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Lu Qianyi
Later Shu military governor and lyricist whose 'Linjiangxian' on a desolate palace garden is read as a lament for a fallen state
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Lu Qianyi lived under the Later Shu; according to the Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms (Shiguo chunqiu), he passed the jinshi examination and rose to military governor of Yongtai, with the honorary ranks of grand commandant and grand guardian. Tradition groups him with Ouyang Jiong, Han Zong, Yan Xuan and Mao Wenxi as the Five Ghosts who wrote song lyrics for the ruler Meng Chang. Among the Flowers includes six of his lyrics, and his 'Linjiangxian', which opens on a deserted garden behind locked gates where lotus flowers weep in the dark, has usually been read as mourning a lost kingdom. Later lyric criticism says he refused office after the fall of his state, a claim not found in the official histories.
Life and times
- UnknownBorn
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
SongLater Shu period - UnknownDied
Works
Literature · Lyrics4- The Daoist Priestess · Phoenix Tower and Jade TreesFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsLu Qianyi's short ci of a Daoist priestess in a grotto, pining for Master Liu who never writes
- The Daoist Priestess · On the Altar of Pacing the VoidFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsLu Qianyi's short ci of a Daoist altar rite where immortals descend, then return to heaven
- Immortal by the River · Golden Locks on the Layered GatesFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsLu Qianyi's short ci of a deserted palace garden where even the lotus mourns a lost state
- Immortal by the River · A Dawn Oriole Breaks the DreamFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsLu Qianyi's short ci of a woman woken at dawn, pining for a lover off seeking pleasure