Inscription on a Humble Room

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword iii
3. Acknowledgments vi
4. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
5. Fair, Fair, Cry of the Ospreys 1
6. Buxom Is the Peach Tree 7
7. Climbing the Mountain to Collect Herbs 9
8. Going on, Always on and on 13
9. Distant and Faint the Herd-Boy Star 18
10. To My Cousin 22
11. Song of Yān 25
12. Miscellaneous Poems: the Fourth 30
13. On Returning to My Garden and Field 33
14. Building a Hut in the Human World 39
15. A Song of the Chilè Prairie 42
16. The Ballad of Mùlàn 44
17. Climbing the Gate Tower at Yōuzhōu 58
18. Ascend the Guànquè Tower 60
19. A Spring Daybreak 62
20. A Song of Wèichéng 64
21. At Leisure in Wăng River: a Poem to Péi Dí 67
22. Sitting Alone in Jìngtíng Mountain 71
23. Sailing Down to Jiānglíng 73
24. Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon 76
25. In Chángshā Passing Jiă Yì' s Residence 79
26. Night Thoughts Aboard a Boat 84
27. Climbing the Heights 87
28. Night Mooring at Fēng Bridge 91
29. Autumn Night: A Poem to Qiū, the 22nd 94
30. Asking Liú, the Nineteenth 96
31. Snow on River 98
32. A Wanderer's Song 100
33. Looking for a Recluse but Missed Him 103
34. Pure Brightness 105
35. Travelling in the Mountain 108
36. Drinking on the Lake, Sunny, Then It Rains 111
37. A Brief Introduction to Regulated Verse 114
38. Fisherman's Song 122
39. Reminiscing about Jiāngnán 124
40. The Beautiful Lady Yú 126
41. Raw Plum 130
42. Prelude to Water Melody 133
43. Immortal at the River 139
44. An Immortal on the Magpie Bridge 142
45. As in a Dream: a Song 146
46. An Ugly Slave 149
47. Sky-Clear Sand 151
48. An Old Fisherman 155
49. Preface to the Lántíng Poems 165
50. Biography of Master Five Willow Trees 180
51. Record of the Peach Blossom Spring 187
52. Selections from New Tales of the World 198
53. On Horse 209
54. Inscription on a Humble Room 214
55. An Elk in Línjiāng County 219
56. An Old Oil Peddler 224
57. On the Love of Lotus 229
58. A Rhyme Prose - Red Cliff 233
59. A Note on the Burial of Hánhuā 255
60. Watching Snow at Húxīntíng 259
61. Bănqiáo Writes on Painting 264
62. A Letter in Reply to Secretariat Xiè 270
63. A Brief Introduction to Parallel Prose 276
64. Appendix 284