Moon mark does not reach the deep place: Notes and Comments on Xu Can's Lyrics: Notes and Comments on Xu Can's Lyrics

Author: Huang Yanli
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Xu Can was a renowned lady of the gentry during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Gifted and intelligent, she excelled in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, especially in writing ci poems. She lived during the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasty, enduring hardships but maintaining lofty ideals. Most of her poems reflect the sorrow of a lost nation, expressing melancholic emotions with poignant and moving language, possessing profound social content and high artistic value. The great Qing dynasty poet Chen Weisong once highly praised Xu Can's ci poems, saying: "Her talent is sharp and magnificent; since the Southern Song dynasty, she is the only outstanding lady of the gentry." ("Collected Poems of Women") This book is compiled and edited by Dr. Huang Yanli, a renowned ci scholar from Hong Kong. From the existing 99 ci poems of Xu Can, she selects over 70, with detailed annotations and many insightful perspectives, which greatly assist readers in deeply understanding the ideological content and artistic characteristics of Xu Can's works.