Liu Zongyuan Index


Liu Zongyuan wrote most of his poems and prose works after 805, when he fell out of imperial favour and was exiled to the south. These circumstances are reflected in much of his writing.

Each poem indexed below appears in characters, pinyin, and literal and literary English translation; alternatively, the English translations are collected on one page here.
Entering Yellow Stream and Hearing an Ape
River Snow
Travelling on the Southern Valley Path to a Deserted Village on an Autumn Morning