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Liu Shuo
Fourth son of Emperor Wen of Liu Song, Prince of Nanping and a poet whose verse is in the Yutai xinyong; he was poisoned at 23.
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 Xiuxuan · Prince Mu of Nanping
Liu Shuo, courtesy name Xiuxuan, was the fourth son of Emperor Wen of Song (Liu Yilong). He was made Prince of Nanping in 439 and, after death, posthumously styled Prince Mu. He held posts as governor of Xiang and Yu provinces, Commander of the Guard and Minister of Works. He wrote verse, with imitative yuefu pieces in the Yutai xinyong and Gushi yuan, and a White Ramie Song is traditionally credited to him. He was poisoned in 453 on the orders of the new emperor Liu Jun, at the age of twenty-three.
Life and times
- 431 CEBorn
Northern and Southern - 453 CEDied
Works
Literature · Poetry5- After "On and On, Going On and On"Northern and SouthernLiu Shuo rewrites an old parting poem: a wife alone as dust gathers and her years grow late
- After "How Bright the Moon"Northern and SouthernLiu Shuo's old moon poem retold: autumn light, a sleepless night, a road too hard to cross
- After "In the First Month of Winter the Cold Air Comes"Northern and SouthernLiu Shuo rewrites an old poem about a letter from afar, read three times on an autumn night
- After "Green, Green the Grass by the River"Northern and SouthernLiu Shuo's old river-grass poem retold: a wife plays sad tunes while her husband serves afar
- Ode on the Herd Boy and the Weaver GirlNorthern and SouthernLiu Shuo on the star lovers' one night: joy cut short before their feelings can be told
Family tree
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