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PART I—POEMS BY LI PO
Introduction	1
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1. On the Ship of Spice-wood	25
2. A Summer Day	27
3. Nocturne	28
4. A Farewell Song of White Clouds	29
5. The Long-Departed Lover	30
6. Lady Yang Kuei-fei at the Imperial Feast of the Peony—I	31
7. Lady Yang Kuei-fei at the Imperial Feast of the Peony—II	32
8. Lady Yang Kuei-fei at the Imperial Feast of the Peony—III	33
9. A Poem Composed at the Imperial Command in the Spring Garden, while Looking on the Newly Green Willows by the Dragon Pond and Listening to the Hundred-fold Notes of the Nightingales	34
10. To His Friend Departing for Shuh	36
11. To His Three Friends	37
12. Addressed Humorously to Tu Fu	39
13. On a Picture Screen	40
14. On Ascending the North Tower One Autumn Day	42
15. The Summit Temple	43
16. Lao-lao Ting, a Tavern	44
17. The Night of Sorrow	45
18. The Sorrow of the Jewel Staircase	46
19. The Girl of Pa Speaks	47
20. The Women of Yueh—I	48
21. The Women of Yueh—II	49
22. The Women of Yueh—III	50
23. The Women of Yueh—IV	51
24. The Women of Yueh—V	52
25. The Solitude of Night	53
26. The Monument of Tears	54
27. On a Quiet Night	55
28. The Blue Water	56
29. The Ching-ting Mountain	57
30. With a Man of Leisure	58
31. The Yo-Mei Mountain Moon	59
32. On the City Street	60
33. On the Death of the Good Brewer of Hsuan-cheng	61
34. To His Wife	62
35. The Poet Thinks of His Old Home	63
36. Sorrow of the Long Gate Palace—I	64
37. Sorrow of the Long Gate Palace—II	65
38. An Encounter in the Field	66
39. To Wang Lun	67
40 On Seeing off Meng Hao-jan	68
41. On Being Asked Who He is	70
42. In the Mountains	71
43. The Fair Queen of Wu	72
44. While Journeying	73
45. The Ruin of the Ku-su Palace	74
46. The Ruin of the Capital of Yueh	75
47. The River Journey from White King City	76
48. By the Great Wall—I	77
49. By the Great Wall—II	78
50. The Imperial Concubine	79
51. Parting at Ching-men	80
52. On the Yo-yang Tower with His Friend, Chia	81
53. Awakening from Sleep on a Spring Day	82
54. Three with the Moon and His Shadow	83
55. An Exhortation	84
56. The Intruder	86
57. The Crows at Nightfall	87
58. To Meng Hao-jan	88
59. To Tung Tsao-chiu	89
60. Taking Leave of a Friend	94
61. Maid of Wu	95
62. The Lotus	96
63. To His Two Children	97
64. To a Friend Going Home	99
65. A Mountain Revelry	100
66. The Old Dust	101
67. A Pair of Swallows	102
68. At a River Town	103
69. I Am a Peach Tree	104
70. The Silk Spinner	105
71. Chuang Chou and the Butterfly	106
72. The Poet Mourns His Japanese Friend	107
73. In the Spring-time on the South Side of the Yangtze Kiang	108
74. The Steep Road to Shuh	109
75. Parting at a Tavern of Chin-ling	113
76. The Phoenix Bird Tower	114
77. His Dream of the Sky-land: A Farewell Poem	115
78. In Memoriam	118
79. On the Road of Ambition	119
80. To Tu Fu from Sand Hill City	120
81. A Vindication	121
82. To Luh, the Registrar	122
83. To the Fisherman	123
84. The Tears of Banishment	124
85. The Lotus Gatherer	125
86. The Sport-Fellows	126
87. The Dancing Girl	127
88. The Rover of Chao	128
89. To His Friend at Chiang-Hsia	130
90. The Cataract of Luh Shan—I	132
91. The Cataract of Luh Shan—II	133
92. Bereft of Their Love	134
93. Lady Wang-chao—I	136
94. Lady Wang-chao—II	137
95. The North Wind	138
96. The Borderland Moon	140
97. The Nefarious War	141
98. Before the Cask of Wine	143
99. Yuan Tan-chiu of the East Mountain	144
100. Lines	145
101. The Ballads of the Four Seasons— Spring	146
102. The Ballads of the Four Seasons— Summer	148
103. The Ballads of the Four Seasons— Autumn	149
104. The Ballads of the Four Seasons— Winter	150
105. Two Letters from Chang-kan—I	151
106. Two Letters from Chang-kan—II	153
107. On Ascending the Sin-ping Tower	155
108. On Going to Visit a Taoist Recluse on Mount Tai-tien, but Failing to Meet Him	156
109. At the Cell of an Absent Mountain Priest	157
110. On a Moonlight Night	158
111. A Visit to Yuan Tan-chiu in the Mountains	159
112. A Midnight Farewell	160
113. The Song of Luh Shan	161
114. To His Wife on His Departure—I	163
115. To His Wife on His Departure—II	164
116. To His Wife on His Departure—III	165
117. On His White Hair	166
118. To the Honorable Justice Hsin	167
119. On Hearing the Flute in the Yellow Crane House	168
120. On Hearing the Flute at Lo-cheng One Spring Night	169
121. On the Tung-ting Lake—I	170
122. On the Tung-Ting Lake—II	171
123. To His Wife	172
124. To His Friend, Wei, the Good Governor of Chiang-hsia Written in Commemoration of the Old Friendship during the Days of His Banishment after the Tumult of War	173
PART II—POEMS BY OTHER POETS CONCERNING LI PO	183
125. The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup	185
126. The Ex-minister	187
127. A Visit to Fan with Li Po	189
128. Parting with Li Po on the Tung-ting Lake	190
129. An Invitation to Li Po	191
130. To Li Po on a Spring Day	193
131. To Li Po	194
132. The Grave of Li Po	195
PART III—BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES ON LI PO BY CHINESE AUTHORS	197
The Preface to the First Edition of the Poetical Works of Li Tai-po	199
Li Po—A Biography by Li Hsu	204
Li Po—A Biography by Sung Chi	206
BIBLIOGRAPHY	211
Notes on Chinese Texts	213
Translations and Works on Li Po	215
Poems of Li Po Translated in This Book	219