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Liu Kezhuang
Southern Song poet and ci writer, styled Houcun Jushi, who wrote in a bold style close to Xin Qiji and left over five thousand poems.
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 Qianfu · Houcun Jushi · Originally named Zhuo
Liu Kezhuang, originally named Zhuo, courtesy name Qianfu and literary name Houcun Jushi, from Putian in Fujian, was a major poet and ci writer of the late Southern Song. He served as magistrate of Jianyang, circuit official in Guangdong, Privy Council compiler, Secretariat drafter and vice minister of war, finally becoming Academician of the Longtu Pavilion. His ci are bold and close to Xin Qiji's; his collected works contain over five thousand poems, and the Houcun Biediao holds more than two hundred lyrics.
Life and times
Song
YuanWorks
Literature · Lyrics4- Hawthorn Fruit · Crowded Lanterns Outshine the MoonSongLiu Kezhuang's short ci teasing a friend on Lantern Festival night: same lights, an older heart
- Congratulating the Bridegroom · Pomegranates Bloom in the Deep CourtyardSongLiu Kezhuang's long ci on the Dragon Boat Festival, teasing the old customs offered to Qu Yuan
- Congratulating the Bridegroom · The Deep Sky Turns BlackSongLiu Kezhuang's long ci from a tower on the Double Ninth, grieving for the land and his years
- Magnolia Blossom · Year After Year Riding Through the CapitalSongLiu Kezhuang's teasing short ci telling an official named Lin to weep for the north, not a girl