Liǔ Yǒng de 《 Yǔlínlíng 》 shì sòngcí lǐ zuì yǒumíng de líbié cí zhīyī.
Liu Yong's 'Bells in the Rain' is one of the most famous parting poems of Song ci.
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history
The tune is said to go back to 唐玄宗: fleeing to Sichuan after the An Lushan rebellion, the emperor heard bells on the mountain road ringing through days of rain and made a melody mourning 杨贵妃.
culture
柳永's version has the lines 执手相看泪眼，竟无语凝噎 'hand in hand we gaze through tears, and in the end cannot speak', and imagines waking from the wine at 杨柳岸，晓风残月 'a willow bank, the dawn wind and a waning moon'.
