIEND
30 IN THE PROVINCE OF LU, AT THE ANCESTRAL SHRINE OF KING YAO. SAYING FAREWELL TO WU FIVE ON HIS DEPARTURE FOR LANG YA
31 DRINKING ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT
32 DRINKING ALONE IN THE MOONLIGHT
33 A STATEMENT OF RESOLUTIONS AFTER BEING DRUNK ON A SPRING DAY
34 RIVER CHANT
35 SEPARATED BY IMPERIAL SUMMONS FROM HER WHO LIVES WITHIN
36 A WOMAN SINGS TO THE AIR: "SITTING AT NIGHT"
37 THE PALACE WOMAN OF HAN TAN BECOMES THE WIFE OF THE SOLDIERS' COOK
38 THE SORREL HORSE
39 A POEM GIVEN TO A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ENCOUNTERED ON A FIELD-PATH
40 SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A FRIEND
41 DESCENDING THE EXTREME SOUTH MOUNTAIN; PASSING THE HOUSE OF HU SSŬ, LOVER OF HILLS; SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE PREPARATION OF WINE
42 THE TERRACED ROAD OF THE TWO-EDGED SWORD MOUNTAINS
43 HEARING A BAMBOO FLUTE ON A SPRING NIGHT IN THE CITY OF LO YANG
44 THE RETREAT OF HSIEH KUNG
45 A TRAVELLER COMES TO THE OLD TERRACE OF SU
46 THEME OF THE REST-HOUSE ON THE CLEAR WAN RIVER
47 DRINKING SONG
48 ANSWER TO AN AFFECTIONATE INVITATION FROM TS'UI FIFTEEN
49 PARROT ISLAND
50 THE HONOURABLE LADY CHAO
51 THINKING OF THE FRONTIER
52 A SONG OF RESENTMENT
53 PICKING WILLOW
54 AUTUMN RIVER SONG
55 VISITING THE TAOIST PRIEST ON THE MOUNTAIN WHICH UPHOLDS HEAVEN. HE IS ABSENT
56 REPLY TO AN UNREFINED PERSON ENCOUNTERED IN THE HILLS
57 RECITING VERSES BY MOONLIGHT IN A WESTERN UPPER CHAMBER IN THE CITY OF THE GOLDEN MOUND
58 PASSING THE NIGHT AT THE WHITE HERON ISLAND
59 ASCENDING THE THREE CHASMS
60 PARTING FROM YANG, A HILL MAN WHO IS RETURNING TO THE HIGH MOUNTAIN
61 NIGHT THOUGHTS
62 THE SERPENT MOUND
63 ON THE SUBJECT OF OLD TAI'S WINE-SHOP
64 DRINKING IN THE T'AO PAVILION
65 A SONG FOR THE HOUR WHEN THE CROWS ROOST
66 POEM SENT TO THE OFFICIAL WANG OF HAN YANG
67 DRINKING ALONE ON THE ROCK IN THE RIVER OF THE CLEAR STREAM
68 A FAREWELL BANQUET TO MY FATHER'S YOUNGER BROTHER YÜN, THE IMPERIAL LIBRARIAN
69 IN THE PROVINCE OF LU, TO THE EAST OF THE STONE GATE MOUNTAIN, TAKING LEAVE OF TU FU
70 THE MOON OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASS
71 THE TAKING-UP OF ARMS
72 A SONG OF THE REST-HOUSE OF DEEP TROUBLE
73 THE "LOOKING-FOR-HUSBAND" ROCK
74 AFTER BEING SEPARATED FOR A LONG TIME
75 BITTER JEALOUSY IN THE PALACE OF THE HIGH GATE
76 ETERNALLY THINKING OF EACH OTHER
77 PASSIONATE GRIEF
78 SUNG TO THE AIR: "THE MANTZŬ LIKE AN IDOL"
79 AT THE YELLOW CRANE TOWER, TAKING LEAVE OF MÊNG HAO JAN ON HIS DEPARTURE TO KUANG LING
80 IN DEEP THOUGHT, GAZING AT THE MOON
81 THOUGHTS FROM A THOUSAND LI
82 WORD-PATTERN
83 THE HEAVEN'S GATE MOUNTAINS
84 POEM SENT ON HEARING THAT WANG CH'ANG-LING HAD BEEN EXILED TO LUNG PIAO
85 A PARTING GIFT TO WANG LUN
86 SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A FRIEND WHO IS GOING ON AN EXCURSION TO THE PLUM-FLOWER LAKE
87 A POEM SENT TO TU FU FROM SHA CH'IU CH'ÊNG
88 BIDDING GOOD-BYE TO YIN SHU
89 A DESULTORY VISIT TO THE FÊNG HSIEN TEMPLE AT THE DRAGON'S GATE
90 THE THATCHED HOUSE UNROOFED BY AN AUTUMN GALE
91 THE RIVER VILLAGE
92 THE EXCURSION
93 THE RECRUITING OFFICERS AT THE VILLAGE OF THE STONE MOAT
94 CROSSING THE FRONTIER
95 CROSSING THE FRONTIER
96 THE SORCERESS GORGE
97 THINKING OF LI PO ON A SPRING DAY
98 AT THE EDGE OF HEAVEN. THINKING OF LI T'AI-PO
99 SENT TO LI PO AS A GIFT
100 A TOAST FOR MÊNG YÜN-CH'ING
101 MOON NIGHT
102 HEARING THE EARLY ORIOLE (WRITTEN IN EXILE)
103 THE CITY OF STONES. (NANKING)
104 SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "THE UNRIPE HAWTHORN BERRY"
105 WRITTEN BY WANG WEI, IN THE MANNER OF CHIA, THE (PALACE) SECRETARY, AFTER AN IMPERIAL AUDIENCE AT DAWN IN THE "PALACE OF GREAT BRILLIANCE"
106 THE BLUE-GREEN STREAM
107 FARM HOUSE ON THE WEI STREAM
108 SEEKING FOR THE HERMIT OF THE WEST HILL; NOT MEETING HIM
109 FLOATING ON THE POOL OF JO YA. SPRING
110 SUNG TO THE AIR: "THE WANDERER"
111 FAREWELL WORDS TO THE DAUGHTER OF THE HOUSE OF YANG
112 SUNG TO THE AIR: "LOOKING SOUTH OVER THE RIVER AND DREAMING"
113 TOGETHER WE KNOW HAPPINESS
114 ONCE MORE FIELDS AND GARDENS
115 SONG OF THE SNAPPED WILLOW
116 THE CLOUDY RIVER
117 TO THE AIR: "THE FALLEN LEAVES AND THE PLAINTIVE CICADA"
118 WRITTEN IN EARLY AUTUMN AT THE POOL OF SPRINKLING WATER
119 PROCLAIMING THE JOY OF CERTAIN HOURS
120 A SONG OF GRIEF
121 A LETTER OF THANKS FOR PRECIOUS PEARLS BESTOWED BY ONE ABOVE
122 DANCING
123 SONGS OF THE COURTESANS
124 THE GREAT HO RIVER
125 WRITTEN PICTURES
126 AN EVENING MEETING
127 THE EMPEROR'S RETURN FROM A JOURNEY TO THE SOUTH
128 ON SEEING THE PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTIFUL CONCUBINE
129 CALLIGRAPHY
130 THE PALACE BLOSSOMS
131 ONE GOES A JOURNEY
132 FROM THE STRAW HUT AMONG THE SEVEN PEAKS
133 ON THE CLASSIC OF THE HILLS AND SEA
134 THE HERMIT
135 AFTER HOW MANY YEARS
136 THE INN AT THE MOUNTAIN PASS
137 LI T'AI-PO MEDITATES
138 PAIR OF SCROLLS
139 TWO PANELS
140 THE RETURN
141 EVENING CALM
142 FISHING PICTURE
143 SPRING. SUMMER. AUTUMN
144 NOTES
145 TABLE OF CHINESE HISTORICAL PERIODS
146 Transcriber's Notes:
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