The Songs of Chu: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poetry by Qu Yuan and Others (Translations from the Asian Classics)

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Nine Songs (Jiuge) -- 2. "Leaving My Troubles" ("Li sao") -- 3. "Ask the Sky" ("Tian wen") -- 4. Nine Cantos (Jiuzhang) -- 5. "Wandering Far Away" ("Yuan you") -- 6. "The Diviner" ("Bu ju") and "The Fisherman" ("Yufu") -- 7. Nine Variations (Jiubian) -- 8. "Summoning the Soul" ("Zhao hun") -- 9. "The Great Summoning" ("Da zhao") -- 10. "Regretting the Vows" ("Xi shi") -- 11. "Mourning Qu Yuan" ("Diao Qu Yuan") and "The Owl Rhapsody" ("Fu fu") -- 12. "I Lament It Was Not My Destiny" ("Ai shiming") -- 13. "Calling the Hermit Back" ("Zhao yinshi") -- Appendix: Dating the Works in the Chuci -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: Yuan Qu
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: July 18, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0231166079
• | ISBN-13: 9780231166072