Note to the Reader Copper Canyon Press encourages you to calibrate your settings by using the line of characters below, which optimizes the line length and character size: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque Please take the time to adjust the size of the text on your viewer so that the line of characters above appears on one line, if possible. When this text appears on one line on your device, the resulting settings will most accurately reproduce the layout of the text on the page and the line length intended by the author. Viewing the title at a higher than optimal text size or on a device too small to accommodate the lines in the text will cause the reading experience to be altered considerably; single lines of some poems will be displayed as multiple lines of text. If this occurs, the turn of the line will be marked with a shallow indent. Thank you. We hope you enjoy these poems. This e-book edition was created through a special grant provided by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Copper Canyon Press would like to thank Constellation Digital Services for their partnership in making this e-book possible. for Burton Watson Contents Title Page Note to Reader Translator’s Preface PART ONE 1. Spring Dawn MENG HAO-JAN 2. Calling on Censor Yuan without Success MENG HAO-JAN 3. Seeing Off Supply Director Kuo WANG CH’ANG-LING 4. The Roads of Loyang CH’U KUANG-HSI 5. Sitting Alone on Chingting Mountain LI PAI 6. Climbing White Stork Tower WANG CHIH-HUAN 7. On Seeing Princess Yung-lo Leave for Manchuria SUN T’I 8. Spring Complaint CHIN CH’ANG-HSU 9. A Pear Blossom in the East Wing CH’IU WEI 10. On Thinking of My Lord’s Grace LING-HU CH’U 11. On Mister Yuan’s Country Retreat HO CHIH-CHANG 12. Seeing Off Chao Tsung at Night YANG CHIUNG 13. Bamboo Retreat WANG WEI 14. Seeing Off Chu Ta Leaving for Ch’in MENG HAO-JAN 15. Ballad of Changkan TS’UI HAO 16. Ode to the Past KAO SHIH 17. Resigning as Minister LI SHIH-CHIH 18. On Meeting a Chivalrous Man CH’IEN CH’I 19. Traveling on the Yangtze CH’IEN HSU 20. In Reply to Li Huan WEI YING-WU 21. Ode to the Autumn Wind LIU YU-HSI 22. To Secretary Ch’iu on an Autumn Night WEI YING-WU 23. Autumn Day KENG WEI 24. Autumn Day on the Lake HSUEH YING 25. Written in the Palace LI ANG 26. Looking for a Recluse without Success CHIA TAO 27. Surprised by Autumn on the Fen SU T’ING 28. Delayed on the Szechuan Road CHANG YUEH 29. Thoughts on a Quiet Night LI PAI 30. Chiupu River Song LI PAI 31. To Vice Censor Ch’iao CH’EN TZU-ANG 32. In Reply to the Prefect of Wuling WANG CH’ANG-LING 33. Thinking of My Home in Ch’ang-an While Traveling with the Army on the Ninth TS’EN SHEN 34. A Concubine’s Lament HUANG-FU JAN 35. Written at Chulin Temple CHU FANG 36. Passing the Shrine to the Master of the Three Gates TAI SHU-LUN 37. Saying Goodbye on the Yi River LO PIN-WANG 38. Saying Goodbye to Lu Ch’in-ch’ing SSU-K’UNG SHU 39. In Reply THE ANCIENT RECLUSE