List of poems in Chinese or by Chinese poets

This is a list of Chinese poems in the broad sense of referring to those poems which have been written in Chinese, translated from Chinese, authored by a Chinese poet, or which have a Chinese geographic origin. Chinese poems are poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language. The various versions of Chinese include Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese and other historical and vernacular types. In other words, Chinese poetry refers to poetry written or spoken in the Chinese language. The various versions of Chinese poetry, as known historically and to the general knowledge of the modern world, include two primary types, Classical Chinese poetry and modern Chinese poetry.

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Title or descriptive name	Author^{[note 1]}	Poetic era (Chinese)	Dates	Chinese poetry collection	Chinese	Pinyin
"Alas That My Lot Was Not Cast"	Zhuang Ji (or, Yan Ji)^{[note 2]}	Ancient	Late BCE - Early AD	Chu ci	哀時命	Āi shí mìng
"Bu Ju"	Uncertain^{[note 3]}	Ancient	Late BCE - Early AD	Chu ci	卜居	Bǔ Jū
"Changsha (poem)"	Mao Zedong	Modern Chinese poetry	1925	Various^{[note 4]}	長沙	Chángshā
"Dandan youqing"^{[note 5]}	Teresa Teng^{[note 6]}	Modern musical recording, based on classical originals	Modern	1983	淡淡幽情	Dàndàn yōuqíng^{[note 7]}
"The Double Ninth"	Mao Zedong	Modern Chinese poetry	1929	Various^{[note 8]}
"Epic of Darkness"	Traditional folk epic,^{[note 9]} translated by Hu Chongjun into modern Chinese	Tang dynasty or earlier/Modern Chinese poetry	original dates unknown/translation begun 1982		黑暗傳	Hēi Àn Zhuàn
"Wo Bau-Sae"	Anonymous	Ming dynasty, or later			华抱山	^{[note 10]}
"Guan ju"	anonymous	Ancient	Seventh century BCE?	Shijing	關雎	Guān jū
"Heavenly Questions"	Anonymous^{[note 11]}	Ancient		Chu Ci	天問	Tiānwèn
"Ballad of Hua Mulan"	Anonymous	Associated with Music Bureau^{[note 12]}		^{[note 13]}	木蘭辭	Mùlán cí
"Jiu Ge", or Nine Songs^{[note 14]}	Uncertain	Ancient		Chu Ci	九歌	Jiǔ Gē
"Jiu Zhang", or Nine Pieces^{[note 15]}	Uncertain	Ancient		Chu Ci	九章
"Ju Song", or "In Praise of the Orange-Tree"	Anonymous	Ancient		Chu Ci (Jiu Zhang section)	橘頌	Jú sòng
"Lament for Ying", or "Ai Ying"	Uncertain	Ancient		Chuci	哀郢	āi Yǐng
"Li Sao"^{[note 16]}	Qu Yuan	Ancient		Chu Ci	離騷	Lí Sāo
"Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den"	Yuen Ren Chao	Modern Chinese poetry			施氏食獅史	Shī Shì shí shī shǐ
"Listening to Louis Chen's Zither"	Wong Kwok Pun	Modern Chinese poetry			聽陳蕾士的琴箏
"Looking up at the Starry Sky"	Wen Jiabao	Modern Chinese poetry			仰望星空	yǎng wàng xīng kōng
"Loushan Pass"	Mao Zedong	Modern Chinese poetry	1935	Various^{[note 17]}
"Man Jiang Hong"	uncertain^{[note 18]}	Song poetry or subsequent			滿江紅	Mǎn Jīang Hóng
Poetry of Mao Zedong	Mao Zedong^{[note 19]}	Modern Chinese poetry^{[note 20]}	mid-20th century	various
"Nine Changes", or Jiu bian^{[note 21]}	Uncertain, attributed to Song Yu	Ancient		Chu Ci	九辯	Jiǔ biàn
"Nine Laments", or Jiu Tan^{[note 22]}	Uncertain, attributed to Liu Xiang	Ancient		Chu Ci	九歎	Jiǔ tàn
"Nine Longings", or Jiu Si^{[note 23]}	Wang Yi	Ancient		Chu Ci	九思	Jiǔ sī;
"Nine Regrets", or Jiu Huai^{[note 24]}	Uncertain, attributed to Wang Bao	Ancient		Chu Ci	九懷	Jiǔ huái or Jiǔ Huái
Poetry of Cao Cao	Cao Cao	Jian'an poetry
"Tiandi yinyang jiaohuan dalefu"	Bai Xingjian	Fu			天地阴阳交欢大乐赋	Tiāndì yīnyáng jiāohuān dàlèfù
"The Quatrain of Seven Steps"	Cao Zhi	Jian'an poetry			七步詩	Qi1 Bu4 Shi1
"Quiet Night Thought"	Li Bai, also known as "Li Bo" and "Li Po"^{[note 25]}	Tang poetry		Complete Tang Poems, others	靜夜思
"Reply to Li Shuyi"	Mao Zedong	Modern Chinese poetry	1957	Mao Tsetung Poems
"Return to the Field"^{[note 26]}	Zhang Heng	Han poetry			歸田賦
"Cāntóngqì", or "Sandokai", in Japanese	Shitou Xiqian (Sekitō Kisen)	Tang poetry^{[note 27]}			參同契	Cāntóngqì
"Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again"	Xu Zhimo	Modern Chinese poetry	1928		再别康橋
"Seven Remonstrances", "Seven Admonishments", or Qi Jian^{[note 28]}	Anonymous^{[note 29]}	Ancient	^{[note 30]}	Chu Ci	七諫	Qī jiàn
"Shui diao ge" or "Shui diao ge tou"^{[note 31]}	^{[note 32]}				水調歌	Shuǐ diào gē
"Song of the Yue Boatman"	anonymous		original version attributed to about 528 BC	Garden of Stories^{[note 33]}	越人歌^{[note 34]}	Yuèrén Gē^{[note 35]}
"Sorrow for Troth Betrayed"	Anonymous, with attributions	Ancient		Chu Ci	惜誓	Xī shì
"Summons for a Recluse"	Anonymous^{[note 36]}	Ancient		Chu Ci	招隱士	Zhāo yǐnshì
For "Tianwen", see "Heavenly Questions"
"The Great Summons"	unknown^{[note 37]}	Ancient		Chu Ci	大招	Dà zhāo
"Yellow Crane Tower"	Several authors wrote poems under this title	various			黄鹤楼	Huáng Hè Lóu
"Yu Fu", or "The Fisher"	Anonymous, with attributions	Ancient		Chu Ci	漁父	yú fù
"Yuan You", or "Far-off Journey (Roaming)"	Anonymous, with attributions	Ancient		Chu Ci	遠遊	Yuǎnyóu
"Zhao Hun", or "Summons of the Soul"	Anonymous, with attributions	Ancient		Chu Ci	招魂	Zhāo Hún
"Zuiweng Tingji"^{[note 38]}	Ouyang Xiu^{[note 39]}	Song poetry		various	醉翁亭記	Zùiwēng Tíng Jì

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or anonymous
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attributed
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Traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan
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see Poetry of Mao Zedong
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From traditional Tang dynasty and Song dynasty sources
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vocalist
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literally, "faint deep feelings"
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see Poetry of Mao Zedong
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original author(s) unknown
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Original in Wu Chinese
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Attributed to Qu Yuan, but uncertain, and some parts certainly older.
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Han dynasty, or later, but before Tang
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The Ballad of Hua Mulan is recorded as having appeared in the pre-Tang 古今樂錄, but that text is not extant.
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
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Sometimes used as name for larger work.
[N 17]
see Poetry of Mao Zedong
[N 18]
Original tune pattern attributed to Yue Fei.
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Also known as "Mao Tsetung".
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Although in the Modern Chinese poetry period, his works are in the Classical Chinese poetry style.
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
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"Li Bo" preferred modern Pinyin
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Zhang Heng's "Return to the Field" is classified as a fu literary work, making it somewhat semi-poetic.
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Or, Chán
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Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.
[N 29]
Various theories, in persona of Qu Yuan
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Probably Han poetry
[N 31]
Tóu (頭) indicates a heading or title, that is that poems with the name (in this case) "Shuǐ diào gē" are based on a Cipai or tone pattern for ci poems with this same name.
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Cipai tone pattern for ci poems, various known authors wrote their own lyrics to this title/tone pattern, including Su Shi
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Collected by Liu Xiang. Includes transcription from original language and Chinese language version.
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Chinese version.
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Chinese version.
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Possibly Liu An or his circle.
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Attributed to Qu Yuan and the otherwise relatively unknown Jing Cuo.
[N 38]
Introduction to series of lyrics, some or all set to gu qin.
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Author of explanatory introduction

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or anonymous

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attributed

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Traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan

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see Poetry of Mao Zedong

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From traditional Tang dynasty and Song dynasty sources

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vocalist

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literally, "faint deep feelings"

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see Poetry of Mao Zedong

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original author(s) unknown

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Original in Wu Chinese

[11] [N 11]
Attributed to Qu Yuan, but uncertain, and some parts certainly older.

[12] [N 12]
Han dynasty, or later, but before Tang

[13] [N 13]
The Ballad of Hua Mulan is recorded as having appeared in the pre-Tang 古今樂錄, but that text is not extant.

[14] [N 14]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[15] [N 15]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[16] [N 16]
Sometimes used as name for larger work.

[17] [N 17]
see Poetry of Mao Zedong

[18] [N 18]
Original tune pattern attributed to Yue Fei.

[19] [N 19]
Also known as "Mao Tsetung".

[20] [N 20]
Although in the Modern Chinese poetry period, his works are in the Classical Chinese poetry style.

[21] [N 21]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[22] [N 22]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[23] [N 23]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[24] [N 24]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[25] [N 25]
"Li Bo" preferred modern Pinyin

[26] [N 26]
Zhang Heng's "Return to the Field" is classified as a fu literary work, making it somewhat semi-poetic.

[27] [N 27]
Or, Chán

[28] [N 28]
Actually a group of poems, rather than being a particular piece.

[29] [N 29]
Various theories, in persona of Qu Yuan

[30] [N 30]
Probably Han poetry

[31] [N 31]
Tóu (頭) indicates a heading or title, that is that poems with the name (in this case) "Shuǐ diào gē" are based on a Cipai or tone pattern for ci poems with this same name.

[32] [N 32]
Cipai tone pattern for ci poems, various known authors wrote their own lyrics to this title/tone pattern, including Su Shi

[33] [N 33]
Collected by Liu Xiang. Includes transcription from original language and Chinese language version.

[34] [N 34]
Chinese version.

[35] [N 35]
Chinese version.

[36] [N 36]
Possibly Liu An or his circle.

[37] [N 37]
Attributed to Qu Yuan and the otherwise relatively unknown Jing Cuo.

[38] [N 38]
Introduction to series of lyrics, some or all set to gu qin.

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Author of explanatory introduction

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List of poems in Chinese or by Chinese poets

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Important translators of Chinese poetry into English

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Poetic modes, genres, and forms

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Influence outside of China

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List of poems in Chinese or by Chinese poets

General

Poetry of particular (dynastic) periods

Poetry works and collections

Individual poets, poems, and translators

Lists of poets

Important translators of Chinese poetry into English

English-language translation collections

Poetic modes, genres, and forms

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Influence outside of China

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