Elegant quotations
The contents of this school of ci are mostly sentimental, sad at parting, implicit in style, tortuous in metaphor, euphemistic in expression and beautiful in words. The representative figures are Ouyang Xiu, Yan Shu, Yan, Liu Yong, Qin Guan, He Zhu and Li Qingzhao. . "Huajian School" was named after Huajian Collection written by Zhao Chengzuo of Shu, and its founder was the late Tang Poetry Humanities. He is a famous poet, as famous as Li Shangyin, and is known as "Wen and Li", but his contribution in the history of literature is not poetry, but poetry. He was the first literati who really devoted himself to the creation of Ci. He is arrogant and romantic. Although he is quick in literary talent, he tries again and again and fails, sinking into life. He often associates with geisha and devotes himself to the creation of erotic themes that orthodox scholars are not ashamed of, and long and short sentences with changeable rhythm can convey soft and charming feelings better than poems. His ci works are full of sound and emotion, dense and profound, reaching a very high artistic level, laying the foundation for the establishment of ci style and creating a precedent for graceful ci. After Wen, Wei Zhuang, a former Shu poet, achieved the highest achievement. The representative figure of "Southern Tang Ci School" is the late master Li Yu. In his early works, he wrote more about court life, while in his later works, he expressed his memories and regrets about his past life, and his ci style changed from charm in the early days to sadness in the later days.