Waiting for the Unicorn: Poems and Lyrics of China's Last Dynasty, 1644-1911 (Chinese Literature in Translation) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0253363217 ISBN 13: 9780253363213

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1986

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Chinese poetry anthology.

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Dare I Dislike The Green Pond For The Reflection by Ch'en Pao-shen
Inscription For My Evergreen Pavilion by Ch'en Pao-shen
On The Twenty-second Night Of The Seventh Month ... by Ch'en Pao-shen
The Three Peaks Beyond My Pavilion Show No Human Feelings by Ch'en Pao-shen
A Night At My Lodge by Ch'en San-li
On The Night Of The Fourteenth Of The Eleventh Month ... by Ch'en San-li
Prospect Of The Wilds by Ch'en San-li
Strolling In The Moonlight by Ch'en San-li
View From The Pavilion On A Moonlit Night by Ch'en San-li
One Summer Day, Invited By Mr. Shih Chu-an ... by Ch'en Wei-sung
The Song Of The Boat Trackers by Ch'en Wei-sung
Tune: Fa-chia Tao-yin (taoist Nun's Song): The Hungry Crow by Ch'en Wei-sung
Tune: Ho Hsin-lang: Written On Yun-lang's Nuptial Day by Ch'en Wei-sung
Tune: Yu Mei-jen (the Beautiful Lady Yu): Listlessness by Ch'en Wei-sung
Drinking Wine: Second Series by Ch'ien Ch'ien-yi
Lotus Pond by Ch'ien Ch'ien-yi
Upon Reading The Boudoir Poem Of Mei-ts'un: Impressions by Ch'ien Ch'ien-yi
Watching A Game Of Chess: Second Series by Ch'ien Ch'ien-yi
Willow Creek by Ch'ien Ch'ien-yi
Written In Prison by Ch'ien Ch'ien-yi
Random Feelings: Written In Japan by Ch'iu Chin
A Song Of The Precious Knife by Ch'iu Chin
A Song: Promoting Women's Rights by Ch'iu Chin
Tune: Man Chiang Hung (full River Bed) by Ch'iu Chin
Written On Board A Ship On The Yellow Sea ... by Ch'iu Chin
An Ancient Plum Tree At The K'ai-hsien Buddhist Monastery by Ch'u Ta-chun
Fishing Jetty by Ch'u Ta-chun
Inscribed On T'ai-po Shrine, At Colored Stone Jetty by Ch'u Ta-chun
Snow by Ch'u Ta-chun
Tune: Meng Chiang-nan (dreaming Of The South) by Ch'u Ta-chun
Written At The Year's End, While Visiting Chien-ling by Ch'u Ta-chun
Written Upon Coming Again To The Tu-hsu Taiost Temple by Ch'u Ta-chun
After A Rain by Cha Shen-hsing
Autumn Impressions by Cha Shen-hsing
The Customs Station At Weed Lake by Cha Shen-hsing
A Song Of Bitter Drought by Cha Shen-hsing
A Song Of Crows Gleaning The Grain by Cha Shen-hsing
Boating On Feng Stream On The Double Fifth by Chang Hui-yen
Composed On A Spring Day And Shown To Yang Tzu-shan by Chang Hui-yen
Hsiang-chien Huan (joy At Meeting): 002 by Chang Hui-yen
Tune: Hsiang-chien Huan (joy At Meeting): 001 by Chang Hui-yen
Tune: Huan Hsi Sha by Chang Hui-yen
Moving To The Cottage Of Pines & Bamboo On The Third Day ... by Chang Wen-t'ao
On Calligraphy by Chang Wen-t'ao
On Literature by Chang Wen-t'ao
A Poem On Returning Home by Chang Wen-t'ao
Fireflies by Chao Chih-hsin
A Mid-autumn Night by Chao Chih-hsin
Miscellaneous Poems On Mountain Travel: 1 by Chao Chih-hsin
Miscellaneous Poems On Mountain Travel: 2 by Chao Chih-hsin
On Poetry by Chao Chih-hsin
Presented To A Mountain Dweller by Chao Chih-hsin
Mocking Myself by Chao Yi
On Poetry: 1 by Chao Yi
On Poetry: 2 by Chao Yi
On Poetry: 3 by Chao Yi
The Red Cliff by Chao Yi
Responding To A Poem On T'ai-po Pavilion At Colored Stone by Chao Yi
Sleepless At The Fifth Watch by Chao Yi
Watching An Opera: Impressions by Chao Yi
Flight From Famine: A Ballad by Chen Hsieh
Martyred Widow Liu Of Hai-ling: A Ballad by Chen Hsieh
Poor Scholar by Chen Hsieh
Tune: Jui-ho Hsien: Kings And Emperors by Chen Hsieh
Tune: Jui-ho Hsien: Powerful Officials by Chen Hsieh
Tune: Jui-ho Hsien: The Fisherman by Chen Hsieh
Tune: Jui-ho Hsien: The Monk by Chen Hsieh
Tune: Jui-ho Hsien: The Tavernkeeper by Chen Hsieh
A Discussion Of Poetry To Demonstrate To The Students by Cheng Chen
Evening Prospect by Cheng Chen
A Lament For Those Who Hanged Themselves by Cheng Chen
Miscellaneous Poems Composed While Drinking Wine: 001 by Cheng Chen
Miscellaneous Poems Composed While Drinking Wine: 002 by Cheng Chen
On Hearing That On The Sixteenth Day Of The Tenth Month ... by Cheng Chen
On Hearing The Market Outside East Gate Has Been Burned Down by Cheng Chen
Reading Beside Ox Rail River by Cheng Chen
Responding To (t'ao) Yuan-ming's Drinking Wine Poems by Cheng Chen
Night Of The Full Moon by Cheng Hsiao-hsu
A Random Poem by Cheng Hsiao-hsu
Returning To Nanking by Cheng Hsiao-hsu
Upon Returning To The Capital In 1923 by Cheng Hsiao-hsu
Written On The Wall Of Ku Tzu-p'eng's Studio by Cheng Hsiao-hsu
Wu Family Thatched Hall by Cheng Hsiao-hsu
Fellow Wanderers Gather For The Night In Late Autumn ... by Cheng Wen-cho
Tune: Yang-liu Chih (willow Branch) by Cheng Wen-cho
Tune: Yeh Chin-men by Cheng Wen-cho
The (new) Moon On The Night Of The Third Of The Month by Chiang Ch'un-lin
On 19 December 1853, The (taiping) Rebels Are Approaching... by Chiang Ch'un-lin
Tune: T'a So Hsing: A Descriptive Piece For April, 1853 by Chiang Ch'un-lin
Tune: Yu Mei-jen by Chiang Ch'un-lin
Crossing Several Mountain Ridges On My Way To P'u-ch'eng ... by Chiang Shih
Getting Up Early At Lakeside Pavilion: 001 by Chiang Shih
Getting Up Early At Lakeside Pavilion: 002 by Chiang Shih
Night At An Inn: Written In The Style Of Meng Chiao by Chiang Shih
An Evening Prospect: City Lights by Chiang Shih-ch'uan
Expelling Witches by Chiang Shih-ch'uan
Sixteen Songs Of The Capital: Chicken Feather Shop by Chiang Shih-ch'uan
Toasting The Moon At Ten-thousand-year Bridge by Chiang Shih-ch'uan
Ballad Of The Girl From Lan-ling by Chin Ho
Strolling In Simplicity Garden For The First Time by Chin Ho
Capriciousness by Chin Jen-jui
Don't Ask by Chin Jen-jui
Last Word: For My Son Yung by Chin Jen-jui
The Tiniest Of Lives by Chin Jen-jui
Elegy For Myself by Ching An
Inscribed On A Painting Fishing In Snow On A Wintry River by Ching An
Mountian Dwelling by Ching An
Thoughts On Climbing The Swept-leaves Pavilion ... by Ching An
New Year's Eve In The Year Keng-tzu (1900) by Chu Hsiao-tsang
On The Ninth, Outside Feng-yi Gate, I Passed ... by Chu Hsiao-tsang
Tune: Huan Hsi Sha by Chu Hsiao-tsang
Brown Oxen Knoll by Chu Yi-tsun
Chia Mountain Monastery by Chu Yi-tsun
Crossing Ta-yu Mountain Ridge by Chu Yi-tsun
Evening View From P'eng-lai Pavilion by Chu Yi-tsun
Mallard Lake Boating Songs by Chu Yi-tsun
Pine Pavilion Hill by Chu Yi-tsun
A Self-portrait: Inscribed Upon My Own Collection Of Lyrics by Chu Yi-tsun
Sent To My Beloved Far Away by Chu Yi-tsun
Southern Pavilion by Chu Yi-tsun
Tune: P'u-sa Man: Climbing Ch'ing-shou Tower At Yun-chung by Chu Yi-tsun
Tune: Sheng-ch'a Tzu: Walking To Mou-chou At Dawn by Chu Yi-tsun
Tune: Shui-lung Yin: Visiting The Temple Of Chang Tzu-fang by Chu Yi-tsun
Tune: Tieh Lien Hua by Chuang Yu
Random Verses From A Boat: 1 by Fan Tseng-hsiang
Random Verses From A Boat: 2 by Fan Tseng-hsiang
Random Verses From A Boat: 3 by Fan Tseng-hsiang
A Contrary Wind by Ho Shao-chi
I Love Mountains by Ho Shao-chi
Mountain Rain by Ho Shao-chi
Samantabhadra Facing Westward by Ho Shao-chi
In Imitation Of Sun Kuang-hsien's (style) by Hsiang Hung-tso
Sent To Wu Tzu-lu Who Wished To See My Recent Lyrics by Hsiang Hung-tso
Tune: Huan Hsi Sha by Hsiang Hung-tso
Boudoir Feeling by Hsu Ts'an
Headwaters Of The Lung River by Hsu Ts'an
Moon Over The Mountain Pass by Hsu Ts'an
Rain On The Night Of The Full Moon by Hsu Ts'an
Gift For An Old Official by Hsuan-yeh
Hunting In The Ordos, The Pheasants And Hares Were Many by Hsuan-yeh
Lines In Praise Of A Self-chiming Clock by Hsuan-yeh
After Rain by Hsueh Shao-hui
Ancient Sentiments by Hsueh Shao-hui
Emperor Wen by Hsueh Shao-hui
For My Husband Who Sent Me Several Rubbings ... by Hsueh Shao-hui
In Honor Of My Husband's Fiftieth Birthday by Hsueh Shao-hui
A Caged Tiger: A Ballad by Huang Ching-jen (1749-1783)
Dawn Snow by Huang Ching-jen (1749-1783)
The Grave Of Li Po by Huang Ching-jen (1749-1783)
A Note To My Friends, While Slightly Ill by Huang Ching-jen (1749-1783)
A Sail On The Lake After Rain by Huang Ching-jen (1749-1783)
Ballad Of Ch'ao-chou by Huang Tsun-hsien
Ballad Of The Great London Fog by Huang Tsun-hsien
My Small Daughter by Huang Tsun-hsien
Song Of The Exile by Huang Tsun-hsien
Cold-night Moon - In The Manner Of Meng Tung-yeh by Huang Tsung-hsi
Encountering Fire Again In The Fifth Month by Huang Tsung-hsi
Encountering Fire In Early Spring, 1662 by Huang Tsung-hsi
Hearing The Cuckoo On The Nineteenth Day Of The Third Month by Huang Tsung-hsi
Miscellaneous Songs From Living In The Mountains: 1 by Huang Tsung-hsi
Miscellaneous Songs From Living In The Mountains: 2 by Huang Tsung-hsi
Miscellaneous Songs From Living In The Mountains: 3 by Huang Tsung-hsi
Rising Early With My Son Chih To Leave Tung-ming ... by Huang Tsung-hsi
A Ballad Of Springtime River: Presented To Wang The Elder by Hung Liang-chi
Chatting About The Past With Huang The Elder (ching-jen) by Hung Liang-chi
On The Road To An-hsi by Hung Liang-chi
Small Pavilion by Hung Liang-chi
Upon Arriving At Ili, Recalling What I Saw On The Road by Hung Liang-chi
Winding Pond by Hung Liang-chi
Written On A Boat On The Ch'ien-t'ang River by Hung Liang-chi
The Fire Of The Fireflies by Hung Sheng
An Old Sophora Tree by Hung Sheng
On Rising At Dawn And Seeing The Mountains by Hung Sheng
Passing The Night At The Monastery Of Eternal Peace by Hung Sheng
The Thatched Cottage by Hung Sheng
Discussing Poetry With Shu-yuan & Sent To Jen-kung, Ju-po .. by K'ang Yu-wei
In Lieu Of A Preface To The Great Commonwealth Book by K'ang Yu-wei
Seeing Spring Off by K'ang Yu-wei
Upon Leaving The Capital: A Farewell To My Several Friends by K'ang Yu-wei
Visiting Mount Vernon And Playing Homage ... by K'ang Yu-wei
I Awake Crying On My Birthday, The Twenty-fifth Day ... by K'uang Chou-yi
Thoughts Upon Hearing A Singer by K'uang Chou-yi
Tune: Shui-lung Yin by K'uang Chou-yi
Tune: Tieh Lien Hua by K'uang Chou-yi
Ching-wei by Ku Yen-wu
Eight Feet by Ku Yen-wu
Mocking Myself by Ku Yen-wu
Po-hsia by Ku Yen-wu
In A Dream, I Visited A Place Called The Monestery ... by Ku-t'ai-ch'ing
Sitting In Meditation: A Random Thought by Ku-t'ai-ch'ing
Tune: Huan Hsi Sha: Sitting Up At Night by Ku-t'ai-ch'ing
I Saw A Professional Juggler By The Roadside ... by Kung Tzu-chen
In City Of Wu (soochow), I Obtained A Recored Of Names ... by Kung Tzu-chen
Miscellaneous Poems Of The Year Chi-hai (1839): 001 by Kung Tzu-chen
Miscellaneous Poems Of The Year Chi-hai (1839): 003 by Kung Tzu-chen
Miscellaneous Poems Of The Year Chi-hai (1839): 004 by Kung Tzu-chen
Miscellaneous Poems Of The Year Chi-hai (1839): 005 by Kung Tzu-chen
Tune: Pu-suan Tzu by Kung Tzu-chen
Bent Willows by Li Chien
The Dying Lamp by Li Chien
Modern Poem In Response To Wild Geese On The Lake by Li Chien
My Little Garden by Li Chien
Strolling Under The Moon by Li Chien
A Cowherd's Song: In Imitation Of Chang Chi by Li E
Leaving Southern Screen Hill At Dawn & Crossing The Lake ... by Li E
Passing Seven-mile Rapids On A Moonlit Night ... by Li E
Passing Through South Lake Again by Li E
South Lake In The Rain by Li E
Spending The Night At Monk Ch'ao Yun's Retreat ... by Li E
Written On The Lake After A Shower, On The 16th Of 7th Month by Li E
On A Rainy Evening: Written In Playful Imitation Of Yi-shan by Li Tz'u-ming
While On An Evening Stroll Outside The Gates ... by Li Tz'u-ming
Written At Night, After Dreaming That I Had Returned Home... by Li Tz'u-ming
After The Rain by Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
Night On The First Full Moon by Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
Random Thoughts On Autumn by Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
The Scarlet Red Tree by Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
Thoughts At The End Of Spring - A Farewell Poem ... by Liang Ch'i-ch'ao
Poem On A Sleeping Butterfly by Liu Shih
Tune: T'a So Hsing (treading A Sedge): Sending A Letter by Liu Shih
A Tz'u-yun Poem Written In Response. Tiger Hill by Liu Shih
Impressions Of A Night's Stay At Shuang-lin Temple: 002 by Na-lan Hsing-te
Impressions Of A Night's Stay At Shuang-lin Temple: 003 by Na-lan Hsing-te
Impressions Of A Night's Stay At Shuang-lin Temple: 004 by Na-lan Hsing-te
In Imitation Of Ancient-style Poetry by Na-lan Hsing-te
A Song Of The Wild Crane: Presented To A Friend by Na-lan Hsing-te
Tune: Ch'ing-yu An: Stopping Overnight At Black Dragon River by Na-lan Hsing-te
Tune: Che-ku T'ien (cuckoo Sky) by Na-lan Hsing-te
Tune: Chin-lou Ch'u: Sent To Liang-fen by Na-lan Hsing-te
Tune: Huan Hsi Sha by Na-lan Hsing-te
Tune: P'u-sa Man by Na-lan Hsing-te
Tune: Yi Chang-nan (remembering The South) by Na-lan Hsing-te
Mooring In The Evening At Plum Village by P'eng Sun-yu
Musing Beneath A Pine by P'eng Sun-yu
North-of-the-river Rhymes by P'eng Sun-yu
On The Road To Tang Lake by P'eng Sun-yu
Tune: Pu-suan Tzu (song Of Divination): Summer Solstice by P'eng Sun-yu
Tune: Sheng-ch'a Tzu: A Traveler's Night by P'eng Sun-yu
Ditty: Below The Frontier by Shen Te-ch'ien
Mooring My Boat At Pan-ch'a by Shen Te-ch'ien
Song On A Pine On Yellow Mountain by Shen Te-ch'ien
A Ballad Of Hu-hsi by Shih Jun-chang
A Ballad Of One Hundred Fathoms by Shih Jun-chang
Falling Teeth by Shih Jun-chang
A Random Song On Approaching A River by Shih Jun-chang
Songs On Accompanying The Governor-general: 001 by Shih Jun-chang
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About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0253363217
• ISBN 13: 9780253363213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 423