Of the 68 pieces in this book, 55 are now translated for the first time.  Of the eight poems by Li Po, all but Number 6 have been translated before, some of them by several hands.

Among the poems by Po Chuu-i, three (Nos. 11, 12, and 44) have been translated by Woitsch[1] and one, (No. 43), very incorrectly, by Pfizmaier.  Another (No. 21) was translated into rhymed verse by Prof.  Giles in “Adversaria Sinica” (1914), p. 323.  Ou-yang Hsiu’s “Autumn” was translated by Giles (with great freedom in many places) in his “Chinese Literature,” p. 215.

[1] Aus den Gedichten Po Chuu-i’s.  Peking, 1908.

[Transcriber’s Note:  The following apparent misprints have been
corrected for this electronic edition: 
Patient carrier of towel and comb,[2]
    —­as printed, cited footnote 1, which is inapplicable and not on page

“Because you are my cousin,
“Then came the sharing of pillow and mat,
“Now, having ‘seen my Prince,’
    —­as printed, all were missing opening "

Footnote 3:  See p. 58, “170 Chinese Poems,” Alfred A. Knopf, 1919.
    —­as printed, See p, 58,

with bedclothes under her arm
    —­as printed, bed-clothes]