Every Qixi, someone is sure to quote Qin Guan's Immortal at the Magpie Bridge.
Tips
culture
That ci, on the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl who meet once a year, ends 两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮: 'if love is meant to last, why must the two be together every morning and every evening?'
history
His style name was 少游, so he is also called 秦少游. One of the 苏门四学士 around 苏轼, he was exiled to the far south when Su Shi's faction fell, and died on his way back.
