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Huang Xiaomai
Southern Song lyricist, courtesy name Defu and sobriquet Xuezhou, whose collection was prefaced by Liu Kezhuang and whose best-known piece is 'Xiangchun Yeyue'.
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 Zi Defu · Hao Xuezhou
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Huang Xiaomai, courtesy name Defu and sobriquet Xuezhou, was a Southern Song lyricist whose dates are unknown. His one-fascicle collection Xuezhou Changduanju is lost, and the Quan Song Ci recovers four of his lyrics. Liu Kezhuang wrote a preface to his collection and praised its graceful, refined manner. His best-known piece, 'Xiangchun Yeyue: Approaching Qingming', is a spring lament written on a journey and is included in the Songci Sanbaishou.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; Southern Song poet active around the 13th century