A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems

Hsiao (cir

ng, throughout

rriages driving

r doors and lay

out, it was no

-bred, ignor

e heat, make for

host, when he he

ns, but can thi

or it but to rise

rtable seat he g

tion does no

babbling, what

is almost de

if one isn't fin

ost in half with

ring down one's

at this is a

ractice a blot o

e caution

sitors should

EATH OF

ynasty of Wei, and died in A.D. 220. (The poem has b

see / his cu

d examine / hi

re there / j

ey belonged to

uddenly / ha

e behind /

l I look / o

w / in an en

cry the wan

dder / to their

ap / fly

ir little ones /

/ am d

days / of our

heart's /

se / can

saying /

akes us /

/ for my

rly / they

ing, / lo

re fixed on m

he good /

was he /

PAIGN A

PO

n-ti (A.D

1

hastens to yok

o on a journ

going on your j

f Wu where my

ide many tho

stern Road th

rivers bitte

the waters of

a skiff and cro

e, where shall

le is not

ould I go to my

2

dons the

est there is a

h, like a chario

was born in

g like a cloud p

e away far to

till I cam

s not my

o on staying a

up and never sp

ad and always l

INS OF

ith his father till he made a mistake in a campaign. In this poem he returns to lo

e ridge of Pe

n on the cit

g how sti

houses all b

ces all broke

mbles shooting

see the o

e the new

for the straig

grown and will neve

away such

know which s

ugly the emp

without the smo

ouse I lived in

tied and ca

us Anglo-Saxon fragment which I will

was the

y[19]

teads b

work t

are wr

rs t

of rune

on the

the show

and sh

under

s grip

[20] and

By

Rul

COCK

s'ao

s are sated with

ith the sound of "ku

lent and sits

go on to plac

es the sports

room, watching t

irds are all

ir tails and f

g wings stir

yes gleam wit

e struck, the fine fe

talons they woun

ies enter the

wings tirelessl

amp-oil lasts a

leave without w

es of th

VI

s'ao

vinces there is

ar high amon

the Eight Limits

across the un

y gown the red m

the white fringe

he dim lust

dragons mount

light of Time h

d upon the Wo

of Heaven

tes shine wit

r in the palace

the hall of

lies at his w

its are together in

in a bath of

h a belt of jas

ease gatherin

d touch the sc

gives me drug

23] hands me s

of food I evade t

to the enjoyment o

] S

Immor

N OF THE W

wife (third

neral Liu Hsün sent his wife back to her home, because

u curtain in f

to screen us from

h me when I left

ng you back w

up and lay you f

I ever take

GR

Chi (A.D

young I lea

at it than Croo

high as the

esounded beyo

ord to the d

horse at th

banners flapp

heard but the

travels have

e anger bur

of how I've

this fury t

famous

IST

ang (A.D.

t Wisdom and r

l wander in the

enting of

bring my he

ook in a si

s though I poss

hair and

ntiers men join

e purport

all wander in t

NTLE

an (died

nd fans the

shines on th

, but no one ans

but no one com

n brings in a

, but I do no

poverty is Fort

r are the handma

ms by the world ar

m no more than

O

Fu

t is to b

earth is he

leaning a

fallen out

s brave the

dust of a t

lad when a

family se

s up, she hid

ook a man i

when she le

ouds when th

head and comp

e pressed on

kneels coun

herself even t

stant as the s

ower bends to

re sundered tha

ils are heap

follow the y

ll find new

once like subst

ar as Hu fro

Ch'in shall

arting is like Ts

Two l

Two s

DR

(third ce

ng I played wi

y devoted to readin

made Chia I

mitated Ss?-

ows began singin

mmons came flyi

s were not m

ead Jang-Chū

d and my cries

Tung Wu were al

nife cuts best

ied on to the comp

ke to clear the Ya

to quell the T

done, I should no

bow, retire to a cot

R IN THE N

Tso

he captive bi

ngs against th

ed the scholar in

ow, he dwells i

, there is nowhe

rambles block

rial, but it is re

nded, like a fi

not a single fa

not a peck of gr

braid him for hi

callers daily de

to go preachin

nt a memorand

to pluck the

they are all w

river, one cannot dri

but there is n

rest can perch b

d be the wise

ATION OF T

ai (third c

how they ris

ds, four or fiv

buried unde

ere Lords of

"[27] gaze acro

is all grown

as falling, tumult

bbers roamed l

ave carried away mo

o vaults and opene

ards lie twist

set in them, thieve

mples are hummoc

nt round them are

the tangled th

hes through th

s rabbits have ma

istles will neve

the ploughshare

have their fields

once lords of a

he dust of the h

what Yün-

ed at the thought o

es of tw

f earth from the imperial tombs, and was executed by the poli

ot grieve you to think that after a hundred years this terrace wi

ER'S

. 245). Cf. the "Han

wandered in the st

d, I am left to l

I drove out fro

odged beneath the

un had sunk in t

ariot and reste

he mighty M

g the life bac

tance day by d

h will gradua

of old men

n can escape

] H

ALLEY

(fourth ce

tirement bey

enjoying

rope of my

window with r

tuned to the

e year there is a

ating cos

becomes a