Song Dynasty lyrics —— which is the most deep in feeling?

by awang1980 on 2008-05-09 14:57:43

Ci poetry is the representative literary form of the Song Dynasty. In other words, the literary creations of the Song Dynasty reached their highest achievement in ci poetry. According to statistics, more than 21,000 ci poems from the Song Dynasty have been preserved to this day (one statistical method counts even a single remaining line as a poem, totaling 21,055), which is an enormous number. Among these, there were many renowned poets and countless excellent works. As is well known, poetry expresses aspirations, while ci poetry conveys emotions. The ci poets of the Song Dynasty fully unleashed their talents in expressing feelings, achieving what could be described as "not stopping until their emotions were fully and thoroughly expressed."

So, among the ci poems of the Song Dynasty, which ones are the most heartfelt and moving? This is undoubtedly an interesting topic. Based on my superficial impressions from reading Song ci poetry, I believe that at least the following eight works can be considered as candidates (arranged according to the birth and death times of the poets):

Fan Zhongyan's "[Su Mu Zhe]":

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