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.
复土初。 明旌下储胥。 回虚仗,箫笳互奏,旌旆随驱。 岂知飚御在蓬壶。 道萦纡。 风日惨、六马踌躇。 留恨满山隅。 不堪回首,翠柏已扶疏。 帝城渐迩,愁雾锁天衢...