公孫詭《文鹿賦》“Poetic Exposition on a Patterned Deer” by Gongsun Gui (d. 148 BCE)
Xitong 洗桐 (Rinsing the Wutong Tree)
陸遊《夜歸》 “Returning at Night” by Lu You (1125-1210)
“Yong'an ming” 慵菴銘 (Inscription on the Cottage of Idleness) by Bai Yuchan 白玉蟾 (1134-1229)
Three treasures at home
Album leaf “Yu’er mudan” 魚兒牡丹 by Zou Yigui 鄒一桂; inscription by Qianlong Emperor 乾隆
Deer among pine trees
朱彝尊《鵲橋仙》To the tune “Queqiaoxian” by Zhu Yizun (1629-1709)
The hardest thing in the world
楊承鯤《鷹》“The Hawk” by Yang Chengkun (1550-1589)
A spring scene
韓維《謝到水仙二本》“In Gratitude for a Gift of Two Narcissus Bulbs” by Han Wei (1017-1098)
Two excerpts on the process of creation
How to identify a true lion in the 13th-century China
An anecdote about a missing cat, recorded by Lu You 陸游 (1125-1209)
When tigers are swimming across the river...
A tale about the yingbei gou 鷹背狗 (eagle-back dog)
杜甫《惡樹》 “Hateful Trees” by Du Fu (712-770)