Chinese & Japanese

Chu Ch’ing-yü

8th century AD


Chu Ch’ing-yü is dated by Giles to the 8th century AD. His poem here is set in the women’s quarters of a palace.

The poems here are Herbert A. Giles’s versions in Chinese Poetry in English Verse (1898), given with the poet’s name as spelled in that book.

  1. In the Harem
  2. A Song of the Palace
  3. On the Eve of Government Examinations, to Secretary Chang

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