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Bao Linghui
Renowned Southern Dynasties poetess (c. 420–475 CE), younger sister of Bao Zhao, celebrated for exquisite imitations of Han and Wei yuefu folk poems.
Mural guide
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.
Also known as Lady Bao
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Bao Linghui (c. 420–475 CE) was a distinguished Southern Dynasties poetess of the Liu Song era and the sister of master poet Bao Zhao. Renowned for mastering the Han-Wei five-character ballad form, her verses in the Yutai Xinyong collection exhibit lyrical elegance and emotional profundity.
Life and times
- c. 420Born
Jin
Northern and Southern - 475 CEDied
Works
Literature · Poetry5- Imitating 'Green, Green the Riverside Grass'Northern and SouthernBao Linghui after an old poem: a radiant woman on a high terrace whose man left early for war
- Imitating 'A Guest Came from Far Away'Northern and SouthernBao Linghui after an old poem: a zither from afar, grained with longing, and a heart unchanged
- Written after a Letter, for One AwayNorthern and SouthernBao Linghui's lines after a letter: a wife behind a shut gate, watching the seasons for spring
- In the Old Manner, for Someone of TodayNorthern and SouthernBao Linghui gives voice to a wife in the mild south writing to her man in the frozen north
- Written for Guo Xiaoyu, Wife of the Monk Ge: Two PoemsNorthern and SouthernBao Linghui writes for Guo Xiaoyu, the monk Ge's wife: a moonlit night and a parting pillow
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