Longchuan Ci

A voice of fire beneath the elegance of classical verse. Longchuan Ci presents a powerful collection of Song dynasty lyric poetry (ci) by the scholar, statesman and thinker Chen Liang. Written during a time of national division, these poems move far beyond ornamental beauty into political urgency and personal reflection.

The ritual codes, philosophical discourses, educational primers and religious classics that shaped Chinese civilization for over two millennia. Where the narrative classics tell China’s stories, these texts encode its institutions, its ethics and its inner life.