Li Qingzhao's Ci poems

Author: Li Qingzhao of the Southern Song Dynasty
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: ▼ Complete Content ▼ Sandalwood Aroma ▼ Compact and Lightweight ▼ Original Illustrations ▼ Portable —— As one of the few renowned and celebrated female literary geniuses in history, Li Qingzhao was admired and highly praised by generations for her extraordinary talent and demeanor. A famous contemporary poet, Chao Buzhi, once predicted that her future achievements in writing lyrics would be extraordinary. Later generations commenting on her lyrics described her as "not merely superior to women, but even surpassing men." Today, when people mention Li Qingzhao, they honor her as "the greatest female lyricist of the Song Dynasty, and also the greatest female lyricist in Chinese literary history." —— Li Qingzhao demonstrated exceptional literary insight and artistic talent from a young age. During her teenage years, she wielded the brush to compose poetry, unfurling scrolls to recite verses, with a mind as exquisite as brocade and words as refined as embroidery. She practiced calligraphy by imitating Wang Xuanzhi's handwriting, writing elegant small regular script; she deeply admired both the gold-and-green landscape paintings of Li Sixin and the ink-wash painting schools......