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The works of Li Po, the Chinese poet

Li, Po (701-762)
  
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LI PO, THE CHINESE POET
  
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PREFACE
  
CONTENTS

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PART I
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INTRODUCTION
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POEMS BY LI PO
  
1. ON THE SHIP OF SPICE-WOOD
  
2. A SUMMER DAY
  
3. NOCTURNE
  
4. A FAREWELL SONG OF WHITE CLOUDS
  
5. THE LONG-DEPARTED LOVER
  
6. LADY YANG KUEI-FEI AT THE IMPERIAL FEAST OF THE PEONY—I
  
7. LADY YANG KUEI-FEI AT THE IMPERIAL FEAST OF THE PEONY—II
  
8. LADY YANG KUEI-FEI AT THE IMPERIAL FEAST OF THE PEONY—III
  
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 FIRST NIGHTINGALES
  
10. TO HIS FRIEND DEPARTING FOR SHUH
  
11. TO HIS THREE FRIENDS
  
12. ADDRESSED HUMOROUSLY TO TU FU
  
13. ON A PICTURE SCREEN
  
14. ON ASCENDING THE NORTH TOWER ONE AUTUMN DAY
  
15. THE SUMMIT TEMPLE
  
16. LAO-LAO TING, A TAVERN
  
17. THE NIGHT OF SORROW
  
18. THE SORROW OF THE JEWEL STAIRCASE
  
19. THE GIRL OF PA SPEAKS
  
20. THE WOMEN OF YUEH—I
  
21. THE WOMEN OF YUEH—II
  
22. THE WOMEN OF YUEH—III
  
23. THE WOMEN OF YUEH—IV
  
24. THE WOMEN OF YUEH—V
  
25. THE SOLITUDE OF NIGHT
  
26. THE MONUMENT OF TEARS
  
27. ON A QUIET NIGHT
  
28. THE BLUE WATER
  
29. THE CHING-TING MOUNTAIN
  
30. WITH A MAN OF LEISURE
  
31. THE YO-MEI MOUNTAIN MOON
  
32. ON THE CITY STREET
  
33. ON THE DEATH OF THE GOOD BREWER OF HSUAN-CHENG
  
34. TO HIS WIFE
  
35. THE POET THINKS OF HIS OLD HOME
  
36. SORROW OF THE LONG GATE PALACE—I
  
37. SORROW OF THE LONG GATE PALACE—II
  
38. AN ENCOUNTER IN THE FIELD
  
39. TO WANG LUN
  
40. ON SEEING OFF MENG HAO-JAN
  
41. ON BEING ASKED WHO HE IS
  
42. IN THE MOUNTAINS
  
43. THE FAIR QUEEN OF WU
  
44. WHILE JOURNEYING
  
45. THE RUIN OF THE KU-SU PALACE
  
46. THE RUIN OF THE CAPITAL OF YUEH
  
47. THE RIVER JOURNEY FROM WHITE KING CITY
  
48. BY THE GREAT WALL—I
  
49. BY THE GREAT WALL—II
  
50. THE IMPERIAL CONCUBINE
  
51. PARTING AT CHING-MEN
  
52. ON THE YO-YANG TOWER WITH HIS FRIEND, CHIA
  
53. AWAKENING FROM SLEEP ON A SPRING DAY
  
54. THREE WITH THE MOON AND HIS SHADOW
  
55. AN EXHORTATION
  
56. THE INTRUDER
  
57. THE CROWS AT NIGHTFALL
  
58. TO MENG HAO-JAN
  
59. TO TUNG TSAO-CHIU
  
60. TAKING LEAVE OF A FRIEND
  
61. MAID OF WU
  
62. THE LOTUS
  
63. TO HIS TWO CHILDREN
  
64. TO A FRIEND GOING HOME
  
65. A MOUNTAIN REVELRY
  
66. THE OLD DUST
  
67. A PAIR OF SWALLOWS
  
68. AT A RIVER TOWN
  
69. I AM A PEACH TREE
  
70. THE SILK SPINNER
  
71. CHUANG CHOU AND THE BUTTERFLY
  
72. THE POET MOURNS HIS JAPANESE FRIEND
  
73. IN THE SPRING-TIME ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE YANGTZE KIANG
  
74. THE STEEP ROAD TO SHUH
  
75. PARTING AT A TAVERN OF CHIN-LING
  
76. THE PHOENIX BIRD TOWER
  
77. HIS DREAM OF THE SKY-LAND: A FAREWELL POEM
  
78. IN MEMORIAM
  
79. ON THE ROAD OF AMBITION
  
80. TO TU FU FROM SAND HILL CITY
  
81. A VINDICATION
  
82. TO LUH, THE REGISTRAR
  
83. TO THE FISHERMAN
  
84. THE TEARS OF BANISHMENT
  
85. THE LOTUS GATHERER
  
86. THE SPORT-FELLOWS
  
87. THE DANCING GIRL
  
88. THE ROVER OF CHAO
  
89. TO HIS FRIEND AT CHIANG-HSIA
  
90. THE CATARACT OF LUH SHAN—I
  
91. THE CATARACT OF LUH SHAN—II
  
92. BEREFT OF THEIR LOVE
  
93. LADY WANG-CHAO—I
  
94. LADY WANG-CHAO—II
  
95. THE NORTH WIND
  
96. THE BORDERLAND MOON
  
97. THE NEFARIOUS WAR
  
98. BEFORE THE CASK OF WINE
  
99. YUAN TAN-CHIU OF THE EAST MOUNTAIN
  
100. LINES
  
101. THE BALLADS OF THE FOUR SEASONS
  
102. THE BALLADS OF THE FOUR SEASONS
  
103. THE BALLADS OF THE FOUR SEASONS
  
104. THE BALLADS OF THE FOUR SEASONS
  
105. TWO LETTERS FROM CHANG-KAN—I
  
106. TWO LETTERS FROM CHANG-KAN—II
  
107. ON ASCENDING THE SIN-PING TOWER
  
108. ON GOING TO VISIT A TAOIST RECLUSE ON MOUNT TAI-TIEN, BUT FAILING TO MEET HIM
  
109. AT THE CELL OF AN ABSENT MOUNTAIN PRIEST
  
110. ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT
  
111. A VISIT TO YUAN TAN-CHIU IN THE MOUNTAINS
  
112. A MIDNIGHT FAREWELL
  
113. THE SONG OF LUH SHAN
  
114. TO HIS WIFE ON HIS DEPARTURE—I
  
115. TO HIS WIFE ON HIS DEPARTURE—II
  
116. TO HIS WIFE ON HIS DEPARTURE—III
  
117. ON HIS WHITE HAIR
  
118. TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICE HSIN
  
119. ON HEARING THE FLUTE IN THE YELLOW CRANE HOUSE
  
120. ON HEARING THE FLUTE AT LO-CHENG ONE SPRING NIGHT
  
121. ON THE TUNG-TING LAKE—I
  
122. ON THE TUNG-TING LAKE—II
  
123. TO HIS WIFE
  
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.
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PART II
  
125. THE EIGHT IMMORTALS OF THE WINECUP
  
126. THE EX-MINISTER
  
127. A VISIT TO FAN WITH LI PO
  
128. PARTING WITH LI PO ON THE TUNG-TING LAKE
  
129. AN INVITATION TO LI PO
  
130. TO LI PO ON A SPRING DAY
  
131. TO LI PO
  
132. THE GRAVE OF LI PO
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PART III
  
THE PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE POETIC WORKS OF LI TAI-PO by LI YANG-PING MAGISTRATE OF TANG-TU, HSUAN-CHOU, OF THE TANG DYNASTY
  
LI PO—A BIOGRAPHY by LIU HSU
  
LI PO—A BIOGRAPHY by SUNG CHI

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BIBLIOGRAPHY
  
NOTES ON THE CHINESE TEXTS
  
TRANSLATIONS AND WORKS ON LI PO
  
POEMS OF LI PO TRANSLATED IN THIS BOOK
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87. THE DANCING GIRL

With her limpid voice,
Her pearly teeth revealing,
The northern maid, the prettiest child,
Sings "Downy grasses," instead of "Blue water."
Then, brushing her face with her long sleeve, she rises for your sake.
She dances like the winter-cloud that curls over the frothy sea;
She dances like the wild fowl of Tartary, wind-blown toward the sky.
The kingly hall is full of radiant faces; the pleasure will not end.
With sundown the flute sounds thicken, and the mellow voices of the singing girls.
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