Introduction
The Ancient Ballads
Poetry before the T`angs
The Poets of the T`ang Dynasty
A Poet's Emperor
Chinese Verse Form
The Influence of Religion on Chinese Poetry
The Odes of Confucius
Sadness
Trysting Time
The Soldier
Ch`u Yuan
The Land of Exile
Wang Seng-ju
Tears
Ch`en Tzu Ang
The Last Revel
Sung Chih-Wen
The Court of Dreams
Kao-Shih
Impressions of a Traveller
Desolation
Meng Hao-jan
The Lost One
A Friend Expected
Ch`ang Ch`ien
A Night on the Mountain
Ts`en-Ts`an
A Dream of Spring
Tu Fu
The Little Rain
A Night of Song
The Recruiting Sergeant
Chants of Autumn
Li Po
To the City of Nan-king
Memories with the Dusk Return
An Emperor's Love
On the Banks of Jo-yeh
Thoughts in a Tranquil Night
The Guild of Good-fellowship
Under the Moon
Drifting
Wang Ch`ang-ling
The Song of the Nenuphars
Tears in the Spring
Chang Chih-ho
A World Apart