What are the two schools of Song Ci?

Song ci can be divided into bold school and graceful school. The representatives of graceful and restrained school are Liu Yong and Li Qingzhao. The representatives of the uninhibited school are Su Shi and Xin Qiji.

Graceful and restrained school is a school of China's Song Ci. Graceful, that is, tactfully implicit. Its main features are children's amorous feelings, profound and meticulous structure, euphemistic and harmonious melody and mellow and beautiful language.

Bold school, one of the styles of China's Song Ci. Writers of the New Poetry School in the Northern Song Dynasty, such as Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Su Shi and Su Zhe, all used the word "bold" to comment on poetry. Su Shi was the first to discuss ci with "boldness".

Song Ci is a popular literary genre in China in the Song Dynasty, which is a new style of poetry compared with classical poetry. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of Confucian scholars in Song Dynasty, and marks the highest achievement of Song Dynasty literature.