A collection of classical Chinese poetry, translated into English, covering poetry written over a period of three thousand years, and including selections by Tu Fu, Emperor Wu of Han, Lady P'an, Yuan Mei, and others.
Contains English translations of approximately two hundred Chinese poems, featuring the work of nearly forty poets from the earliest times through the Tang and Sung dynasties, translated by William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, Gary Snyder, and David Hinton.