For our class on Tuesday, October the 10th, please read the following two items:

1. the introduction to “Tang Poetry,” from the Norton Anthology vol. B pp 1015-1018.
2. the poems in the handout on Classical Chinese poetry, which you will find by following the link here. There are some essays and notes in the handout as well, which you may read if you choose. (Alternate translations can also be found in your Norton Anthology.)