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