Chinese & Japanese

Meng Chiao

c. AD 790


Meng Chiao (Meng Jiao) was a poet of the T'ang dynasty. Ayscough and Lowell's Contents dates him to circa A.D. 790; the editor's reference dates for him are about 751-814.

The archive holds one short poem from Fir-Flower Tablets (1921), a mother's thread sewn into a travelling son's clothes, which the book prints under the air "The Wanderer".

  1. Sung to the Air: "The Wanderer"
  2. A Song of a Pure-hearted Girl
  3. A Traveller's Song

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