Song Ci is an important part of ancient Chinese literature, known alongside Tang poetry as the "twin peaks". Ci originated in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, featuring masters like Su Shi, Xin Qiji, and Li Qingzhao.
梅片作团飞,雨外柳丝金湿。 客子短篷无据,倚长风挂席。 回头流水小桥东,烟扫画楼出。 楼上有人凝伫,似旧家曾识。
问讯故园,今如之何,还胜昔无。 想旧耘兰蕙,依然葱茜,新栽杨柳,亦已扶疏。 韭本千畦,芋根一亩,雨老烟荒谁为锄。 难忘者,是竹吾爱甚,梅汝知乎。 茅亭低压平湖。...