China: 3,000 Years of Art and Literature 9780878467358, 0878467351

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Table of contents :
Introduction......Page 203
BIRTH AND LIFE......Page 7
CALLING TO THE RECLUSE......Page 8
ON HIS BALDNESS......Page 10
ON BEING SIXTY......Page 11
AN OFFERING FOR THE CAT......Page 13
CALLIGRAPHY PRACTICE......Page 14
ON THE BIRTH OF HIS SON......Page 17
THE MERCHANT'S JOY......Page 18
THE ARTS OF LIVING......Page 20
SELF-PORTRAIT INSCRIPTION......Page 23
SILENT CHINA......Page 24
DOG......Page 27
NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT......Page 29
SEVENTH MONTH......Page 30
THE COCK FIGHT......Page 32
FULLING CLOTH FOR CLOTHES......Page 34
VIEWING THE WATERFALLAT MOUNT LU......Page 37
ON SEEING A HORSE-PAINTING BY CAO BA......Page 38
NIGHT-SHINING WHITE......Page 41
FOUR UNTITLED POEMS......Page 42
A SMALL PLUM TREEIN MY MOUNTAIN GARDEN......Page 45
ox......Page 47
BLACK MUZZLE......Page 48
ON THE TIERED BLUFFS ANDTHE MISTY RIVER PAINTING......Page 50
MY OLD TRIPTHROUGH THE YANGZI GORGES......Page 53
THE STONE ON THE HILLTOP......Page 54
SPIDER-FIGHTING......Page 57
EPIGRAPH......Page 58
LOVE AND FAMILY......Page 61
RETURNING TO MY HOME......Page 63
SENT TO MY TWO LITTLE CHILDREN......Page 64
MOONLIT NIGHT......Page 65
SONG OF LASTING PAIN......Page 66
MASTER DONG'SWESTERN CHAMBER ROMANCE......Page 69
THE ROMANCE OF THE WESTERN CHAMBER......Page 70
WATER MARGIN......Page 73
SONG OF WHITE LINEN......Page 74
JINPINGMEI......Page 77
DREAM OF RED TOWERS......Page 78
A SNOWFLAKE'S DELIGHT......Page 80
A TRIFLE......Page 83
SPRING SILKWORMS......Page 84
CURVACEOUS DOLLS......Page 87
MIND AND MEMORY......Page 89
ZHUANGZI......Page 91
MENGZI......Page 92
THE LITERARY MIND CARVES DRAGONS......Page 94
RHAPSODY ON RED CLIFF......Page 98
LATER RHAPSODY ON RED CLIFF......Page 100
RELAXING IN THE EVENING IN MY STUDY......Page 102
STUDENT HUANG'S BORROWING OF BOOKS......Page 104
PRAYER......Page 107
ATTACHMENT......Page 108
A TAIL......Page 111
FOOD AND DRINK......Page 113
DEER CRY......Page 114
THE ANALECTS......Page 116
ORCHID PAVILION POEMS......Page 118
BEGGING......Page 120
A GUEST COMES......Page 122
INVITING WRITERS TO DRINK......Page 123
EATING BAMBOO SHOOTS......Page 124
DIPPING WATER FROM THE RIVERAND SIMMERING TEA......Page 126
THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE......Page 128
WAR AND POLITICS......Page 131
THE DECADE OF TONG GONG......Page 132
THE GREAT DECLARATION......Page 135
YIJING......Page 136
DAODEJING......Page 137
THE ART OF WAR......Page 138
BATTLE......Page 140
SONG ON ENDURING THE COLD......Page 142
PEACH BLOSSOM SPRING......Page 144
MULAN......Page 146
DIALOGUE IN THE MOUNTAINS......Page 148
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS......Page 151
POETIC INSCRIPTION......Page 152
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY......Page 155
LOTUS SUTRA......Page 156
TRANSFORMATION OF LAOJUN......Page 158
THE HEART SUTRA......Page 161
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THEWHITE HORSE TEMPLE......Page 162
TRAVELING ACCOUNT OF BUDDHISTPILGRIM MONKS HUISHENG AND SONG YUN......Page 164
THE PLATFORM SUTRA......Page 167
LU DONGBIN HUNDRED-CHARACTER STELE......Page 169
EVENING BELL FROM AMIST-SHROUDED TEMPLE......Page 170
HOW TRIPITAKABROUGHT BACK THE SUTRAS......Page 173
PETITION REGARDINGTHE THREE DOCTRINES......Page 174
SOUL MOUNTAIN......Page 178
DEATH AND AFTERLIFE......Page 181
DAODEJING......Page 182
CLASSIC OF FILIAL PIETY......Page 185
BIOGRAPHIES OF LIAN BOAND LIN XIANGRU......Page 186
ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER......Page 189
DAOIST SONG......Page 190
THOUGHTS ON THE ANNIVERSARYOF MY WIFE'S DEATH......Page 193
AMID PALE BLOODSTAINS......Page 194
DEATH......Page 196
COLD NIGHTS......Page 199
HAN BO CHOPS WOOD......Page 200
AUTUMN WATERS......Page 202

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