170 Chinese Poems | More Translations From the Chinese

audiobook (Unabridged) Classic poetry from 100BC to 1000AD · Illuminated Ancient Wisdom in Modern English

By Arthur Waley

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Includes classical illustrations and paintings of the poets.

A selection of the very best of chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up of the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly two hundred years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry.

Includes poems by:

  • Altun
  • Fu Hsüan
  • Ch'U Yüan
  • Ch'ēn Tzŭ-Ang
  • Ch'ēng-Kung Sui
  • Ch'ien Wēn-Ti
  • Ch'in Chia
  • Ch'ü Yüan
  • Chan Fang-Shēng
  • Chang Tsai
  • Chi K'ang
  • Hsieh T'iao
  • Hsü Ling
  • Li Fu-Jēn
  • Li Po
  • Liu Hsün's Wife
  • Lu Yu
  • Lu Yün
  • Miu Hsi
  • Ou-Yang Hsiu
  • Pao Chao
  • Po Chü-I
  • Po Hsing-Chien
  • Su Tung-P'o
  • Sung Yü
  • T'ao Ch'ien
  • Tao-Yün
  • Ts'ao Chih
  • Ts'ao Sung
  • Tsang Chih
  • Tso Ssŭ
  • Tzŭ-Yeh
  • Wang Chi
  • Wang Chien
  • Wang Wei
  • Wei Wēn-Ti
  • Wu-Ti
  • Yüan Chen
  • Yüan Chieh
  • Yüan-Ti
  • 170 Chinese Poems | More Translations From the Chinese