Lü Benzhong Famous Poems

○ Moon over West River: Wind Lifts the Moon (西江月 · 渺渺风吹月上)
"Composed during Lü Benzhong's years of exile and political vicissitudes, this lyric embodies his melancholic introspection on life's impermanence and time's relentless passage. Written in his later years, it employs autumnal imagery of wind,…"
○ Shortened Song of Magnolia: Last Year Tonight (减字木兰花 · 去年今夜)
"Penned during the mid-Northern Song period, this lyric by Lü Benzhong distills the essence of farewell into crystalline temporal layers—"last year," "this year," "next year"—creating a triple-exposure of memor…"
○ Song of Mulberry Picking: Moon over the River Tower (采桑子 · 恨君不似江楼月)
"Composed during the twilight of the Northern Song, this lyric by Lü Benzhong exemplifies the era's mastery of emotional restraint. Through lunar metaphor and structural parallelism, it captures a woman's lament—at once reproachful and yearn…"