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