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

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