Poems by Confucius
A Wife's Grief Because Of Her Husband's Absence
... And pear-trees grace the ground below ...
Soldiers Of Wei Bewail Separation From Their Families
... Their hands clasped in ours, together we vowed, ...
Hospitality
... Fill their host's cup, and drink his weal ...
An Entreaty
... Nor break old friendship off ...
On Sacrificing To The Kings Woo, Ching, And K'ang
... And Ching and K'ang stood forth to sight, ...
The King's Anxiety For His Morning Levee
... Their tinkling bells with measured sound draw near ...
In Praise Of A Ruler Of Ts'in
... Our prince shows there the double _Ke_ ...
The King Goes To War
... -- _Suh-suh_ their wings go flapping in the breeze ...
Against Frivolous Pursuits
... I grieve! Would they but lodge with me, ...
Lament Of A Bereaved Person
... No brother lives with whom my cause to plead ...
Lamenting The Absence Of A Cherished Friend
... My steeds, o'er-tasked, their progress stayed, ...
Trysting Time
... III She has gathered with her lily fingers ...
An Officer Sets Forth His Hard Lot
... Each thing of the King, and the fate of the State, ...
Men of Superior Mind
... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things ...
Sadness
... I would the dawn might lift my heart, ...
