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Yi'an Lyrics and Epigraphy

Li Qingzhao pioneered the acclaimed Yi'an lyric style and co-authored the 30-volume Jinshi Lu epigraphic corpus.

Song · 960 CE - 1279 CE 📚 Culture · Chronicles

Northern and Southern

Yi'an Lyrics and Epigraphy · 1101 CE - 1155 CE

Time Capsules

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Qingzhou Guilai Hall Epigraphy Compilation

1101 CE–1126 CE HR11095

Two decades of research at Guilai Hall collecting and cataloging ancient bronzes for Jinshi Lu.

Qing Zhou CityWeifangShandong

Southern Crossing and Patriotic Invective

1127 CE–1134 CE HR11096

Guarding antiquities across the Yangtze amid war, penning timeless patriotic verses and lyrics.

HangzhouZhejiang

Epilogue to Jinshi Lu and Shuoyu

1135 CE–1155 CE HR11097

Authoring the monumental Afterword to Jinshi Lu and finalizing the Shuoyu Ci lyrical canon.

HangzhouZhejiang

Cause & Context

In 1101 CE, married Zhao Mingcheng and devoted years at Guilai Hall in Qingzhou to researching ancient bronzes and stone rubbings for the 30-volume Jinshi Lu.

Epochal Overview

Amid the fall of Northern Song, transported her precious antiquities southward through hardship, authoring the monumental prose masterpiece Afterword to Jinshi Lu. She pioneered the Yi'an Style and composed immortal lyric gems such as Sheng Sheng Man.

Civilizational Impact

established the supreme aesthetic standard for Song ci lyrics and co-authored Jinshi Lu, founding a cornerstone of Chinese epigraphy.

Key Figures

Li Qingzhao is celebrated as the foremost female poet in Chinese history and master of the ci lyric; Zhao Mingcheng was her scholarly partner and epigrapher.