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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Lovers of classical literature interested in Song ci who wish to broaden their reading of individual poets
- Readers who enjoy object-description and landscape works and care about details of language
- Calm readers willing to read short texts slowly and keep reading notes
- Chinese teachers or self-taught literature students who need selected Song ci materials
Not a good fit for
- Complete beginners with no classical Chinese who need line-by-line vernacular translation
- Readers who prefer detailed annotation and appreciative commentary and hope to understand Song ci from one book
- Readers who only want famous masters and famous pieces and have little interest in minor poets
Reading tips
- Read through once to feel the rhythm of the language without solving every word; on the second pass, use reference works to look up difficult characters and words.
- Select works by theme—object description, seasonal occasions, travel—and read them in groups, noting how the same poet handles different subjects.
- Read alongside basic knowledge of Song ci prosody or a selected ci reader to understand the relation between meter and diction.
- Read only three to five lyrics at a time, note the lines that impress you most and your questions, and build your own reading notes.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 史达祖词全集（《梅溪词》）
- 绮罗香（咏春雨）
- 双又燕（咏燕）
- 阳春曲
- 海棠春令
- 夜行船（正月十八日闻卖杏花有感）
- 东风第一枝（咏春雪）
- 东风第一枝（灯夕清坐）
- 玉楼春（社前一日）
- 玉楼春（赋梨花）
- 喜迁莺
- 万年欢（春思）
- 阮郎归
- 阮郎归（月下感事）
- 眼儿媚（寄赠）
- 眼儿媚（代答）
- 忆瑶姬（骑省之悼也）
- 南歌子
- 风流子
- 金盏子
- 杏花天（清明）
- 杏花天
- 三姝媚
- 寿楼春（寻春服感念）
- 于飞乐（鸳鸯怨曲）
- 南浦
- 探芳信
- 祝英台近
- 祝英台近（蔷薇）
- 祝英台近
- 钗头凤（寒食饮绿亭）
- 西江月（闺思）
- 西江月（赋木犀香数珠）
- 西江月
- 西江月（舟中赵子野有词见调，即意和之）
- 庆清朝
- 桃源忆故人
- 桃源忆故人（赋桃花）
- 花心动
- 解佩令
- 菩萨蛮（夜景）
- 菩萨蛮（赋玉蕊花）
- 菩萨蛮（赋软香）
- 贺新郎
- 贺新郎（六月十五日夜西湖月下）
- 贺新郎（湖上高宾王、赵子野同赋）
- 夜合花（赋笛）
- 夜合花
- 留春令（金林檎咏）
- 留春令（咏梅花）
- 瑞鹤仙
- 瑞鹤仙（赋红梅）
- 点绛唇
- 青玉案
- 浣溪沙
- 蝶恋花
- 临江仙
- 临江仙（闰思）
- 风入松（茉莉花）
- 隔浦莲
- 隔浦莲（荷花）
- 凤来朝（五日感事）
- 玉簟凉
- 鹊桥仙（七夕舟中）
- 湘江静
- 玲珑四犯
- 玲珑四犯（京口寄所思）
- 八归
- 过龙门
- 过龙门（春愁）
- 玉胡蝶
- 齐天乐（白发）
- 齐天乐（秋兴）
- 齐天乐（赋橙）
- 齐天乐（湖上即席分韵得羽字）
- 齐天乐（中秋宿真定驿）
- 燕归梁
- 月当厅
- 秋霁
- 满江红（中秋夜潮案潮，元误湖）
- 满江红（书怀）
- 满江红（九月二十一日出京怀古）
- 恋绣衾
- 恋绣衾（席上梦锡、汉章同赋）
- 换巢鸾凤（梅意花庵作春情）
- 惜奴娇
- 龙吟曲（问梅刘寺）
- 龙吟曲（雪）
- 龙吟曲（陪节欲行留别社友）
- 鹧鸪天
- 鹧鸪天（灯市书事）
- 鹧鸪天
- 惜黄花（九月七日定兴道中）
- 玉烛新
- 一翦梅
- 一翦梅（追感）
- 醉落魄
- 醉落魄（浙江送人，时子振之官越幕）
- 醉公子（咏梅寄南湖先生）
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About the author
Shi Dazu was a Song dynasty ci poet. Publicly available sources on his life are limited, and his birth and death years, native place, and official career are difficult to verify. His surviving works are represented by the ci collection Meixi Ci, and the database contains two works, both related to Meixi Ci. Shi Dazu's ci poems mostly describe scenery and objects and express personal feelings; his language is polished and delicate, and he excels at depicting the appearances of things. In the Southern Song ci world he was known for refined diction, and his style is gentle and meticulous. His object-praising ci in particular have drawn the attention of later critics, and he is often regarded as one of the representatives of the elegant Southern Song ci style. Because historical materials are scattered and lost, the details of his life cannot be fully reconstructed, and later readers chiefly know his creative profile through Meixi Ci. Modern collation and research mostly rely on the works preserved in Meixi Ci to discuss his artistic characteristics and place in ci history.
