Li Shishi was a famous singing girl in Bianjing in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Her real surname is Wang, the daughter of a dyeing bureau craftsman. After losing her father at the age of four, she was adopted by the Li family, a prostitute. Li Shishi is both talented and beautiful, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially good at singing, and his dancing postures are also graceful and light. She had close contacts with many literati, such as Qin Guan and Yan Jidao, and her talents were deeply appreciated. Song Huizong loved her very much, and Zhou Bangyan also had a love affair with her. After the Jingkang Incident, the Northern Song Dynasty fell, and Li Shishi's whereabouts are unknown. There are various theories such as committing suicide, living in the south of the Yangtze River, or becoming a monk. Her story became an important theme in later literary and artistic creations, and her image also became a symbol of the prosperity of urban culture in the Northern Song Dynasty.
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