Li Qingzhao (March 13, 1084 - May 12, 1155), a female poet in the Song Dynasty, named Yi'an Jushi, was born in Jinan (today's Jinan, Shandong). She was born on February 5 (March 13) in the seventh year of Shenzong Yuanfeng (AD 1084), and died on April 10 (May 12) in the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Gaozong's Shaoxing year (AD 1155). In his early days, he lived a prosperous life. He and his husband Zhao Mingcheng devoted themselves to collecting and organizing epigraphs, calligraphy and paintings. They also engaged in academic research. They had similar interests and lived a happy life. The Jin soldiers invaded the Central Plains and fled to the south. Zhao Mingcheng died of illness and Li Qingzhao was left alone. Throughout his life, he experienced the seemingly prosperous and crisis-ridden late Northern Song Dynasty and the turbulent early Southern Song Dynasty, when Jiangzuo was settled. The famous calligrapher Ding Jiageng wrote three poems by Li Qingzhao in regular script
Li Qingzhao was a rare talented woman in ancient China. She is good at calligraphy and painting, is proficient in epigraphy, and is especially good at poetry. Her lyrics are unique and have been passed down through the ages, and she is known as "a major lineage of lyricists". Her words are divided into early and late stages. In the early stage, he wrote mostly about his leisurely life, love life and natural scenery, with beautiful rhythm. Such as "One Cut Plum" and so on. In the later period, I often lamented my life experience, recalled the past with nostalgia, and had a sad mood. Such as "Slow Voice". Her personality is as admirable as her work. She has the virtuousness of a woman and the fortitude of a man; she has the cynical sentiments of ordinary people and her lofty patriotism. She not only has outstanding talents and profound knowledge, but also has lofty ideals and heroic ambitions. She has made many achievements in the field of literature. Among her contemporaries, her poetry, prose and lyrics theory are all outstanding and outstanding. And the thing where she worked hardest throughout her life and achieved the highest achievements and had the greatest influence was the creation of lyrics. Her lyrics have reached a state of artistic proficiency. Formed its own unique artistic style - "Yi An Ti". She does not pursue beautiful decorations, but refines the expressive "octave rhythms of ordinary speech", uses line drawing techniques to express her keen feelings about the surrounding things, depicts delicate and subtle psychological activities, and expresses rich and diverse emotions. Experience and create a distinct and vivid artistic image. In her lyrics, sincere feelings and perfect forms blend in seamlessly. She developed the graceful style of "the words are exhausted but the meaning is not exhausted, the meaning is exhausted but the emotion is not exhausted" to its peak, so that she won the status of "the master" of the graceful poets. At the same time, her bold writing style and comprehensive narrative style made her unique in the poetry world of the Song Dynasty, which had a great influence on Xin Qiji, Lu You and later generations of poets. Her outstanding artistic achievements won high praise from later generations of literati. Later generations believed that her lyrics "not only look down on women, but also want to overwhelm men". She was called "the greatest female poet in the Song Dynasty and the greatest female poet in the history of Chinese literature". There are works such as "Collected Works of Yi'an" handed down from generation to generation. His representative works include "Slow Voice", "One Cut Plum", "Like a Dream", "Summer Quatrains", "Drunken Flower Yin", "Wuling Chun", etc. The most famous ones are "Summer Quatrains" and the euphemistic dream in "The Proud Fisherman". Li Qingzhao's literary creation has a distinctive and unique artistic style. He is one of the representatives of the elegance school and has a great influence on later generations. In the world of poetry, It is unique and is called "Yi'an body".