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Liu Chenweng
Poet-lyricist of the Song-Yuan transition from Luling in Jizhou, known for the Xuxi ji and Xuxi ci and for his critical commentaries.
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 Huimeng · Style name Xuxi
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Liu Chenweng, courtesy name Huimeng and style name Xuxi, was from Luling in Jizhou (modern Ji'an, Jiangxi), and lived 1232 to 1297. He took the jinshi degree in 1262 and, after the fall of the Song, lived in retirement without office, known for his lyrics and for his commentary on poetry and prose. His Xuxi ji ran to a hundred scrolls and was long lost; Qing editors recovered ten from the Yongle Encyclopedia. He also left the Xuxi ci, and four of his lyrics are in the Three Hundred Song Lyrics.
Life and times
Song
YuanWorks
Literature · Lyrics4- The Precious Tripod Appears · Red-Clad Riders in SpringSongLiu Chenweng's three-stanza long ci recalling lantern-night splendour now only a dream
- Prince of Lanling · Seeing Spring OffSongLiu Chenweng's three-stanza long ci of a bingzi year, seeing spring off in lament
- Joy of Lasting Meeting · A Jade-Disc Moon in a Clearing SkySongLiu Chenweng's long ci of the Lantern Festival then and now, with memories of the move south
- Groping for Fish · How Can One Know Where Spring Has GoneSongLiu Chenweng's long ci keeping his fellow graduate Xu Yunwu over wine, sighing at grey hair