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Li Qingzhao

A remarkable female poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Li Qingzhao (1084-1155) made great achievements in prose as well as poetry, but most of all in the field of lyrics. Born into a literary family in present-day Jinan of today’s Shandong Province, she established herself early as a major talent. In 1101 she married Zhao [...]

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Lost Handkerchiefs

“Throw the handkerchief, Throw the handkerchief, Put it back of our friends quietly, we all do not tell her, quickly, quickly catch her, and quickly, quickly catch her.” When this familiar children’s lyric is sung again, the old cheerful music is like a magic paintbrush sketching the blurred memory which has begun to fade and [...]

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