Introduction to Liu Lingxian, a female poet from the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties

Liu Lingxian, a female poet from the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. Liu Xiaochuo's sister, Xu Qiu's wife. A native of Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu), she is known as Liu Sanniang in the world. "Liang Shu Biography of Liu Xiaochuo" contains her deeds. Liu Lingxian's poems mostly deal with the grievances between her friends, the most famous of which are two "Poems in Reply to Foreign Affairs", which were written in return for her husband Xu Qiu. The poem describes the scenery to express the feeling of lovesickness, which is quite real and vivid.

"Liang Shu" calls his writing "pure and outstanding". Most of his poems are about the resentment of the boudoir, and 8 of them are extant. The most famous ones are the two "Poems in Reply to Foreign Affairs", which are found in "New Odes of Yutai". One of them is also titled "The Resentment of the Boudoir in Spring". Liu Lingxian's work "Tang Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" is said to have six volumes of collected works ("Liu Shiji"), (and "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" has three volumes, which has been lost. "Liang Shu·Liu Xiaochuo Biography" contains Her deeds.

Poetry and Singing

Historical records indicate that her husband Xu Qiu was traveling abroad, and the couple sent poems to express their sincere feelings. It is written like this: At dusk, I crept out of the pepper room. The worms in the net were covered with jade bed, and the jade bed was covered with dust. I was so beautiful and happy that I couldn't forget to leave my worries. The person? Xiang Yu was heartbroken. He wrote a letter to help Jiuchang. "

Liu Xiaochuo's brothers and his nephews were all seventy at that time, and they were all capable of writing articles. Liu Xiaochuo had three younger sisters. The younger sister married Wang Shuying, a native of Langya, and was known as Madam Liu. There was also a collection of works at that time, and she was as famous as Liu Lingxian. The second younger sister married Wang Shuying, a native of Wujun. There are only three poems by Wang Shuying's wife, and the works of Zhang Sheng's wife cannot be verified. The sisters are all talented and learned, but Ling Xian is particularly outstanding in literature. There is an anecdote in "Poems of Famous Ladies": Xiaochuo resigned from office and did not go out. He wrote a poem on the door and said: "We will celebrate the funeral behind closed doors and lie down to thank the minister." Ling Xian continued: "The fallen flowers are still together, and the gathered orchids are picked and revived."

Literary works

Liu Lingxian's poems are mostly about family grudges, the most famous of which is "Poetry in Reply to Foreign Languages". "The two poems were written as a gift to her husband Xu Qiu. The poems express the feelings of lovesickness through describing the scenery, which is quite real and vivid, such as "The setting sun renews the makeup, the curtains are opened against the spring trees. Orioles dance among the leaves, and butterflies play among the flowers." "The music is meant to be joyful, but the heart is filled with sorrow" (Part 1); "The moonlight night is like a goddess, and the morning glow is like a concubine Luo. Looking at the color in the mirror, she seems to know that it is not beautiful" (Part 2); it writes about women's psychological state. Can convey the spirit.

"Listen to Bai Tongue Poems" "The wind blows the air of peaches and plums, and the sound of spring birds passes by. I write the Shanyang flute, and the whole poem is Luo Binsheng" and other lines, which describe her longing for her husband. , is also very vivid. Liu Lingxian's "Essay on Sacrifice to the Husband" was written after Xu Qiu's death. The words in the article are quite sad and praised by people, such as "One sight can never be redeemed, and hundreds of bodies can be redeemed." Sentences such as "Fang Tong" are unembellished and come from the heart. Liu Lingxian's eight poems are now preserved, all of which can be found in "New Odes of Yutai", which was compiled by Lu Qinli in "Poems of Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties"; one article can be found in "Poetry of the Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties". "Art and Literature Collection" was compiled by Yan Kejun into "The Three Ancient Dynasties, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties"

Her love poems are influenced by the folk songs of the Southern Dynasties, and they are quite bold, with fresh language and fluent style, such as "Light". "Residence Temple" (In addition to "Essays on the Bereavement of Husband", "New Ode to the Yutai" contains two of her poems "Reply to Wai", "Reply to the Needle Threaded by Tang Niang on Chinese Valentine's Day", "Listen to Hundred Tongues", and "Guangzhai Temple") , "Inscribed on Ganjiao Leaves to Show People" and "Pick the Gardenias from the Same Heart as a Gift to Xie Niang" and other miscellaneous poems)

Qing Dynasty scholar Wang Shizhen talked about this poem in "Chibei Occasionally Talk". At that time, he made a fuss and exclaimed: "As Gao Zhongwu said: both the shape and quality are female, and the meaning of the words is also ambiguous. It is unfortunate to get this girl if you are a famous official and a famous scholar!" This is obviously a feudal prejudice. p>

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