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.
危楼静锁,窗中远岫,门外垂杨。 珠帘不禁春风度,解偷送馀香。 眠思梦想,不如双燕,得到兰房。 别来只是,凭高泪眼,感旧离肠。
轻攒碎玉,玲珑竹外,脱去繁华。 尤殢东君,最先点破,压倒群花。 瘦影生香,黄昏月馆,清浅溪沙。 仙标淡伫,偏宜么凤,肯带栖鸦。