The following are two poems by well known chinese poet Li Qing zhao(1084-C.1151),who lived hme SouthernSong Dynasty(11 27-1279)、The poems are translated by Chinese Canadian N.C.Doc.Li Qingzhao was a native ofZhangqiu in Qizhou(now in Shandong Province).Her early life was spent in affluence,and she and her husband,Zhao Mingcheng,devoted themselves to collecting and arranging callgraphy,painting and seals.This idyllic lifecame to an end afterjin troops had invaded the Central Plain and moved to the south of China.Her early poetrydescribes mostly her leisure life,while her late works are full of sorrow for her husband,who had died,and for hernative land in the Central Plain.She writes in a straightforward manner,and her wording is both elegant and mild.——ED
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