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.
约梅花,年年开向华筵。 借清香,飞入寿杯中,永祝英贤。 才履长、便登八帙,那须要、更待来年。 和气先春,祥风破腊,蓂开七荚正敷妍。 君不见,太公此际,犹欲钓磻川...