Literature

"'Fair, Fair,' Cry the Ospreys" (a Chinese poem in celebration of a royal marriage)

"Falling Flowers" (a short poem--the party is over)

"Impromptu" (the poet Meng Chiao's advice to young men concerning women)

"Inch of Ashes: The East Wind Sighs" (heartbreak and illicit liasons by night)

"In the Wilds There is a Dead Doe" (a Mandarin poem about a lady seduced by a knight in the woods)

"King Wên is on High" (a dynastic poem celebrating the nobility of Zhou and the Mandate of Heaven)

"Mighty is God on High." (a dynastic poem celebrating the rise of the Zhou and the fall of the Yin,)

"Outside the Eastern Gate" (a love-sick young man's lamentation as he seeks "Mrs. Right")

"Song of the Bronze Statue" (a haunting and beautiful poem about past civilizations and the passage of time)

"Starshine and Non-Being" (a philosophical conundrum by Chuang-Tzu)

"The Stones Where the Wood Haft Rotted" (the passage of time told in the imagery of Chinese folklore)

Ta Ssu Ming ("The Greater Master of Fate")

Tao Te Ching (some excerpts from Lao-Tzu's philosophical and poetic work on the Tao--the Way)

To Li Chien (an old soldier thinking back on his friends in youth)

Toward Evening (a short poem about an unhappy marriage)

"Unsteady is that Cypress Boat" (a poem about romantic betrayal)

"A Very Handsome Gentleman" (a poem about a girl's regrets and the strictness of her family)

"When I Was Alive" (alias "Bearer's Song"--a poem about death from the viewpoint of the dead).