Foreword / 1 The Book of Songs / 5 "Folk Songs of 15 Regions" ("Guofeng") / 7 The Epic of the Western Zhou People / 9 Prose Writings of Various Schools of Thought during the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Period / 13 Tao Te Ching / 15 The Analects / 19 Mencius / 23 Zhuangzi / 26 Qu Yuan and the Elegies of the State of Chu / 31 Qu Yuan / 32 The Lament on Encountering Sorrows / 34 Elegies of the State ofChu / 36 Records of the Historian—"The First and Last Great Work by Historians, Li Sad without Rhyme" / 41 Pre-Qin Historical Books / 42 About Records of the Historian / 44 The Characterization in Records of the Historian / 46 History and Literature / 50 Literature in the Wei and Jin Period and Tad Yuanming / 53 Li Bai—A Romantic Genius Poet / 61 Du Fu—A Compassionate Sage Poet / 73 "Li and Du the Junior"—Late Tang Poems in the Sad, Plaintive and Beautiful Style / 83 Li Shangyin / 84 Du Mu / 88 Ci Poetry—Poems That Can Be Sung / 93 Su Shi / 97 Li Qingzhao / 102 Xin Qiji / 106 Two Outstanding Playwrights of the Yuan Opera / 111 Ouan Hanfling / 112 Wang Shifu / 116 Brief Outline of Chinese Classical Fictions / 121 Early Classical Fictions in Chapter-titled Style: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Outlaws of the Marsh and Journey to the West / 127 Romance of the Three Kingdoms / 129 Outlaws of the Marsh / 132 Journey to the West/135 Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio—Pinnacle of Classical Chinese Fiction / 139 A Dream of Red Mansions / 145 Appendix: A Brief Chronology of China / 157