Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Reading Guide 8
Map 9
North: Early Poems 11
Gazing at the Sacred Peak 13
Wandering at Dragon-Gate's Ancestor-Devotion Monastery 14
Inscribed on a Wall at Longbow's Recluse Home 15
Dinner with Two Friends at Stone-Gate Mountain 16
Thoughts, Facing Rain: I Go to Invite a Guest In 17
War-Cart Chant 18
Onward Across Borders 20
New Year's Eve 29
A Friend Stops By on a Summer Day 30
9/9 Festival: Sent to Summit-Now 31
Autumn Rain Lament 32
First-Devotion Return Chant 33
North: Civil War 37
Array-Delight Lament 39
Moonlit Night 40
Facing Snow 41
Spring Landscape 41
Thinking of My Little Boy 43
Master Illumines Rooms, Great-Cloud Monastery 44
Ample-Flag Chant 45
Jade-Blossom Palace 47
The Journey North 48
Meandering River 51
Dreaming of Li Po 53
Starveling Horse Chant 54
For the Recluse, Eighth-Sentinel 55
The Conscription Officer at Stone-Channel 56
Old-Age Farewell 57
West: Refugee Life Begins 59
Getting Free of Thoughts 61
Thresh-Grain Songs 62
Moonlit Night, Thinking of My Brothers 67
At Sky's End, Thinking of Li Po 68
Overnight at Master Illumine's House 69
Rain Clears 70
View in the Eye 71
Getting Free of Thoughts 72
First Moon 73
Pounding Clothes 74
Standing Alone 75
Gazing into Wildlands 76
Empty Purse 77
Sale Wells 78
Dharma-Mirror Monastery 79
Azure-Brights Gorge 80
Seven Songs at Gather Valley 81
River-Swarm Crossing 88
Immortal-Flight Trestle-Road 89
Southwest: Village Life 91
Ch'i-Siting Our New House 91
Asking a Friend to Find Me Some Pine Starts 93
Our House Is Done 94
Cut-Short Poems 95
A Guest Stops By 98
Cut-Short Poems 99
River Village 101
Our Farmhouse 102
River Flooding 103
Wildland Old-Timer 104
Towering Kindred-Tree 105
Playful Song About a Landscape Painting 106
Morning Rain 107
Madman 108
Our Southern Neighbor 109
Hundred Worries Gathering Chant 110
Brimmed Whole 111
Plum Rains 113
Out in the Boat 114
Autumn Wind Ravaging Thatch House Song 115
Lament for My Kindred-Tree 117
Alone, Looking for Blossoms along the River 118
Wandering at Cultivate-Aware Monastery 122
A Guest Arrives 123
A Farmer 124
Spring Night, Delighting in Rain 125
Thoughts Brimful: Cut-Short Poems 126
At Manifold-Devotion Post-Station, a Second… 131
9/9 Festival: On the City-Wall at Village-Tree 132
Propped on a Cane 133
Gazing at Ox-Head Mountain Monastery 134
Wall-Painting of Cranes at the Whole-Springs District Offices 135
Climbing with Four Governors to Meaning-Bestow Monastery 136
Setting the Boat Free 137
Thatch Hut 138
Cut-Short Poem 141
Life Hidden Away 142
Leaving the City 143
Spring Day, River Village 144
On the Stream, Adrift 145
Overnight at the War-Office 146
Sleepless Night 147
Setting Out by Boat 148
South: Triple-Gorge 149
Almost Dawn 150
Brimmed Whole 151
Bringing Water 152
For Little-Tale, My Tribal Servant 153
My Friend Shows Me a Scroll of Chang Hsü's Calligraphy 154
Amble-Awe, on the City-Wall's Highest Tower 155
Amble-Awe City 156
Overnight at the River Tower 157
Dusk Skies Clear 158
Night 159
Firewood-Carry Chant 160
Full Moon 161
Past Midnight 162
Bridal-Chamber 163
Autumn Thoughts 164
After a Night at West Tower, Dawn 172
Night at the Tower 173
Fear-Wall Gorge Cliffs 174
Soaking Up Sun at West Tower 175
Bound-Chickens Chant 176
River Plums 177
Southland 178
Late Spring 179
Here, This Moment 180
Moving into the New House 181
Late Spring, Inscribed on a Wall at the House We Just Leased … 182
Morning Rain 184
Failing Flare 185
A Houseboy Comes 186
Getting Free of Sorrow 187
Watching Fireflies 188
Our Field Inspector Returns Home after Checking Irrigation … 189
After Three or Four Years of Silence, No News … 190
Opening Depression Away 191
Lone Goose 192
Taking the Day Off, Trying to Ease My Sickness … 193
Musk Deer 195
Our Thatch Hut 196
Autumn Clarity 197
8th Moon, 17th Night: Facing the Moon 198
Dawn Landscape 199
Day's End 200
9th Moon, 1st Sun: Visiting Friends 201
I Rely on a Friend to Take a Letter North … 202
Climbing Tower Heights 203
Autumn Wildlands 204
I Send Servant Boys to Clear Brush and Prune … 209
Asking Again 210
East Village, North Mountain 211
Gone Deaf 212
Rain 213
Facing Night 214
Rice Cut and Gather Chant 215
Dusk's Failing Flare 216
Morning 217
Night 218
Visiting the Chan Master at Clarity-Absolute Monastery 220
Thoughts 221
Yin-Dark Again 223
Returning Late 224
South: Last Poems 225
In the Great-Succession Reigns Third Year … 226
Traveling at Night 229
Riverside Moon and Stars 230
Opposite a Post-Station, My Boat Moonlit Beside a Monastery 231
Southland River-Country 232
Far Corner of Earth 233
Leaving Equal-Peace at Dawn 234
Year-End Chant 235
Deep Winter 236
On Summit-Brights Tower 237
Overnight at White-Sand Post-Station 238
Facing Snow 239
A Traveler From 240
Silkworm and Grain Chant 241
Crossing Goddess-Court Lake 242
Lying Sick with Wind-Disease on a Boat, I Write … 243
Notes 245
Key Terms: An Outline of Tu Fu's Conceptual World 257
Finding List 263
