The Works of Li Qingzhao, Ci Poems 3.1 - 3.8

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This week we start working with Li Qingzhao’s ci poetry. As usual, the book is freely available via De Gruyter's Library of Chinese Humanities in Mandarin and English and via several publication formats, including two open access options (the pdf appears to be better formatted than the ebook). We're reading the poems 3.1 through 3.8 inclusive.

This collection uses footnotes and endnotes to explicate the work. There are three endnotes for this week’s group of poems, but these aren’t very rich in exegesis.

CLP has an episode on Li Qingzhao you might find relevant.

Comments

Re: 3.3

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Huh, when I went on regular Baike to look for this poem, it only had a stub with a vernacular tl, which I thought was unusual-- and I found it on Baike's Hong Kong page with more annotation. I wonder why that happens? I checked for another poem on this page, and both Baike pages were identical for that one.

The 'thousands of miles' are glossed a Zhuangzi reference where it is said the Dapeng (bird of legend) flew 90000 miles.