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From 柳永《望海潮·东南形胜》 (Liu Yong, Northern Song, ~1003-1010), a long cí describing Hangzhou (钱塘 = the old name, after the Qiantang River): 东南形胜，三吴都会，钱塘自古繁华。烟柳画桥，风帘翠幕，参差十万人家 (The southeast's finest terrain, the metropolis of the Three Wu - Qiantang has flourished from of old. Mist-wrapped willows, painted bridges, gauze curtains and green awnings, a hundred thousand households rank on rank). A legend claims the Jin ruler Wanyan Liang read this cí and was inspired to invade the Southern Song to possess Hangzhou.
