晏几道

晏幾道
Yàn Jǐdào
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Yan Jidao (1038–1110), Northern Song ci poet, son of Yan Shu

Examples

HSK 1
Yàn Jǐdào shì Yàn Shū de érzi.
Yan Jidao was the son of Yan Shu.
HSK 6
Yàn Jǐdào de cí dàduō xiě líbié hé sīniàn.
Most of Yan Jidao's ci are about parting and longing.

Tips

history
The seventh son of the chief minister 晏殊, he grew up in wealth but would not seek favours from his father's powerful friends, and ended his life in minor posts and poverty. Father and son are known as 大晏 and 小晏, and his collection is 《小山词》, from his art name 小山.
culture
His best-known lines include 落花人独立,微雨燕双飞, 'among falling petals a man stands alone, in fine rain the swallows fly in pairs', from a ci to the tune 临江仙. The 几 in his name is usually read jǐ; some read it jī, as in 几于道 'close to the Way' in the Daodejing.

Stroke Order

晏 Yàn
几 jǐ
道 dào