The Song dynasty was the golden age of ci poetry, and its poets shone like stars. Li Qingzhao, one of the foremost women poets, stood apart in the world of ci and came to be known as the founder of the “Yi’an style.” She was a leading figure of the graceful and restrained school. Her poetry falls into two periods, divided by the southern migration. Her earlier works mostly depict the quiet pleasures of life within the women’s quarters, expressing the distinct tenderness and sensitivity of a female poet. Her later poems are filled with the sorrow of “things remain, but people have changed,” and express her longing for her lost homeland and the past. Li Qingzhao excelled at shaping vivid, lucid lines from everyday speech. Fresh and enduring, her words come together to create a seamless poetic world. This book gathers Li Qingzhao’s poems and later commentaries, with brief annotations and a chronology by Mr. Xu Peijun, making it easier for readers to appreciate her work.
There are people with thousands of faces in the world, but every word of a book is worth a thousand dollars.
Being intoxicated here can be understood as a compliment to the scenery. The before and after comparison of straying into the depths of the lotus flowers objectively and comprehensively highlights the beautiful scenery of this lotus pond. Later, he used the phrase "frightened gulls and herons" to objectively and truly describe its potential vitality.
There are people with thousands of faces in the world, but every word of a book is worth a thousand dollars.
Being intoxicated here can be understood as a compliment to the scenery. The before and after comparison of straying into the depths of the lotus flowers objectively and comprehensively highlights the beautiful scenery of this lotus pond. Later, he used the phrase "frightened gulls and herons" to objectively and truly describe its potential vitality.