Xin Qiji

Water Dragon Chant

Lyric poem celebrating the grace and power of water in classical Chinese verse

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Xin Qiji
Xin Qiji

Southern Song-dynasty statesman and poet whose ci lyrics express patriotic grief over China's loss to the Jin dynasty with unusual masculine vigor. He is considered the greatest ci poet of the Song dynasty after Li Qingzhao.

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