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| [A FEW REMARKS ON THE HISTORY AND CONSTRUCTION OF CHINESE POETRY] | 10 |
| [THE TECHNIQUE OF CHINESE POETRY] | 18 |
| [BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF A FEW OF THE MORE EMINENT CHINESE POETS] | 27 |
| [POEMS] | |
| [Only a Fragrant Spray] | 35 |
| [The River By Night in Spring] | 37 |
| [The Beauty of Snow] | 41 |
| [A Maiden's Reverie] | 42 |
| [A Song of the Marches] | 47 |
| [The Cowherd and the Spinning-Maid] | 50 |
| [The Old Soldier's Return] | 52 |
| [On the Lake near the Western Mountains] | 54 |
| [The Happy Farmer] | 57 |
| [An Old House Unroofed by an Autumn Gale] | 59 |
| [The Lament of the Ladies of the Siang River] | 61 |
| [The Waters of the Mei-Pei] | 63 |
| [The Swallow's Song] | 68 |
| [Farewell to a Comrade] | 71 |
| [Beauty's Fatal Snare] | 74 |
| [A Reverie in a Summer-house] | 76 |
| [The Flower-Seller] | 78 |
| [The Red-Flower Pear-Tree] | 80 |
| [A Song of Princess Tze-Yuh] | 83 |
| [Distaste for Official Life] | 85 |
| [The Fragrant Tree] | 88 |
| [A Song of the Snow] | 90 |
| [The Old Temple among the Mountains] | 93 |
| [A Soldier's Farewell to his Wife] | 94 |
| [The Wanderer's Return] | 96 |
| [The Pleasures of a Simple Life with Nature] | 98 |
| [Listening to the Playing on a Lute in a Boat] | 100 |
| [Reflections on the Past] | 103 |
| [A Lowly Flower] | 105 |
| [On returning to a Country Life] | 107 |
| [The Brevity of Life] | 109 |
| [Conscripts leaving for the Frontier] | 110 |
| [Estimating the Value of a Wife] | 115 |
| [The Lady Lo-Fu] | 117 |
| [An Autumn Evening in the Garden] | 122 |
| [Muh-Lan] | 124 |
| [The Old Fisherman] | 130 |
| [Midnight in the Garden] | 132 |
| [Reflections on the Brevity of Life] | 134 |
| [So-fei gathering Flowers] | 136 |
| [A Farewell] | 137 |
| [The Khwun-ming Lake] | 139 |
| [Reflections] | 141 |
| [Pride and Humility] | 143 |
| [Dwellers in the Peach Stream Valley] | 145 |
| [The Five Sons] | 149 |
| [The Journey Back] | 151 |
| [The Gallant Captain and the Innkeeper's Wife] | 153 |
| [The Lady Chao-Chiün] | 158 |
| [Night on the Lake] | 162 |
| [The Fishermen's Song] | 164 |
| [The Students' Ramble] | 166 |
| [The Priest of T'ien Mountain] | 169 |
| [Maidens By the River-side] | 170 |
| [The Poet-Beggar] | 172 |