A Lute of Jade: Being Selections from the Classical Poets of China

by L. Cranmer-Byng

[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are capitalized.
Some slight errors have been corrected.]

[Due to the method of transliteration used in this text,including many accent marks (and some strange ones),please refer to the following chart to see how these wordsoriginally appeared, and how they are presented in this text.In each case, the line with the letters is the same as in the text,and the accent marks are on the line above.

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 responsiblefor these transliterations.]

[This etext has been transcribed from a New York edition of 1909.Please note that not only is the system of transliteration out of date(though perhaps still easier to use than the current standard),but other things may be out of date as well. The study of Chinese literaturehas come a long way from the time when Mr. Cranmer-Byng had to includebooks in four languages to come up with a short bibliography.Still, this book may serve well as an introduction to the subject.]

A LUTE OF JADE

To Professor Herbert Giles

A Lute of Jade

Being Selections from the Classical Poets of China

Rendered with an Introductionby L. Cranmer-ByngAuthor 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

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