A LUTE OF JADE
To Professor Herbert Giles
A Lute of Jade
Being Selections from the Classical Poets of China
Rendered with an Introduction by L. Cranmer-Byng Author of "The Odes of Confucius"
With lutes of gold and lutes of Jade
Li Po
Contents
Introduction
The Ancient Ballads
Poetry before the T`angs
The Poets of the T`ang Dynasty
A Poet's Emperor
Chinese Verse Form
The Influence of Religion on Chinese Poetry
The Odes of Confucius
Sadness
Trysting Time
The Soldier
Ch`u Yuan
The Land of Exile