"O Soul go not to the West Where level wastes of sand stretch on and on; And demons rage, swine-headed, hairy-skinned,…"

"O Soul come back to watch the birds in flight! He who has found such manifold delights Shall feel his cheeks aglow An…"

"惟夫党人之偷乐兮，路幽昧以险隘。"

"余固知謇謇之为患兮。"

"路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。"

"世溷浊而不分兮，好蔽美而嫉妒。"

"乱曰：已矣哉， 国无人莫我知兮，又何怀乎故都？ 既莫足与为美政兮，吾将从彭咸之所居。"

"Am I not the poet of witness?...Am I not a descendent of Qu Yuan, whose lyric intensity caused him to drown himself i…"

"Ch'u Yüan (B.C. 343–c. 290) ranks undoubtedly as one of the three or four greatest poets of China characterized by hi…"

"A general good at commanding troops is like one sitting in a leaking boat or lying under a burning roof. For there is…"