by Gopal Sukhu
Wu Guan, 52n28
Wu Guang. See He Lü, King
Wu Hui, 49n11
Wu Lai, 98n67
Wu Zixu: in “Ask the Sky,” 100n79; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 207, 209n22; in Nine Cantos, 109, 124, 125, 134, 136n23, 139n60; in Nine Variations, 167n9
Xi Shi, 126
“Xi shi.” See “Regretting the Vows”
“Xi song” (I Deplore Pleading; Nine Cantos), 103, 104–7, 216
“Xi wang ri” (I Look Back in Sadness; Nine Cantos), 124–27, 129, 216
Xia Dalin, 57n70, 84n26
Xia dynasty, 1, 2, 29; in “Ask the Sky,” 70, 87n32, 90n39, 91n40, 93n48, 97n65; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 52n29, 57n65
Xian, Duke (Jin), 135n6
Xianbei, 184, 188n12
Xiang, Duke (Song), 137n36
Xiang, King (Chu), xl–xli, 170
Xiang, King (Xia), 90nn39–40, 92n45
“Xiang furen” (Lady of the Xiang River; Nine Songs), 1, 8–12
Xiang jun (Ruler of the Xiang), 8–9
Xiang Liu (Xiang Yao), 82n23
Xiao Yang, 206, 209n20
Xihe (solar charioteer), 15, 66
Xiong Liangzhi, 76n3, 187n1
Xiong Qu, King (Chu; E), xii, 136n16
Xiong Yi, xii
Xiong Yun (King Cheng of Chu), 102nn86–87
Xu Huanlong, 56n64
Xu Wenjing, 77n4, 99n77
Xuan, Duke (Qi), 137n36, 165
Xuan, Emperor (Han), xxviii
Xuan, King (Zhou), 48n6, 97n65, 101n81
Xuanming (water spirit), 148, 151n44
Xuanzong, Emperor (Tang), xxxv
Xunzi, xv
Yan Ji, 217
Yan Shigu, 86n30
Yan Ying, 205, 209n15
Yang, Shaman (Wu Yang), 170–78, 179n3
Yang Xiong, 77n4, 103
Yanzi chunqiu, 140n63
Yao (sage-king), xxiii, xxiv, 8; in “Ask the Sky,” 69, 79n12, 84n27, 87n32, 91n42, 98n71; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 204, 208n11; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 31, 36, 48n4, 48n10, 50n18; in Nine Cantos, 113, 135n7, 137n34, 137n36; in Nine Variations, 164, 165; in “Wandering Far Away,” 148, 151n36, 151n38
Yao Nai, 57n70
Yee, 67, 85n29, 86n30
Yellow Emperor (Huang Di), 80n16, 135n3, 137n36, 140n62, 151n37
Yellow River, xii, 3, 4, 16–17, 22n15, 23nn28–30, 101n82, 134. See also He Bo
Yi, King (Xia), 90n39
Yi, Marquis (Zeng), xiii
Yi Yang (spirit), 29
Yi Yin, 23n22, 57n72; in “Ask the Sky,” 74, 91n41, 92n48, 94n56, 95n57, 100n78; in Nine Cantos, 125, 139n57
Yi zhoushu, 52n28
Yijing (Book of Changes), 77n4, 155n1
Yili, 188n17
yin and yang, xvi, 6, 23n30, 30, 110, 199; in “Ask the Sky,” 63, 68, 76n1, 76n3; in “Wandering Far Away,” 144, 149n5
Ying Shao, 78n10
You, King (Zhou), 72, 97n65
You Guo’en, 57n70
Youdi, 71, 94n54
youxian (wandering immortals) poetry, xxxiii–xxxvi, xxxix, xlii, 143
Youxian shi (Guo Pu), xxxiii–xxxiv
Yu (sage-king), 1, 23n28; in “Ask the Sky,” 65, 67, 79n12, 80n15, 82nn22–24, 85nn28–29, 86n30, 88n34, 91n42; in “Great Summoning,” 188n18; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 204, 208n11; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 40, 45, 50n25, 53n34, 57n72; in Nine Cantos, 120, 125, 135n7, 137n36, 138n44
Yu, Pauline, xxv
“Yu fu.” See “Fisherman, The”
Yu Xiong, xii
Yu Yin (Chu founder), 49n17
“Yu Zhen xianren ci” (Immortal Jade True; Li Bai), xxxv
Yuan dynasty, 26
Yuan Ke, 55n55
“Yuan you.” See “Wandering Far Away”
Yuanchen ji, 77n3
Yue, state of, 198, 201n6
“Yunzhong jun” (Lord in the Clouds; Nine Songs), 6–7
Zao Fu, 96n64, 122, 138n49
Zeng Hou Yi tomb bells, xiii
Zhang Taiyan, 55n58
Zhang Yi, xix, xxi
Zhanguo ce (Intrigues of the warring states), xxi
Zhao (king of Chu), 16–17, 72, 167n9
Zhao, King (Qin), xix
Zhao, King (Zhou), 29, 96nn63–64
“Zhao hun.” See “Summoning the Soul”
“Zhao yinshi.” See “Calling the Hermit Back”
Zheng Zhanyin, 153–54
Zhengze (True Norm), xvi, 30, 33
Zhi, Robber, 196, 201n2
Zhong Kang, 90n39
Zhong Yong, 92n46
Zhou, Duke of (Shu Dan), 71, 95n60, 96n63, 100n77, 101n81
Zhou dynasty, xii, 26, 29, 40, 71, 95n59, 97n65
Zhou Xin, King. See Djou
Zhouli, 50n19
Zhu Ji, 58n81
Zhu Junsheng, 86n30
Zhu Maichen, xxviii, 218
Zhu Rong (Fire God), 29, 30, 35; in “Ask the Sky,” 79n12, 80n14; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 48n2, 48nn10–11, 49n17; in “Wandering Far Away,” 148, 151n33
Zhu Xi, xxviii, xlii, 169, 189, 195, 214, 220; on “Ask the Sky,” 90n40; on “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 202; on “Leaving My Sorrow,” 49n12, 56n62, 57n69; on Nine Cantos, 103, 135n3, 140n64
Zhuan Xu (Gaoyang), 23n22, 35, 77n6; in “Ask the Sky,” 79n12, 80n17, 101n80; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 208n8; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 48nn10–11, 51n27; in Nine Cantos, 134n3, 137n36; in “Wandering Far Away,” 144, 148, 149n6, 151n43
Zhuang, Duke (Chu), 137n36
Zhuang Ji, xxxix, 202–9
Zhuang Qiao, 196, 201n2
Zhuangzi, xiii, 17, 76n1, 100n80, 151n40, 152, 195; and immortality, 189; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 50n19, 53n38, 55n55; and Nine Cantos, 136n22
Zhuo (Han Zhuo): in “Ask the Sky,” 68, 85n27, 87n32, 88n33, 89n38, 90nn39–40; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 40, 52nn30–31, 56n65
Zi Wen, 75, 102n86
Zilan, xx
Zou Yang, 202
Zuo Si, 83n25
Zuozhuan, xxiii, xxiv, 1, 16; and “Ask the Sky,” 87nn31–32, 88n34, 93n51, 96n63, 100n77, 102n86; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 56n59, 56n65
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Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu, tr. Donald Keene. Paperback ed. only. 1961; rev. ed. 1997
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The Manyōshū, Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkōkai edition 1965
Su Tung-p’o: Selections from a Sung Dynasty Poet, tr. Burton Watson. Also in paperback ed. 1965
Bhartrihari: Poems, tr. Barbara Stoler Miller. Also in paperback ed. 1967
Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu, tr. Burton Watson. Also in separate paperback eds. 1967
The Awakening of Faith, Attributed to Aśvaghosha, tr. Yoshito S. Hakeda. Also in paperback ed. 1967
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Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Bashō, tr. with introduction by Steven D. Carter 2011
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Record of Miraculous Events in Japan: The Nihon ryōiki, tr. Burton Watson 2013
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Lust, Commerce, and Corruption: An Account of What I Have Seen and Heard, by an Edo Samurai, tr. and ed. Mark Teeuwen and Kate Wildman Nakai with Miyazaki Fumiko, Anne Walthall, and John Breen 2014; abridged 2017
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