Madame Huarui
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An illustration from a Chinese book named as 《百美新詠圖傳》
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Chinese | 花蕊夫人 | ||||||||||
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Literal meaning | Lady Flower Bud | ||||||||||
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Consort Xu (徐惠妃) (c. 940 – 976) was a concubine of Later Shu's emperor Meng Chang during imperial China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. More commonly known as Madame Huarui (花蕊夫人), she was also a notable poet.
When Emperor Taizu of Song defeated Meng Cheng, Madame Huarui was captured. Emperor Taizu had heard of her fame as a poet and asked her to compose a poem for him. Madame Huarui immediately sang (as translated by Anthony C. Yu):[1][2]
君王城上竪降旗 | The king on the rampart flies the white flag. | |
妾在深宮那得知 | Deep within the palace how could I know? | |
十四萬人齊解甲 | One hundred forty thousand all disarmed! | |
更無一箇是男兒 | Among these was there not a single man? |
References
- ↑ Quan Tangshi, ch. 798.
- ↑ Chang & Saussy, p. 85.
Sources
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- "Huarui Furen", Mountain Songs, last accessed June 8, 2007
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