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PARABLE:  the Panchatantra — the Gulistan of Sadi — the Mathnawi of Rumi —
FICTION:  the Thousand and One Nights — “The Judicial Murder of Tsui Ning” (anonymous
		Chinese tale) — Tale of Genji
EPIC:	  the Mahabharata — the Shahnamah of Firdausi (Birth of Sohrab /
		Death of Sohrab)
PLAYS:	Shakuntala by Kalidasa — Atsumori by Seami Motokiyo
SONGS:	Chinese: the Book of Songs (Chinese) — Wang Wei — Li Po —
		Tu Fu — Po - Chu-i — Su Tung-p’o
	Japanese: the Manyo Shu Kokin Shu — Matsuo Basho — Taniguchi Buson
	Arab: the Meditations of Ma’arri — the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam — the
	Moallakat
	Gita Govinda by Jayadeva — the
	Divani Shamsi Tabriz of Rumi — the Divan of Hafiz
SCRIPTURE: the Analects of Confucius
	the Tao Teh Ching — the Bhagavad Gita — the Dhammapada — the Koran.