The Style of Li Yu's Ci

Li Yu and Li Qingzhao, Empresses of Southern Tang Dynasty, are outstanding representatives of graceful and restrained school. His lyrics are lyrical and sometimes sad, which is more melancholy than women's delicate feelings. There are about 32 existing Li Yu's ci poems, which can be divided into two categories: the first category was written before the Song Dynasty, mainly reflecting court life and love between men and women, with narrow themes; The second category is that after the Song Dynasty, Li Yu was deeply saddened by the national subjugation, and his memories of the past were full of his own feelings. The achievements of his works in this period far exceeded those in the previous period. Among them, masterpieces such as Young Beauty, Langtaosha and Night Cry were all made at this time. Most of the ci works in this period are mainly sad and sad, mainly describing the scenes of looking at the distance from the fence and dreaming back, and expressing the infinite nostalgia for "the old country" and "the past"