
Zhou Bangyan: 周邦彦(AD1056-1121),he's the master of lyric and music,he created many forms and melodies of Song Lyrics.Meantime,he's very good at writing those gorgeous and sad love poems.
He became known as the "Patriarch of Ci Poets" (詞家正宗),and is listed along with Liu Yong, Xin Qiji and Jiang Kui as the "Four Great Ci Poets". His poetry served as a model for ci poets of later eras, with many imitators among the Southern Song literati.
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