Thematic Contents
Preface to the How to Read Chinese Literature Series
Preface to the Volume
Chronology of Historical Events
Symbols and Abbreviations
Introduction: The Cultural Role of Chinese Poetry, by Zong-qi Cai
Part I: Pre-Han Times
1. Poetry and Diplomacy in The Zuo Commentary(Zuozhuan), by Wai-yee Li
2. Poetry and Authorship: The Songs of Chu (Chuci), by Stephen Owen
Part II: The Han Dynasty
3. Empire in Text: Sima Xiangru's "Sir Vacuous/Imperial Park Rhapsody"("Zixu/Shanglin fu"), by Yu-yu Cheng and Gregory Patterson
4. Poetry and Ideology: The Canonization of the Book of Poetry (Shijing) During the Han, by Zong-qi Cai
5. Love Beyond the Grave: A Tragic Tale of Love and Marriage in Han China, by Olga Lomová
Part III: The Six Dynasties
6. Heroes from Chaotic Times: The Three Caos, by Xinda Lian
7. The Worthies of the Bamboo Grove, by Nanxiu Qian
8. The Poetry of Reclusion: Tao Qian, by Alan Berkowitz
9. The Struggling Buddhist Mind: Shen Yue, by Meow Hui Goh
Part IV: The Tang Dynasty
10. Knight-Errantry: Tang Frontier Poems, by Tsung-Cheng Lin
11. Tang Civil Service Examinations, by Manling Luo
12. Tang Women at the Public/Private Divide, by Maija Bell Samei
13. Poetry and Buddhist Enlightenment: Wang Wei and Han Shan, by Chen Yinchi and Jing Chen
14. Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon: Li Bai and the Poetics of Wine, by Paula Varsano
15. Du Fu: The Poet as Historian, by Jack W. Chen
16. Poetry and Literati Friendship: Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen, by Ao Wang
17. Li He: Poetry as Obsession, by Robert Ashmore
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Glossary-Index