Qin Guan
Qin Guan

Qin Guan (simplified Chinese: 秦观; 1049 – c. 1100) was a Chinese poet of the Song Dynasty. His courtesy name was Shaoyou (少游). Taixu was also his courtesy name. His pseudonym was Huaihai Jushi (淮海居士) and Hangou Jushi (邗溝居士). He was honored as one of the "Four Scholars of Sumen" (蘇門四學士), along with Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei (張耒) and Chao Buzhi (晁補之).

Qin Guan Famous Poems

    • ○ Anxiety Of A Beauty (虞美人·碧桃天上栽和露)
      "The specific peach blossom mentioned in the original poem is bì táo / 碧桃, it is also the name of a song hostess that the poet has written the poem for as he empathises with the hostess who cannot be truly cherished, her passing of beauty a…"
    • ○ Huan Xi Sha (浣溪沙·漠漠轻寒)
      "By Qin Guan"
    • ○ Treading on Grass - At an Inn of Chenzhou (踏莎行·郴州旅舍)
      "This lyric was written in 1097 when the poet was banished to Chenzhou.The Peach Blossom Land was the Utopia for Chinese literati."
    • ○ At the streamside (千秋岁)
      "By Qin Guan"
    • ○ Drunkenly shove off (点绛唇)
      "By Qin Guan"
    • ○ So much sorrow (减字木兰花)
      "By Qin Guan"
    • ○ Cicadas weep (菩萨蛮)
      "By Qin Guan"
    • ○ Colourful cloud drifts (鹊桥仙)
      "Qin Guan (1049-1100)wes another follower of Su Shi.This lyric eclipsed all other love poems by versifying the old legend concering the Cowherd and the Maid or the Weaver,two starts separated by the Milky Way,who were to meet across a magpie …"
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