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Gems of Chinese Verse

Jiuling Zhang 張九齡 (673 - 740), Bai Li 李白 (701 - 762) et al.
Translated by W. J. B. Fletcher (1879 - 1933)

Translations of various Chinese poets' work. - Summary by KevinS

Genre(s): Anthologies

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1808), chinese (29), translation (13)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface, Introduction, and Poem	KevinS	00:06:50
Play 01	The Old Pavilion by Li Po	KevinS	00:00:49
Play 02	Return with Spring by Li Po	KevinS	00:01:12
Play 03	Delights of the Palace by Li Po	KevinS	00:02:18
Play 04	On the Frontier by Li Po	KevinS	00:00:59
Play 05	On the Frontier (2) by Li Po	Larry Wilson	00:00:53
Play 06	Absence by Li Po	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:59
Play 07	The Wife's Lament by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:53
Play 08	The Crows That Caw by Night by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:55
Play 09	Our Parting at Kinling Inn by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:53
Play 10	Chang Liang by Li Po	Larry Wilson	00:01:24
Play 11	The Feast of Life by Li Po	Sonia	00:02:04
Play 12	Ts'ung Shan by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:51
Play 13	Coming Down from Chung-nan by Li Po	Sonia	00:01:16
Play 14	Hsi Shih's Wedding by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:58
Play 15	The Huang Ho Lou by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:45
Play 16	The Moon Shines Everywhere by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:39
Play 17	The Boating Party by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:37
Play 18	Quitting Poti at Dawn by Li Po	James White	00:00:37
Play 19	Kinling by Li Po	James White	00:00:58
Play 20	Mr. Yung's Secluded Retreat by Li Po	James White	00:00:54
Play 21	The Fallen Terrace by Li Po	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:59
Play 22	Tung Shan Cave by Li Po	Skip Gaul	00:00:39
Play 23	The Lover of Scenery by Li Po	Skip Gaul	00:00:32
Play 24	Age's Rime by Li Po	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:49
Play 25	The Steps of Disappointment by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:39
Play 26	Cattle Isle by Li Po	Sonia	00:01:00
Play 27	The Northern Hall by Li Po	Sonia	00:00:56
Play 28	The Water Pavilion by Li Po	Sonia	00:01:00
Play 29	Lost! by Li Po	ChadH94	00:01:16
Play 30	To Ho Chien by Li Po	Sonia	00:01:06
Play 31	The Autumn Fan by Li Po	cathar maiden	00:00:44
Play 32	A Fruitless Visit to the Priest of the Tai Tien Hills by Li Po	cathar maiden	00:01:10
Play 33	A River Melody by Li Po	cathar maiden	00:01:30
Play 34	The Return to Wen Chuan by Li Po	cathar maiden	00:00:56
Play 35	To Have Loved and Lost by Li Po	cathar maiden	00:00:44
Play 36	Soft Stillness and the Night Become the Touches of Sweet Harmony by Li Po	cathar maiden	00:00:45
Play 37	The Reinforcements by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:15
Play 38	To Wei Pa --- of That Ilk by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:46
Play 39	Hsi Shih by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:07
Play 40	Ch'in Chou by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:23
Play 41	Unable to Visit Judge Wang Owing to Rain by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:03
Play 42	The Runners of Shih Hao (An incident of civil war) by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:01:56
Play 43	The Lost Beauty by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:47
Play 44	A Farewell by Tu Fu	KevinS	00:01:48
Play 45	The Chariots Go Forth to War by Tu Fu	Lucretia B.	00:03:39
Play 46	The River's Brim by Tu Fu	Gwendolyn Gorham	00:02:08
Play 47	Homesickness by Tu Fu	Gwendolyn Gorham	00:00:42
Play 48	T'ai Shan by Tu Fu	Gwendolyn Gorham	00:00:55
Play 49	Duke Wu's Temple by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:00:44
Play 50	The Music of the Spheres by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:00:47
Play 51	Thoughts of Home by Tu Fu	ChadH94	00:00:45
Play 52	The Crescent Moon by Tu Fu	Hopeforce1	00:01:00
Play 53	To the Moon by Tu Fu	Hopeforce1	00:01:00
Play 54	The Tatar Horse by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:00:53
Play 55	Pounding the Clothes by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:01:04
Play 56	The Harvest Moon (15th of 8th moon) by Tu Fu	Kristine Bekere	00:00:59
Play 57	The Waning Moon (16th of 8th moon) by Tu Fu	Kristine Bekere	00:00:52
Play 58	The Fading Moon (17th of 8th moon) by Tu Fu	Kristine Bekere	00:00:51
Play 59	The Setting Sun by Tu Fu	Kristine Bekere	00:00:59
Play 60	The Pillar of the South by Tu Fu	Kristine Bekere	00:01:01
Play 61	A Boating Party by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:01:01
Play 62	An Autumn View by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:00:55
Play 63	Yo-yang Tower by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:00:53
Play 64	Snow at Changsha by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:01:01
Play 65	A Farewell Ode by Tu Fu	Sonia	00:00:52
Play 66	The Passing Shower by Tu Fu	ChadH94	00:00:41
Play 67	The Kindly Rain by Tu Fu	ChadH94	00:00:41
Play 68	The Geese Return by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:10
Play 69	Dawn by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:15
Play 70	My Reflection by Night by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:02
Play 71	The Pair of Swallows by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:11
Play 72	The Hall of Harps by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:13
Play 73	The Temple to Yu by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:12
Play 74	The Imperial Tombs by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:25
Play 75	The Mocking Bird by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:02
Play 76	Thinking of My Brothers on a Moonlight Night by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:59
Play 77	The Bride's Lament by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:02:43
Play 78	Chiang Tsun by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:16
Play 79	The Firefly by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:12
Play 80	Yu Hwa Gung by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:35
Play 81	The Milky Way by Tu Fu	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:17
Play 82	Flower Love by Wang Wei	KevinS	00:00:34
Play 83	Life's Road by Wang Wei	KevinS	00:00:36
Play 84	To-day by Wang Wei	ChadH94	00:00:30
Play 85	A Silent Night by Wang Wei	ChadH94	00:00:31
Play 86	The Form of the Deer by Wang Wei	ChadH94	00:00:31
Play 87	The Moon by Wang Wei	ChadH94	00:00:31
Play 88	The Hunt by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:00:50
Play 89	Hsiang Chi Temple by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:00:50
Play 90	Chung-nan Hill by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:01:00
Play 91	My Villa at Chung-nan by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:01:04
Play 92	So Farewell. And if for Ever, Still for ever Fare Ye Well by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:00:46
Play 93	Late Summer by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:00:55
Play 94	A Mountain Retreat by Wang Wei	Kristine Bekere	00:00:47
Play 95	Waiting by Meng Hao-jan	KevinS	00:00:51
Play 96	Springtide Dreams by Meng Hao-jan	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:44
Play 97	Crossing the Siang at Night by Meng Hao-jan	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:08
Play 98	On Jun Chou City Wall by Ch'iu Wei	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:13
Play 99	The Pear Tree by the Side Door by Ch'iu Wei	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:45
Play 100	Pereunt Etiain Ruinse by Ch'en Tse-ang	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:05
Play 101	Evening by Ch'en Tse-ang	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:44
Play 102	Chiu-Hua Kuan in Spring by Ch'en Tze-ang	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:17
Play 103	The Grass by Po Chu-i	KevinS	00:00:51
Play 104	A Mist Sketch by Po Chu-i	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:49
Play 105	The Pond by Po Chu-i	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:47
Play 106	A Night on the Chi Pan Hills by Shen Ch'uan-ch'i	KevinS	00:00:47
Play 107	The Old Retired Official by Shen Ch'uan-ch'i	KevinS	00:01:24
Play 108	The Gorges of the Yangtze by Shen Ch'uan-ch'i	KevinS	00:00:59
Play 109	In the Spring by Wang Ch'ang-ling	KevinS	00:00:40
Play 110	Longing by Chang Chiu-ling	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:45
Play 111	The Solitary by Chang Chiu-ling	KevinS	00:01:04
Play 112	The Waterfall by Chang Chiu-ling	KevinS	00:00:58
Play 113	Carpe Horas by Ts'en Ts'an	KevinS	00:00:40
Play 114	Desolation by Ts'en Ts'an	KevinS	00:01:01
Play 115	To Tu Fu by Ts'en Ts'an	KevinS	00:01:20
Play 116	Recollection by Wen Ting-hsun	KevinS	00:00:49
Play 117	Sprigs of Willow (An allusion) by Wen Ting-hsun	KevinS	00:00:45
Play 118	Anchored by Night by Chang Chi	KevinS	00:00:59
Play 119	The Retort Courteous by Chang Chi	KevinS	00:01:07
Play 120	A Village Scene by Ssu K'ung-shu	KevinS	00:00:37
Play 121	The Song of the Willow Flowers by Hsieh Neng	KevinS	00:00:58
Play 122	The Falling Leaf by Hsieh Neng	KevinS	00:00:56
Play 123	Moon Thoughts by Chang Jo-hsu	KevinS	00:03:04
Play 124	Spring in the Harem by Ts'ui Tao-jung	KevinS	00:00:56
Play 125	Whence Comes the Spring? by Po Hsing-chien	KevinS	00:01:03
Play 126	The Neglected Beauty by Wang Ch'ang-ling	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:57
Play 127	Leave Me Not by Meng Hsiao	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:50
Play 128	An Invitation by Ting Hsien-chih	ChadH94	00:01:04
Play 129	Hope by Li Shang-yin	KevinS	00:00:35
Play 130	The Spring by Chang Chung-sur	Larry Wilson	00:00:35
Play 131	The Autumn Moon by Tu Shen-yen	Larry Wilson	00:00:52
Play 132	Absence by Wei Ch'eng-ch'ing	Larry Wilson	00:00:31
Play 133	Eheu Fugaces by Wei Ch'eng-ch'ing	Larry Wilson	00:00:35
Play 134	Piao Mu's Tomb by Liu Chang-ch'ing	Larry Wilson	00:00:48
Play 135	A Winter Scene by Liu Chang-ch'ing	Larry Wilson	00:00:33
Play 136	The Autumn Festival by Wang Chien	Larry Wilson	00:00:36
Play 137	The Ancient Palace by Wang Chien	Larry Wilson	00:00:35
Play 138	Hsi Shih's Washing Stone by Lou Ying	Larry Wilson	00:00:37
Play 139	Peach Flower Cave by Chang Hsu	Larry Wilson	00:00:36
Play 140	Disappointment by Hsu Chun	Larry Wilson	00:00:39
Play 141	Fallax Puer by Tseu Kuo-fu	Larry Wilson	00:00:38
Play 142	The Tower by Yang Shih-ngo	Larry Wilson	00:00:36
Play 143	Anchored at Night by Tu Mu	Larry Wilson	00:00:37
Play 144	Regrets by Chao Ku	ChadH94	00:00:30
Play 145	The Brazen Tower by Liu Ting-ch'i	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:49
Play 146	Your Garden Flower (A Serenade) by Wang Piao	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:18
Play 147	An Autumn Night by Ch'ien Ch'i	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:20
Play 148	Moon Dream by Kao Shih	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:48
Play 149	None Shall Be Alone in His Appointed Times by by Kao Shih	ChadH94	00:00:34
Play 150	Rustic Felicity by Chu Kuang-i	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:36
Play 151	The Amazon Corps by Wu Pi	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:36
Play 152	The Pearl (Memoriam) by Tu Ku-yuan	ChadH94	00:01:01
Play 153	The Waters of E by Lo Pin-wang	ChadH94	00:00:30
Play 154	Content by Ho Chih-chang	ChadH94	00:00:31
Play 155	The Fisherman by Liao Tsung-yuan	ChadH94	00:00:43
Play 156	The Debauch by Wang Chi	ChadH94	00:00:32
Play 157	Beauty in Disgrace by Wang Ch'ang-ling	ChadH94	00:00:38
Play 158	Longing by Wang Ch'ang-ling	ChadH94	00:00:50
Play 159	The Pains of Love by Chia Chih	ChadH94	00:00:34
Play 160	The Fallen Garden by Chia Chih	ChadH94	00:00:35
Play 161	Parting by Ch'ang Chien	ChadH94	00:00:37
Play 162	The Hall of Silence by Ch'ang Chien	ChadH94	00:00:52
Play 163	In Mongolia by Wang Chih-huan	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:50
Play 164	The Flute That Wails by Night by Li I	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:51
Play 165	Yang Kuei-Fei in Disgrace by Li I	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:53
Play 166	The Dullness of the Harem by Ssu Ma Li	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:50
Play 167	The Ruined City by Liu Yu-hsi	KevinS	00:00:41
Play 168	Tempus Eclax by by Liu Yu-hsi	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:48
Play 169	The Wind of Autumn by by Liu Yu-hsi	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:44
Play 170	The Stork Tower by Wang Chih-huan	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:44
Play 171	Desire by Li Tuan	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:44
Play 172	Snow on Chung-nan Hills by Tsu Yung	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:00:52
Play 173	Su's Pleasaunce by Tsu Yung	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:03
Play 174	Tien Chu Temple by T'ao Han	Gwendolyn Gorham	00:01:52
Play 175	The Maid I Met on Kuei-yang Bridge by Sung Chih-wen	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:35
Play 176	The Huan Ho Lou by Ts'ui Hao	Lynda Marie Neilson	00:01:18
Play 177	The Hills of Spring by Yu Liang-shih	ChadH94	00:00:54
Play 178	The Autumn Seen from Yoyang Tower by Chang Chun	Gwendolyn Gorham	00:00:59
Play 179	A Ruin by Han Wu	ChadH94	00:00:31
Play 180	A Lover's Dream by Anonymous	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:45
Play 181	Lenore by Author Unknown	KevinS	00:03:28

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