Part 1

A Lute of Jade: Being Selections from the Classical Poets of China by L. Cranmer-Byng

Names of People --------------- " " ^ ^ " Ch`u Yuan Meng Hao-jan Ts`en-Ts`an Po Chu-i

" ^ * * Ssu-K`ung T`u T`ai Chen Lao Tzu Chuang Tzu

Names of Places --------------- * " Ssuch`uan Ch`u

The accent marked by an asterisk resembles the lower half of a circle.

It is noted in the appendix that Mr. Lionel Giles is responsible for these transliterations.]

A LUTE OF JADE

To Professor Herbert Giles

A Lute of Jade

Being Selections from the Classical Poets of China

Rendered with an Introduction by L. Cranmer-Byng Author of "The Odes of Confucius"

With lutes of gold and lutes of Jade Li Po

Contents

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

Chang Jo-hu