Ou-yang Hsiu

Ou-yang Hsiu (1007–1072) was a statesman and man of letters of the Sung dynasty. With the historian Sung Ch’i he prepared a history of the T’ang dynasty, and he held the office of Grand Examiner. His “Autumn” is often held to be among the finest pieces in Chinese literature.

The poems here are L. Cranmer-Byng’s versions in A Lute of Jade (1909), given with the poet’s name as spelled in those books.