Fusheng Wu is Assistant Professor of Languages and Literature at the University of Utah. He is co-translator of Songs of My Heart: The Chinese Lyric Poetry of Ruan Ji.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Defining Decadence in the Chinese Poetic Tradition
2. Xiao Gang and Palace Style Poetry
3. Li He: The Poetry of Beautiful Women and Ghastly Ghosts
4. Wen Tingyun: The Poet Dandy
5. Li Shangyin: Negotiation with Tradition
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index