Foreword / 1
The Book of Songs / 5
"Folk Songs of 15 Regions" ("Guofeng") / 7
The Epic of the Western Zhou People / 9
Prose Writings of Various Schools of Thought during
the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Period / 13
Tao Te Ching / 15
The Analects / 19
Mencius / 23
Zhuangzi / 26
Qu Yuan and the Elegies of the State of Chu / 31
Qu Yuan / 32
The Lament on Encountering Sorrows / 34
Elegies of the State ofChu / 36
Records of the Historian—"The First and Last Great Work by
Historians, Li Sad without Rhyme" / 41
Pre-Qin Historical Books / 42
About Records of the Historian / 44
The Characterization in Records of the Historian / 46
History and Literature / 50
Literature in the Wei and Jin Period and Tad Yuanming / 53
Li Bai—A Romantic Genius Poet / 61
Du Fu—A Compassionate Sage Poet / 73
"Li and Du the Junior"—Late Tang Poems in the Sad,
Plaintive and Beautiful Style / 83
Li Shangyin / 84
Du Mu / 88
Ci Poetry—Poems That Can Be Sung / 93
Su Shi / 97
Li Qingzhao / 102
Xin Qiji / 106
Two Outstanding Playwrights of the Yuan Opera / 111
Ouan Hanfling / 112
Wang Shifu / 116
Brief Outline of Chinese Classical Fictions / 121
Early Classical Fictions in Chapter-titled Style: Romance
of the Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh and
Journey to the West / 127
Romance of the Three Kingdoms / 129
Outlaws of the Marsh / 132
Journey to the West/135
Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio—Pinnacle of Classical
Chinese Fiction / 139
A Dream of Red Mansions / 145
Appendix: A Brief Chronology of China / 157
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