The Near East. The golden odes (Mu℗ʻallaqa©Æt). The wandering king (Mu℗ʻallaqa of Imru℗ʼ-al-Qays) -- Whom the gods loved? (Mu℗ʻallaqa of Tarafa) -- The centenarian (Mu℗ʻallaqa of Labi©Æd) -- The black knight (Mu℗ʻallaqa of ℗ʻAntara) -- The book of kings (Sha©Øhna©Øma) : the story of Bi©Øzhan and Mani©Øzha / Firdausi©Ø -- The stream of days / Ta©Æha©Æ Hussein -- India. The blessed Lord's song (Bhagavad gi©Æta©Æ) -- Shakuntala©Æ / Ka©Ælida©Æsa -- The financial expert / R.K. Narayan -- China. Selections / Chuang-tzu -- Poems / Po Chu©·-i -- Monkey (Hsi yu chi) / Wu Ch'eng-en -- The travels of Lao Ts'an (Lao-ts'an yu-chi) / Liu T'ieh-yu©·n -- Japan. Life in a ten-foot square hut (Ho©Æjo©Æki) / Kamo-no Cho©Æmei -- Tales of the middle counselor of the embankment (Tsutsumi chu©Ænagon monogatari) : The lady who loved worms (Mushi mezuru himegimi) -- Tales of the Heike (Heike monogatari) -- Five no©Æ plays : Atsumori ; The dwarf trees (Hachi no ki) ; The heavenly robe of feathers (Hagoromo) ; Kagekiyo ; Tsunemasa / Seami Motokiyo -- Twenty-five haiku / Basho©Æ and others -- Rasho©Æmon / Akutagawa Ryu©Ænosuke -- In a grove (Yabu no naka) / Akutagawa Ryu©Ænosuke.