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.
西风满目。 渐院落悄清,愁近银烛。 多少虫书堕翠,又随波縠。 姮娥半露扶疏影,向虚檐、似知幽独。 浦鸿声断,枝乌漏永,芳梦难续。 记旧日、离亭细嘱。 早归趁香边...
披紫菟裘,上白鹭亭,看吹洞箫。 望长江庚鲸过,江横素练,回仙鹤度,月在青霄。 依约淮山,清冷风露,如到瀛洲听海涛。 浮图近,更玉铃金铎,初奏琅玕。 人间梦境廖廖...