"Song of the South is originally a song title from the Tang Dynasty musical houses, later a category/genre(?) of poetry/song that follows a particular tune.The lyrics/poem composed by Song Dynasty poet Xin Qi Ji, speaks from a female’s point…"
"By Xin Qiji"
"Written in tune of Whole River Red or Mǎn Jiāng Hóng / 满江红, depicting the scene of late autumn in Nan Yan, expressing the poet’s hopes to regain the patriotic feelings of the rivers and mountains. Such words speaks of him trying to re…"
"By Xin Qiji"
"By Xin Qiji"
"The poet blames the capitulationists not to recover the lost land."
"The poet shows how he values freedom above wealth and rank.The lyricist uses metaphorical expressions to scold the power-that-be and the profit-seeking commoners who persecuted him, and to express his intention to return to seclusion and see…"
"By Xin Qiji"
"This is another lyric written by the old govemor of Jingkou who ascended the Northern Tower overlooking the Yangtze River and gazed from afar on the lost Central Plain beyond the Northern shore.Sun(Sun Quan or Sun Zhong-mou).Cao(CaoCao)and L…"
"In 1204,the 66-year-old poet was appointed governor of Jingkou (present-day Zhengjiang,Jiangsu Province)and wrote this lyric.The King defending the Southern shore alludes to Sun Quan (Sun Zhong-mou)who defeated the Northern forces at the Red…"
"In 1162,xin Qi-ji aged 23 captured the traitor who had assassinated the leader of the Anti-Jurchen forces in the North,led his troops across the Yangtze River and served in the court of Southern Song.But his plan for taking back the lost Nor…"
"This is a vivid portrayal of the drunken poet who was grieved that the books of the ancient sages became useless now that what they said could no longer be put into practice,which reveals the poet's discontent with the situation of the South…"
"The Yellow Sand Ridge was situated to the west of Shangrao,Jiangxi,where the poet lived when he could not fulfil his ambition to fight against the Junchen aggressors.This lyric depicts a nocturnal journey of the poet who was startled and sur…"
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"The Lantern Festival was the 15th day of the first lunar month when Chinese people used to adorn trees with lanters as if they were stars falling in showers to vie in brightness with the full moon.In this lyric the poet contrasted the lady h…"
"Thins lyric reveals implicitly the poet's grief of being unable to fulfil his ambition."
"This lyric depicts a happy family of Southern villagers."
"Unable to do what he wanted to,the patriotic poet lived in the countryside of Jiangxi.This lyric described one lonely night he passed in a convent at Boshan and his dream of the lost land."
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Groping for Fish (
摸鱼儿·更能消几番风雨)
"In the first stanza the patriotic poet sighed for the departing spring,for he could not do what he wanted,that is,drive away Jurchen invaders from the occupied territory.In the second stanza he compared himself to a disfavoured Beauty and th…"
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"Xin Qiji(1140-1207)was regarded as the greatest lyric poet of the Southern Song Dynasty and a patriotic poet par excellence.At the age of 22,he fought against the Jurchen invaders overrunning his native land in the North.This lyric was writt…"
"By Xin Qiji"
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