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Liu Yizhi
Song official and lyricist styled Xingjian from Gui'an in Huzhou, a jinshi of 1121 known as Tiaoxi, with a 55-juan collection.
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 Xingjian · Tiaoxi
Liu Yizhi, courtesy name Xingjian and also called Tiaoxi, came from Gui'an in Huzhou and was a Song official and lyric poet. He took the jinshi in the Xuanhe era, in 1121, and has a biography in the History of Song. His collected works run to 55 juan under the title Tiaoxi Ji, and his lyric to the tune Xi Qian Ying is included in Three Hundred Song Lyrics. His birth and death years are not established here.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; jinshi in 1121