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Mao Wenxi
Former Shu ci poet who rose to Hanlin Chief Academician and Minister of Rites; his lyrics are collected in the Huajian ji.
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 Courtesy name Pinggui
Mao Wenxi, courtesy name Pinggui, was a man of the Former Shu in the Five Dynasties; his dates are unknown. He served the Former Shu and rose to Hanlin Chief Academician and Minister of Rites. Around 940 Zhao Chongzuo of the Later Shu compiled the Huajian ji (Collection from Among the Flowers), and Mao stands among the eighteen poets it includes, one of the Western Shu lyricists of the Huajian school.
Life and times
- UnknownBorn
Tang
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdomsserved the Former Shu (907–925) - UnknownDied
Works
Literature · Lyrics16- Beautiful Lady Yu · Mandarin Ducks in the Warm Silver PondFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of paired ducks on a warm pond and a love as far off as the Milky Way
- Beautiful Lady Yu · A Pillow Worked with Mandarin DucksFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of warm incense, drifting catkins and a lady idle by a painted swing
- Ganzhou Suite · Spring Is Fair, the Young Lord Rides OutFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's mid-length ci of a young lord riding out in spring to feasting and song
- Ganzhou Suite · Autumn Wind on the FrontierFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's mid-length ci of an autumn frontier, a hard-won battle and an imperial summons
- Grief at the Gauze Window · The Swallows Return in SpringFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of swallows returning in pairs and lingering grief under a moonlit window
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- Grief at the Gauze Window · Butterflies Dusted with PowderFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci on butterflies drifting through flowers and catkins in spring
- Willows Veiled in Mist · Willows on the Sui DykeFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci on the willows of the Sui Dyke and a royal fleet's pleasure voyage south
- Willows Veiled in Mist · Willows by the River BridgeFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci on the willows of a river bridge, broken off for parting travellers
- Willows Veiled in Mist · Willows of Zhangtai, Close by the Royal TasselsFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci on the capital's willows, spared the hands of parting travellers
- Willows Veiled in Mist · Willows by the Palace Moat, Claiming SpringFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci on willows by the palace moat, swaying over the water near the throne
- Drunk Among the Flowers · Do Not Ask MeFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of a wife who dreads being asked, missing a soldier on the frontier
- Drunk Among the Flowers · Deep Remembering across the Silver RiverFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of lovers parted as by the Silver River, a longing that has no end
- Love Runs Deep · Drop by Drop the Bronze Clock SobsFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of a palace night after the feast and a languid dawn of deep love
- Love Runs Deep · Spring Rich in the Jade HallFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of song in a jade hall and a smile that wins a lifelong match
- Telling My Heart · Peach Blossoms Ripple on the StreamFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci on the Liu and Ruan legend, a woman counting the days of a lover's return
- Telling My Heart · Mandarin Ducks Neck to NeckFive Dynasties and Ten KingdomsMao Wenxi's short ci of a lonely wife who sees ducks entwined and thinks of the frontier