李之仪 (Lǐ Zhīyí) · Li Zhiyi, Northern Song ci poet

Meanings

1 Li Zhiyi, Northern Song ci poet

About Li Zhiyi

c. 1048–1117 · 诗人 poet

Song poet of the circle of 苏轼, remembered for one ci to the tune 卜算子 that begins 我住长江头, 'I live at the head of the Yangtze', on two lovers joined only by the river they share.

Also called 端叔、姑溪居士

Characters

particle common in given names

仪

yí

ceremony; bearing

Examples

HSK 2

李之仪是北宋的词人，和苏轼是好朋友。

Lǐ Zhīyí shì Běisòng de círén, hé Sū Shì shì hǎo péngyou.

Li Zhiyi was a Northern Song ci poet and a good friend of Su Shi.

HSK 7-9

“日日思君不见君，共饮长江水”是李之仪词里的名句。

" Rì rì sī jūn bú jiàn jūn, gòng yǐn Chángjiāng shuǐ " shì Lǐ Zhīyí cí lǐ de míngjù.

'Day after day I think of you and never see you, yet we drink from the same Yangtze' is a famous couplet from a ci by Li Zhiyi.

Tips

culture

Its last lines are the part still quoted to a loved one: 只愿君心似我心，定不负相思意, 'if only your heart is like mine, I will never fail this longing.'

history

He once served under 苏轼 in Dingzhou. Persecuted by the chief minister 蔡京, he was banished in 1103 to 当涂 beside the Yangtze, where the ci is said to have been written for 杨姝, a young courtesan who became his concubine.