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.
世事今如许。 祗先生、寿身寿国,尚堪撑拄。 一脉宽仁忠厚意,留到如今可数。 问谁是、擎天一柱。 名节难全官职易,这娥眉、肯效争妍妒。 几而作,色斯举。 沧州万顷...
口诵百中经,手运周天数。 试问薇垣一小星,谁知是、韩王普。 知得客星来,知得贤人聚。 我若乘槎犯斗牛,莫向常人语。