From the Book - Third edition, expanded and updated, with a new epilogue.
Preface / James R. Hightower Foreword / Florence Chia ying Yeh Pt. 1. Shih Poetry. 1. T'ao Ch'ien's "Drinking Wine" Poems / James R. Hightower. 2. Allusion in the Poetry of T'ao Ch'ien / James R. Hightower. 3. Li Shang yin's "Four Yen t'ai Poems" / Florence Chia ying Yeh Pt. 2. Tz'u Poetry. 4. Ambiguity and the Female Voice in Hua chien Songs / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 5. An Appreciation of the Tz'u of Yen Shu / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 6. The Songwriter Liu Yung / James R. Hightower. 7. On the Song Lyrics of Su Shih / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 8. The Songs of Chou Pang yen / James R. Hightower. 9. On Hsin Ch'i chi's Song Lyrics / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 10. Wu Wen ying's Tz'u: A Modern View / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 11. On Wang I sun and His Songs Celebrating Objects / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 12. Ch'en Tzu lung and the Renascence of the Song Lyric / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 13. The Ch'ang chou School of Tz'u Criticism / Florence Chia ying Yeh Pt. 3. Wang Kuo wei. 14. Wang Kuo wei's Song Lyrics in Light of His Own Theories / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 15. Practice and Principle in Wang Kuo wei's Criticism / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 16. Wang Kuo wei's Character / Florence Chia ying Yeh. 17. An Interpretation of a Poem by Wang Kuo wei / Florence Chia ying Yeh.