"The Four Seasons go on for ever and ever:
In all Nature nothing stops to rest
Even for a moment…"—Po Chu-i, from "Illness"

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Table of Contents
CHINESE LITERATURE
Comparing Literary Works
Lao Tzu from the Tao Te Ching Philosophical Text 240
Confucius from The Analects Philosophical Text 242

Comparing Literary Works
Arthur Waley, translator from The Book of Songs
I Beg of You, Chung Tzu Poem 252
Thick Grow the Rush Leaves Poem 253
T'ao Ch'ien Form, Shadow, Spirit Poem 254
I Built My House Near Where Others Dwell Poem 257
Li Po The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter Poem 258
Addressed Humorously to Tu Fu Poem 260
Tu Fu Jade Flower Palace Poem 261
Sent to Li Po as a Gift Poem 262

JAPANESE LITERATURE
Comparing Literary Works
Ki Tsurayuki When I Went to Visit Tanka 268
Ono Komachi Was It That I Went to Sleep Tanka 269
Priest Jakuren One Cannot Ask Loneliness Tanka 269
Matsuo Basho Haiku Haiku 270
Yosa Buson Haiku Haiku 271
Kobayashi Issa Haiku Haiku 272

Sei Shonagon from The Pillow Book
In Spring It Is the Dawn Nonfiction 278
The Cat Who Lived in the Palace Nonfiction 279
Things That Arouse a Fond Memory of the Past Nonfiction 282
I Remember a Clear Morning Nonfiction 282

Comparing Literary Works
Paul Reps, compiler Zen Parables
A Parable Parable 290
Publishing the Sutras Parable 291
The Taste of Banzo's Sword Parable 291