The Orchid Door: Ancient Korean Poems by Tr. Joan S.Grigsby - HTML preview

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CONTENTS




Comparative Periods of Korean and Chinese History

Introduction

The Orchid Door (Anon)

Lament of the Ferryman’s Wife (Yaw-oh)

Yellow Birds (King Yoori)

In the Night (Choi Choong)

Lament for Prince Chagoo (Anon)

At the Eagle Record Pass

Tea (Ch’oi Ch’wun)

The River (O-reuk)

The Swallows (Ch’oi Ch’wun)

Thoughts after an Audience with the King (Kim Poo Sik)

Meditating on the Start of a New Era (Yo Inlo)

A Meeting of Friends in the Mountains (Kwak Yu)

Kwak Yu Received at the Hermit’s Retreat (Yi Chah Yun)

Note on Yi Kyu Bo

Cockcrow (Yi Kyu Bo)

On the Death of his Little Daughter (Yi Kyu Bo)

The Louse and the Dog (Yi Kyu Bo)

Morning Thoughts (Yi Kyu Bo)

Departure (Yi Kyu Bo)

The Pine Tree Picture Screen (Yi Kyu Bo)

His Shadow in the Water (Yi Kyu Bo)

Looking into the Well (Yi Kyu Bo)

Remembering the South (Oo T’ak)

China’s Snow (Yi Che-hyun)

Resting at the Inn After Riding Through The Snow (Yi Che-hyun)

The Three Horned Peaks (Yi Chon-o)

From the Valley (Yi Chon-o)

Lament for His Master (Yi Soong-in)

Remembering his Friend (Yi Soong-in)

Autumn Song (Yi Soong-in)

To-Wun (The Peach Garden) (Chin Wha)

In Kang-Nam (Chin Wha)

The Palace of the Moon (Chin Wha)

The Book of Blue Jade (Yi Saik)

To a Dead Buddhist Friend (Kim Koo Yong)

The Neglected Wife (Yi Tal-Ch’oong)

Thoughts in a Country Retreat (Pyun Ke-ryang)

To my Master, Kang Heu-in (Sung Kan)

The Grave of So-Koon (Sung Kan)

White Banners (Sung Sam-moon)

Thinking of Yi Chahyun in The Pyungsan Hills (Yi Whang)

Meditation in the Chiri Hills (Chung Yu-Chang)

Meditation on a Summer Evening (Yi Whang)

While Travelling as Envoy to China (Yi Chung-kwi)

The Flowery Rock Pavilion (Yi-I)

Thinking of his Country’s Woes (Yi-I)

An Artist Paints a Picture of Purple Orchids (Anon)

A Fishing Song (Han Chong-Yoo)

A Flower of the Hills (Hyang-nang)

Inscribed on the Gate of Honor to Hyang-Nang (Anon)

Regret in Exile (Kwang-hai)

The Weary Ox (Queen In-mok)

Looking at the Master’s Fan Box (Anon)

Thinking of Lady Yang at Midnight (Anon)

Reading a Poetry Scroll and Thinking of Lady Yang (Anon)

A Poet Buried Beside a Rice Field (Anon)

Songs of Ki-Sang

Announcing Names (Anon)

Orchid Boat

Willow Green

Tinted Cloud

Remembering “Rising Moon” (Anon)

Rainbow Sleeves (Anon)

“Moon of White Jade” (Anon)

“Yesterday a Thousand Soldiers—” (Anon)

Returning Footsteps (Anon)

Talking about “Lotus Bud” (Anon)

Come Not at Dawn (Anon)

The Amber Moon (Anon)

Walking by the Sea and Thinking (Anon)

Night (Anon)

Dreaming of a Letter (Anon)

To my Son (Hon Yaing Ho)

Autumn (Hon Yaing Ho)

Meeting a Priest on a Mountain Bridge (Hon Yaing Ho)