Breaking the Willow : Poems of Parting, Exile, Separation and Reunion
by Lunde, DavidFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-10-01
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Summary
Breaking the Willow is a wonderful collection of classic Chinese poems on the themes of parting and exile. The poems capture brief meetings between poet friends over a jug of wine, the lament of lovers parting, and the seclusion of the hermit. One can smell the incense smoke, hear the night rain on an autumn lake, and see the moon shining through the pines.David Lunde is a poet and translator. His most recent books include Blues for Port City and The Carving of Insects, Bian Zhilin's collected poems, which was co-translated with Mary M.Y. Fung and won the 2007 PEN USA Translation Award.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 16 |
| Anonymous | |
| [from the Book of Songs, 12th Century B.C.E. - 3rd Century B.C.E.] | |
| Shijing 44 | p. 27 |
| Yuan Ji (210-263) | |
| Insomnia | |
| Xie Lingyun (385-433) | |
| Surveying My Fields, I Climb Panxu Mountain at the Month of the Sea | p. 29 |
| Meng Haoran (689-740) | |
| Poem Sent to Old Friends While Staying Overnight on the Donglu River | p. 30 |
| In the Twilight of the Year, I Return to the South | p. 31 |
| Wang Changling (698-756) | |
| Enjoying the Moonlight with My Cousin in the South Study and Thinking of Our Friend Cui in Shanyin | p. 32 |
| Wang Wei (701-761) | |
| A Farewell | p. 33 |
| Farewell in the Mountains | p. 34 |
| Seeing Yuan Second Off to An Xi | p. 35 |
| Li Bai (701-762) | |
| Seeing Meng Haoran Off to Yangzhou | p. 36 |
| Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon | p. 37 |
| Sad Thoughts in Spring | p. 38 |
| Seeing Off a Friend | p. 39 |
| Leaving Early from White Emperor City | p. 40 |
| Du Fu (712-770) | |
| Moonlit Night | p. 41 |
| Spring Outlook | p. 42 |
| Beside Serpentine Lake | p. 43 |
| On His Sad Departure from Changan by the Gate of Golden Light | p. 45 |
| Missing Li Bai at the End of the Earth | p. 46 |
| Dreaming of Li Bai (1) | p. 47 |
| Dreaming of Li Bai (2) | p. 48 |
| Thinking of My Brothers on a Moonlit Night | p. 49 |
| Poem for Wei Ba | p. 50 |
| Welcoming a Guest | p. 51 |
| A Second Farewell to Governor Yen Wu at the Fengji Post Station | p. 52 |
| On Learning that Our Troops Have Retaken Henan and Hebei | p. 53 |
| Quatrain | p. 54 |
| Passing the Night at Headquarters | p. 55 |
| Written While Traveling at Night | p. 56 |
| On Yueyang Tower | p. 57 |
| Meeting Li Guinian in the South | p. 58 |
| Bai Juyi (772-846) | |
| Invitation to Liu Nineteen | p. 59 |
| Liu Zongyuan (773-819) | |
| Dwelling Beside a Stream | p. 60 |
| Li Shangyin (ca. 812-858) | |
| Untitled | p. 61 |
| Night Rains: Lines to Send North | p. 62 |
| Liu Yong (987-1053) | |
| A Song of Parting | p. 63 |
| Thoughts of Return | p. 65 |
| Yan Shu (991-1055) | |
| There Is Nothing One Can Do | p. 66 |
| Where Are You Now? | p. 67 |
| Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) | |
| First Full Moon | p. 68 |
| Lyric in the Third Month | p. 69 |
| Alone on the High Balcony | p. 70 |
| Li Qingzhao (1084-ca. 1151) | |
| Words to the Tune "Tipsy in the Shade of Flowers" | p. 71 |
| Words to the Tune "Spring in Wuling" | p. 72 |
| Yang Guo (ca. 1200-1275) | |
| Lotus Song (1) | p. 73 |
| Lotus Song (2) | p. 74 |
| Guan Hanqing (ca. 1220-ca. 1307) | |
| Sadness at Parting | p. 75 |
| Wang Yun (1228-1306) | |
| Country Scene | p. 76 |
| Anonymous (Yuan Dynasty, 1234-1368) | |
| The Courtesans Lament | p. 77 |
| Ma Zhiyuan (1260-1334) | |
| Meditation in Autumn | p. 78 |
| Zhang Yanghao (1269-1329) | |
| Retirement Benefits | p. 79 |
| Zhang Kejiu (1270-ca. 1349) | |
| Spring Sadness | p. 80 |
| Autumn Thoughts | p. 81 |
| Autumn Dream | p. 82 |
| Liu Zhi (ca. 1280-ca. 1335) | |
| Song of Departure | p. 83 |
| Guan Yunshi (1286-1324) | |
| Written for Someone | p. 84 |
| Notes on the Poems | p. 85 |
| Bibliography of Sources | p. 89 |
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