Waiting for the Moon

Foreword: The Moral Philosophy of Bo Juyi

Life of Bo Juyi

Introduction

Poems of Bo Juyi

Resignation

After Passing the Examination

Escorting Candidates to the Examination Hall

In Early Summer Lodging in a Temple to Enjoy the Moonlight

Sick Leave

Watching the Reapers

Going Alone to Spend a Night at the Xianyou Temple

Planting Bamboos

To Li Jian

An Early Levee

Being on Duty All Night in the Palace and Dreaming of Xianyou Temple

The Letter

Passing Tian-men Street in Chang’an and Seeing a Distant View of Zhong-nan Mountain

Rejoicing at the Arrival of Chen Xiong

Golden Bells

Remembering Golden Bells

Illness

At the End of Spring

The Poem on the Wall

Zhu-chen Village

Fishing in the Wei River

Illness and Idleness

The Chrysanthemums in the Eastern Garden

Winter Night

Poems in Depression, at Wei Village

The Dragon of the Black Pool

The People of Dao-zhou

The Grain Tribute

The Old Harp

The Harper of Chao

The Flower Market

The Prisoner

The Chancellor’s Gravel Drive

The Man Who Dreamed of Fairies

Magic

The Two Red Towers

The Charcoal Seller.

The Politician

The Old Man with the Broken Arm

Kept Waiting in the Boat at Jiu-kou Ten Days by an Adverse Wind

Arriving at Hsun-yang

On Board Ship: Reading Youan Zhen’s Poems

Madly Singing in the Mountains

Releasing a Migrant “Yan”

To His Brother Xing-jian, Who Was Serving in Dong-chuan

Starting Early from the Chu-cheng Inn

Rain

The Beginning of Summer

Visiting the Xi-lin Temple

Hearing the Early Oriole

Dreaming that I Went with Lu and You to Visit Youan Zhen

To a Portrait Painter Who Desired Him to Sit

Separation

The Red Cockatoo

Eating Bamboo Shoots

Having Climbed to the Topmost Peak of the Incense Burner Mountain

Alarm at First Entering the Yang-Tze Gorges

After Lunch

On Being Removed from Hsun-yang and Sent to Zhong-zhou

Planting Flowers on the Embankment

Prose Letter to Youan Zhen

The Fifteenth Volume

Invitation to Xiao Zhu-shi

To Li Jian

The Spring River

After Collecting the Autumn Taxes

Lodging with the Old Man of the Stream

To His Brother Xing-jian

The Pine Trees in the Courtyard

Sleeping on Horseback

Parting from the Winter Stove

Children

Pruning Trees

Being Visited by a Friend During Illness.

On the Way to Hang-zhuow: Anchored on the River at Night

Stopping the Night at Rong-yang

The Hat Given to the Poet by Li Jian

The Silver Spoon

The Big Rug

Good-bye to the People of Hang-zhuow

Getting Up Early on a Spring Morning

Written when Governor of Suoozhuow

Losing a Slave Girl

Lazy Man’s Song

After Getting Drunk Becoming Sober in the Night

The Grand Houses at Luo-yang

The Cranes

On a Box Containing His Own Works

On Being Sixty

On His Baldness

Thinking of the Past

Old Age

A Mad Poem Addressed to My Nephews and Nieces

To a Talkative Guest

Climbing the Terrace of Guan-yin and Looking at the City

Climbing the Ling Ying Terrace and Looking North

Dreaming of Youan Zhen

Going to the Mountains with a Little Dancing Girl, Aged Fifteen.

My Servant Wakes Me

Since I Lay Ill

Song of Past Feelings

A Dream of Mountaineering

Ease

The Philosophers

On Hearing Someone Sing a Poem by Youan Zhen

Illness

Daoism and Buddhism

Last Poem

Stories and Poems Related to Bo Juyi

The Story of Miss Li

The Pitcher

The Story of Cui Ying-ying