An Introduction to Chinese Poetry : : From the Canon of Poetry to the Lyrics of the Song Dynasty / / Michael Fuller.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 408
• VerfasserIn: Fuller, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2018.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English; Chinese
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 408.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 478 Seiten .) :; Illustrationen

"A textbook for learning how to read classical Chinese poetry. A four-part format is used throughout to help both students with and without knowledge of Chinese to better understand the poems: the Chinese text of the poem, a word-by-word rendering, a "technical" translation, and a pol...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Author's Note
• How to Use This Book
• Chronology
• List of Terms
• Chapter 1
• Classical Chinese in Historical Perspective
• The Basis for the Written Record: Chinese Characters
• The Sound Systems of Classical Chinese
• The Phonology of Middle Chinese
• The Sounds of Old Chinese
• The Morphology of Classical Chinese
• The Syntax of Classical Chinese
• Topic-Comment
• Verb-Object
• Types of Objects
• Locative Objects
• Indirect Objects
• Direct Objects and Causative Constructions
• Modifier-Modified
• Coordination
• Conclusion
• Chapter 2
• The Formal Structures of Chinese Poetry
• The Line
• The Line as Prosodic Unit
• Tonal Prosody
• The Caesura
• The Couplet
• The Quatrain Stanza and the Octave Poem
• Rhetorical Features of Chinese Poetic Language
• Rhetorical Tropes
• Metaphor and Simile
• Metonymy and Synecdoche
• Ornamentation
• Allusion
• Qualities of Voice: The Person in the Poem
• Voice
• Persona
• Implied Author
• Summary
• Interlude: On the Translation of Poetry
• Chapter 3
• The Canon of Poetry (Shijing)
• The Origin of the Canon of Poetry
• The Canon of Poetry and the Development of the Poetic Tradition
• The Structure of the Canon of Poetry
• 1. The "Airs of the States"
• 2. The "Lesser Ya"
• 3. The "Greater Ya"
• 4. The "Hymns"
• Selections from the Canon of Poetry
• From the "Airs of the States"
• From the "Greater Ya"
• From the "Hymns of Zhou"
• The Lyrics of Chu (Chu ci)
• Selected Poems from the Lyrics of Chu
• Encountering Sorrow
• The Nine Songs
• The Nine Pieces
• The Nine Transformations
• "The Fisherman"
• Interlude
• Chapter 4
• Chapter Four
• Poetry in the Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties
• Anonymous Poetry from the Music Bureau
• 有所思 There Is One I Long For
• 上 Oh, Above!
• 城窟 A Ballad: Watering My Horse by the Great Wall.
• Early Pentasyllabic Poetry
• 古 十九 第一 Nineteen Old Poems, no. 1
• 古 十九 第二 Nineteen Old Poems, no. 2
• 古 十九 第五 Nineteen Old Poems, no. 5
• 古 十九 第十五 Nineteen Old Poems, no.15
• 古 十九 第十九 Nineteen Old Poems, no. 19
• Poets of the Jian'an Reign Period
• Cao Cao 曹操 (155-220)
• Ballad of Bramble Village14F
• 短歌 Short Ballad
• Cao Zhi 曹植 (192-232)
• Miscellaneous Poem
• 應氏二 第一 Seeing Off Mr. Ying (the first of two poems)
• Wang Can王粲 (177-217)
• 七哀 Seven Laments, 2 poems, no. 1
• The Wei Dynasty
• Ruan Ji 籍 (210-63)
• 懷 第一 Chanting My Thoughts, no. 1
• The Western Jin Dynasty
• The Dominant Western Jin Literary Form: The Fu
• 思 Thinking of Former Times38F
• Pan Yue 潘岳 (247-300)
• 悼亡 三 第一 Mourning the Departed, 3 poems, no. 1
• Zuo Si 左思 (ca. 250-ca. 305)
• 史 八 第六 Chanting of History, 8 poems, no. 6
• Lu Ji 機 (261-303)
• 擬明月何皎皎 Imitating "How Radiant Is the Bright Moon"
• 又 洛 中作 二 第二 Again on the Road to Luoyang, 2 poems, no. 2
• Guo Pu 璞 (276-324)
• 仙 十四 第一 Poems on Wandering Immortals, 14 poems, no. 1
• Appendix to Chapter 4
• Cao Pi 曹丕
• Chapter 5
• The Maturing of Convention: The Poetry of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
• North and South
• Tao Qian 潛 (365-427)
• Xie Lingyun (385-433)
• Bao Zhao 照 (ca. 415-70)
• Xie Tiao 朓 (464-99)
• Southern Folk Songs
• He Xun 何 (d. 518)
• Xiao Gang 綱 (503-51)
• Yu Jianwu 庾 吾 (487-551)
• Yu Xin 庾信 (513-81)
• Appendix to Chapter 5
• Wang Xizhi 王羲之 (321-79)
• Chapter 6
• Early and High Tang Poetry before Du Fu
• Wang Bo 王勃 (650-76)
• Song Zhiwen 宋之問 (ca. 651-712)
• Shangguan Wan'er 上官婉兒 (664-710)
• Chen Zi'ang 子昂 (661-702)
• Wang Zhihuan 王之渙 (688-742)
• Meng Haoran 孟浩然 (689-ca. 740)
• Wang Wei 王維 (701?-61)
• Cui Hao 崔 (704?-54)
• Li Bai 李白 (701-62)
• Chapter 7
• Du Fu
• Du Fu's Life
• Du Fu's Poetry
• Chapter 8.
• The Historical Context
• Bai Juyi 白居易 (772-846)
• Han Yu 愈 (768-824)
• Meng Jiao 孟 (751-814)
• Jia Dao 島 (779-854)
• Li He 李 (790-816)
• Li Shangyin 李商 (ca. 812-58)
• Du Mu 杜牧 (803-53)
• Wen Tingyun 溫庭筠 (ca. 812-66)
• Yu Xuanji 玄機 (ca. 844-ca. 868)
• Chapter 9
• The Growth of a New Poetic Form: The Song Lyric
• The Early Development of Ci during the Tang Dynasty
• 【楊柳枝】 To the Tune "Willow Branch"
• "Southern" Ci by Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi
• 【憶江南】 To the Tune "Recalling the Southland"
• 【竹枝 】 To the Tune "Bamboo Branch"
• Wen Tingyun 溫庭筠 (ca. 812-66) and the Entertainment Quarters
• 【更漏子】 To the Tune "The Water Clock"
• 【 】 To the Tune "Pusa man"1F
• Literati Appropriation of Ci in the Five Dynasties
• The Former Shu
• The Later Shu
• Among the Flowers
• Wei Zhuang (d. 910)
• 【 】 To the Tune "Pusa man"
• 【女冠子】　 To the Tune "Nü guanzi"6F
• Gu Xiong 敻
• 【 情】 To the Tune "Speaking of Innermost Feelings"
• The Southern Tang Court
• Feng Yansi 延巳 (903-60)
• 【 枝】 To the Tune "Magpie Treading the Branch"9F
• 【 桑子】 To the Tune "Picking Mulberries"
• Li Yu 李煜 (937-78)
• 【浪淘沙】 To the Tune "Billows Scour the Sand"
• 【 美人】 To the Tune "Fair Lady Yu"
• Poetic Innovations during the Northern Song
• Yan Shu 晏殊 (991-1055)
• 【 情】 To the Tune "Plaint of Inner Feelings"
• Zhang Xian 張先 (980-1078)
• 【天仙子】 To the Tune "Heavenly Immortal"
• Liu Yong 柳永 (987?-1053?)
• 【曲玉管】 To the Tune "Qu yu guan"
• 【定 波】 To the Tune "Settling the Waves"
• 【八 甘州】 To the Tune "Eight Sounds of Ganzhou"
• Su Shi (1037-1101)
• 【江神子】 To the tune "River Goddess"14F
• 【水 歌 】 To the Tune "Water Tune Prelude"
• 【 曲】 To the Tune "A Melody of Yang Pass"20F
• 【念奴嬌】 To the Tune "The Allure of Niannu"23F
• Chapter 10
• Introduction
• Zhou Bangyan 周 彥 (1056-1121)
• 【瑞 吟】 To the Tune "Chant of the Auspicious Dragon"1F.
• 【 河】 To the Tune "Western River"
• 【 美人】 To the Tune "Fair Lady Yu"
• Li Qingzhao 李清照 (1084-ca.1147)
• 【 慢】 To the Tune "Note on Note (extended)"
• 【如夢令】 To the Tune "Like a Dream"
• 【如夢令】 To the Tune "Like a Dream"
• 【永 樂】 To the Tune "Always Encountering Joy"
• Xin Qiji 棄疾 (1140-1207)
• 【摸 兒】 To the Tune "Feeling for Fish"
• 【 新 】 To the Tune "Congratulating the Bridegroom"
• Jiang Kui 姜夔 (ca. 1155-1221)
• 【揚州慢】 To the tune "Yangzhou (extended)"
• 【探春慢】 To the tune "Seeking Spring" (extended)
• 【暗 】 To the Tune "Hidden Fragrance"
• 【疏影】 To the Tune "Sparse Shadows"
• Wu Wenying 吳文 (ca. 1200-ca. 1260, or 1215-76)
• 【八 甘州】 To the Tune "Eight Sounds of Ganzhou"
• 【 入松】 To the Tune "The Wind Entering the Pines"
• Zhang Yan 張炎 (1248-ca. 1320)
• 【 】 To the Tune "Gaoyang Terrace"65F
• 【甘州】 To The tune "Ganzhou"
• 【清平樂】 To the Tune "Qingping le"
• Conclusion
• Appendix I
• Chapter 1: The Classical Chinese Language
• Chapter 2: The Formal and Rhetorical Features of Chinese Poetry
• Interlude: On the Translation of Poetry
• Chapter 3: Origins of the Poetic Tradition
• Chapter 4: Poetry in the Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties
• Chapter 5: Northern and Southern Dynasties Poetry
• Chapter 6: Early and High Tang Poetry before Du Fu
• Chapter 7: Du Fu
• Chapter 8: Middle and Late Tang Poetry
• Chapter 9: The Song Lyric as a New Form
• Chapter 10: The Song Lyric in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
• Appendix II
• Suggested Readings
• General Histories, Anthologies, and Essay Collections
• Chapter 1: The Classical Chinese Language
• Chapter 2: The Formal and Rhetorical Features of Chinese Poetry
• Chapter 3: Origins of the Poetic Tradition
• Chapter 4: Poetry of the Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties
• Chapter 5: Northern and Southern Dynasties Poetry
• Chapter 6: Early and High Tang Poetry before Du Fu.
• Chapter 7: Du Fu
• Chapter 8: Middle and Late Tang Poetry
• Chapters 9 and 10: The Song Lyric
• Permissions.