Jiang Kui

齐天乐·咏蟋蟀 姜夔 庚郎先自吟《愁赋》，凄凄更闻私语。露湿铜铺，苔侵石井，都是曾听伊处。哀音似诉，正思妇无眠，起寻机杼。曲曲屏山，夜凉独自甚情绪？ 西窗又吹暗雨，为谁频断续，相和砧杵？候馆迎秋，离宫吊月，别有伤心无数。豳诗漫与，笑篱落呼灯，世间儿女。写入琴丝，一声声更苦。 Crickets Jiang Kui At first Mr. Zhang chanted a wonderful poetic prose, Like the famous poet Yu Xin used to sing his Rhapsody of Sorrows. Then I heard crickets chirp plaintively from the hollows, From the bronze door ring bases, And from the stone wells covered with mosses. Hearing this querulous sound of crickets, The longing woman in her private room, Unable to sleep, got up to look for the loom. Looking at the winding mountains on the screen, She thought of her husband travelling. What was her emotion in such a lonely cold evening? I seemed to hear wailing wind And weeping rain patter on the west window. For whom the sound of the rain and wind now stopped, now continued, And was accompanied with the clothes-beating sound? Travellers feeling sad in the autumn at a forlorn inn, And concubines in a temporary palace falling into disfavor with the king, Would be all the more heart-broken When they heard the plaintive sound of crickets in a cold moonlit evening. In the Book of Songs a poet wrote an impromptu poem on crickets with deep feeling. Children knowing nothing of the sadness of the world Try to catch crickets…

Jiang Kui was a native of Hui'an (now in Fujian). He was a Jinshi in the seventh year of Chunyou (1247) during the reign of Emperor Lizong. He was once a professor in Quanzhou. The story is recorded in Volume 12 of Hui'an County Chronicles of the Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty. Here are two poems. This is the second poem Jiang Kui wrote to sing the praises of jasmine. In the short poem of four sentences and 28 words, the poet did not write directly about the beauty of jasmine, but after reading it, it left a very deep and unforgettable impression on the readers. This shows the author's ingenuity. 江奎，惠安（今属福建）人。理宗淳祐七年（一二四七）进士。尝为泉州教授。事见明嘉靖《惠安县志》卷一二。今录诗二首。这是江奎写的第二首歌咏茉莉花的诗。诗人在短短四句二十八字的小诗中，没有一句直写茉莉花之美，但读后却给读者留下了极为深刻、难忘的印象。可见作者之匠心。 江奎·《茉莉》 虽无艳态惊群目，幸有清香压九秋。应是仙娥宴归去，醉来掉下玉搔头。 Jasmine Jiang Kui Albeit she fails to surprise the multitudinous fairs due to lack of charming complexion,Luckily, her delicate fragrance suffices to overwhelm all the fall florets through its permeation.This very flower must be, upon the return of fairy Chang E from a feast of jubilation.An incarnate jade hairpin lost unaware in her intoxication.

"Pale Golden Willow" is a lyric by Jiang Kui, a lyricist of the Southern Song Dynasty, and is the author's own composition.

"Slow Song of Yangzhou" is a lyric by Jiang Kui of the Song Dynasty.

Jiang Kui is a lyricist of the Southern Song Dynasty. The first piece is about the feelings of longing for the plum blossoms, which become a dream;

This song is written by Jiang Kui, a lyricist of the Song Dynasty.

"Sparse Shadows" is a lyric by Jiang Kui of the Song Dynasty. It is a sister piece to "Dark Fragrance - Old Moonlight", which expresses the nobility and solitude of the plum, as well as the author's own life.

How often has the moonlight of yore shone on me Playing a flute by a mume tree?

The lyrics of "Complaint of the Pavilion of Adieu" are written by Jiang Kui, a Song Dynasty lyricist and musician.