Tā néng wánzhěng de bèi chū zhěng shǒu 《Chánghèn Gē》.
She can recite the entire 'Song of Everlasting Sorrow' from memory.
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history
Written 806 CE by 白居易 (Bái Jūyì) when he was 35. 120 lines of seven-character verse in 歌行体, narrating Emperor 唐玄宗's obsession with consort 杨贵妃, her execution at 马嵬坡 during the An Lushan rebellion, and his ghost-haunted grief. The closing line — 此恨绵绵无绝期 'this sorrow stretches on without end' — gives the poem its title.
culture
Source for endless retellings: Hong Sheng's Qing-dynasty opera 《长生殿》, modern films, the 2017 fantasy 《妖猫传》, and Wang Anyi's 1995 novel of the same name (a Shanghai story unrelated to the Tang plot — she just borrowed the title).
