Preface 1

PART ONE: CHINESE POEMS
Introduction to the Chinese Poems by J. P. Seaton 11

LaoTzu 21
T'ao Ch'ien 24
Hseih Ling-yun 25
Hui Yung 27
Wang Fan-chih 28
Hsuan Chueh 29
Han Shan 30
Shih Te 35
Meng Hao-jan 38
Wang Ch'ang-ch'ing 49
Li Po 41
Wand Wei 43
Ch'ang Chien 48
Liu Ch'ang-ch'ing 49
Tu Fu 50
Ch'ien Ch'i 55
Chiao Jan 57
Wei Ying-wu 60
Chang Chi 61
Po Chu-i 62
Liu Tsung-yuan 63
Tu Mu 65
Wu Pen (Chia Tao) 66
Kuan Hsiu 67
Anonymous Sung Dynasty Nun 73
Su Tung-p'o 74
Hung chih Cheng-chueh 76
Yuan Mei 77
Ching An 83
Po Ching (Su Man-shu) 87

PART TWO: JAPANESE POEMS
Introduction to the Japanese Poems by Sam Hamill 91

The Priest Mansei 99
The Monk Kengei 100
Sojo Henjô 101
The Monk Sosei 102
Ki no Tsurayuki 103
Saigyo 104
Fujiwara no Ietaka 114
The Priest Jakuren 115
Fujiwara no Teika 116
Asukai Masatsune 117
Dogen Kigen 118
Koho Kennichi 120
Emperor Fushima 121
Empress Eifuku Mon-in 122
Muso Soseki 123
Ikkyu Sojun 124
Sogi 131
Soin 132
Anonymous 133
Matsuo Basho 134
Selections from Narrow Road to the Interior 134
Selections from Travelogue of Weather-beaten Bones 139
Selections from The Knapsack Notebook 143
Selected Haiku by Basho 147
Kikaku 154
Onitsura 155
Buson 156
Ryokan 159
Chinese-Style Poems 159
Japanese Poems 166
Kobayashi Issa 168
Selections from The Spring of My Life 168
Selected Haiku by Issa 175

Notes on the Poets 181