{"id":13980,"date":"2026-11-09T01:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/?p=13980"},"modified":"2026-11-09T01:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:41:41","slug":"yan-jidao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/fr\/yan-jidao\/","title":{"rendered":"Yan Jidao: Major Lyrics, Themes and Literary Context"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"tcjdi-quick-answer\"><h2>Quick Answer: Why Read Yan Jidao?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yan Jidao (\u664f\u51e0\u9053, Y\u00e0n J\u012bd\u00e0o) was a Northern Song poet of ci (\u8bcd, c\u00ed), or song lyrics, whose remembered pleasures often return as longing. <sup>[6]<\/sup> Begin with one lyric of recollection and another of reunion, then try a festival poem to hear a different kind of absence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For remembered love:<\/strong> Start with the lyric opening after a dream.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For reunion:<\/strong> Read the poem in which lamplight cannot quite dispel doubt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>For a broader view:<\/strong> Compare a festive gathering with the feeling of being away from home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Read these as crafted lyrics, keeping the speaker\u2019s situation distinct from a documented episode in the author\u2019s life.<\/p><\/section>\n<figure class=\"tcjdi-infographic\" style=\"width:500px;max-width:100%;margin:24px auto;text-align:center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Yan-Jidao-reading-guide-to-song-voices-dreams-reunion-and-homesickness.webp\" alt=\"Yan Jidao reading guide to song voices dreams reunion and homesickness\" title=\"Yan Jidao reading guide to song voices dreams reunion and homesickness\" width=\"1440\" height=\"2560\" style=\"width:500px;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto\" \/><figcaption>Original literary illustration evokes the objects and changing emotional settings of Yan Jidao\u2019s lyrics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dreams do different work in Yan Jidao\u2019s poetry. Sometimes waking restores loneliness; elsewhere an actual meeting seems almost too unlikely to trust. Following those changes gives a sharper introduction than describing every lyric simply as nostalgic.<\/p>\n<h2>Place Yan Jidao in the World of Song Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yan Jidao was a son of the poet and statesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/yan-shu\/\">Yan Shu<\/a> (\u664f\u6b8a, Y\u00e0n Sh\u016b). Raised in a wealthy household, he experienced declining fortunes after his father\u2019s death. His surviving collection is Xiaoshan Ci (\u5c0f\u5c71\u8bcd, Xi\u01ceo Sh\u0101n C\u00ed), often rendered Little Mountain Lyrics. Exact dates for his life vary between accounts. <sup>[1]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His form was ci: lyrics written to established tunes governing line lengths and rhythm. Tune names identify patterns shared by many texts, not necessarily a poem\u2019s subject. <sup>[2]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His own account of the collection recalls passing freshly written lyrics to singers at friends\u2019 gatherings. It also says that the texts represented experiences shared with companions, alongside his own feelings. <sup>[3]<\/sup> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/song-ci-poetry\/\">Song ci poetry guide<\/a> gives a wider introduction to this relationship between literary text and performance.<\/p>\n<h2>Start with Three Contrasting Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The English labels below describe the selected poems. Use the Chinese opening as well as the tune name to locate the exact text in an anthology.<\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow-x:auto;max-width:100%;max-height:800px\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr><th>Lyric, identified by tune and opening<\/th><th>What to notice<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Linjiangxian: After the Dream (\u4e34\u6c5f\u4ed9\u00b7\u68a6\u540e\u697c\u53f0\u9ad8\u9501, L\u00edn Ji\u0101ng Xi\u0101n \u00b7 M\u00e8ng H\u00f2u L\u00f3u T\u00e1i G\u0101o Su\u01d2)<\/td><td>Solitude in the present opens into a memory of a first meeting. <sup>[2]<\/sup> <\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Zhegutian: The Reunion (\u9e67\u9e2a\u5929\u00b7\u5f69\u8896\u6bb7\u52e4\u6367\u7389\u949f, Zh\u00e8 G\u016b Ti\u0101n \u00b7 C\u01cei Xi\u00f9 Y\u012bn Q\u00edn P\u011bng Y\u00f9 Zh\u014dng)<\/td><td>Repeated dreams make a reunion difficult to believe. <sup>[3]<\/sup> <\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Ruanlanggui: Double Ninth Away from Home (\u962e\u90ce\u5f52\u00b7\u5929\u8fb9\u91d1\u638c\u9732\u6210\u971c, Ru\u01cen L\u00e1ng Gu\u012b \u00b7 Ti\u0101n Bi\u0101n J\u012bn Zh\u01ceng L\u00f9 Ch\u00e9ng Shu\u0101ng)<\/td><td>Familiar festivities sharpen the feeling of distance from home. <sup>[4]<\/sup> <\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Keep a simple question beside each text: where is the speaker emotionally at the beginning, and what has changed by the ending? That gives you a way to compare their movement without forcing them into one continuous love story.<\/p>\n<h2>Follow the Turns between Memory and Reunion<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">In After the Dream, locked buildings and lowered curtains frame a solitary present. Falling petals surround one person while swallows fly in pairs. The second stanza recalls Xiaoping, her clothing and the music of her instrument; the ending lets the moon connect that earlier meeting with the present. <sup>[2]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Performance could carry that feeling beyond its first occasion. Translation also involves choices: the clothing\u2019s heart motif may describe decoration or a collar\u2019s shape. <sup>[2]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Reunion reverses the relation between dream and waking. Its first stanza remembers a remembered night of drinking, song and dance. After separation, meetings have repeatedly occurred in dreams; now the speaker holds up a lamp and still fears that reunion may be another dream. The lyric\u2019s distinctive tension lies in joy struggling to become believable. <sup>[3]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Compare the endings before choosing a general theme. One preserves a vanished encounter through moonlight; the other tests a present encounter against remembered dreams. Neither movement is captured fully by calling the poems sad.<\/p>\n<h2>Read Festival Joy against Homesickness<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Ruanlanggui lyric evokes the Double Ninth Festival (\u91cd\u9633\u8282, Ch\u00f3ng Y\u00e1ng Ji\u00e9), the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. Coloured cups, performers\u2019 sleeves and yellow chrysanthemums create a festive scene. Its resemblance to home does not make the speaker feel settled: the ending hopes that drinking and singing might replace sorrow. <sup>[4]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Watch that hope carefully. The wish to exchange sadness for intoxication does not establish that sadness has disappeared. The poem makes a gathering emotionally divided, with outward celebration and inward estrangement present together. <sup>[4]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Its opening metal-palm image also needs a note. It recalls an imperial device associated with collecting dew in the Han capital, serving as a capital-city allusion here. It is not evidence that the speaker has visited a surviving Han monument. <sup>[4]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The useful comparison with the love lyrics is the gap between what surrounds the speaker and what the speaker can recover. In one case there is remembered companionship; in another, familiar customs without the security of home.<\/p>\n<h2>Choose Notes That Explain Performance and Allusion<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yan Jidao also adapted earlier poetic language. Research on Xiaoshan Ci treats such borrowing as a means of refinement and innovation, rather than evidence that a familiar phrase has simply been repeated without purpose. <sup>[5]<\/sup> An annotated edition should help you see what a borrowed line does in its new setting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For a first English encounter, the two Stanford editions listed below provide complete sample lyrics, Chinese texts, translations and explanatory notes. Compare their translations with the Chinese, particularly where a translator supplies a speaker or perspective that the original leaves less explicit. <sup>[2]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For broader context, Stephen Owen\u2019s Just a Song: Chinese Lyrics from the Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries, published in 2019, examines the genre\u2019s development from performance into literature. Its scope extends beyond one poet; it is not a translation of Yan Jidao\u2019s complete collection. <sup>[7]<\/sup> <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/chinese-literary-allusions\/\">Chinese literary allusions guide<\/a> when a named object or inherited scene interrupts your reading. When choosing among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinaculturepro.com\/chinese-classic-books\/\">Chinese classic books<\/a>, prioritize an edition that identifies exact openings and explains its translation choices.<\/p>\n<h2>FAQs About Yan Jidao<\/h2>\n<h3>How was Yan Jidao related to Yan Shu?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yan Jidao was Yan Shu\u2019s son. Both are important Song lyric poets, but they are separate authors with different collections and life circumstances.<\/p>\n<h3>Is Linjiangxian the title of only one poem?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">No. It is a tune name used for many lyrics. Add the opening words when identifying a particular text.<\/p>\n<h3>Which lyric contains the silver-lamp reunion scene?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">It appears in the Zhegutian lyric beginning with coloured sleeves offering a cup. It should not be confused with the Linjiangxian lyric opening after a dream.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">[1] Chinese University of Hong Kong, Renditions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuhk.edu.hk\/rct\/renditions\/authors\/yanjd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yan Jidao<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[2] Stanford Global Medieval Sourcebook, Qian Jia. <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcebook.stanford.edu\/text\/yan_jidao_when_wake_up\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To the tune The Immortal by the River: When I wake up from the dream<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[3] Yan Jidao, via Wikisource. <a href=\"https:\/\/zh.wikisource.org\/zh-hant\/\u5c0f\u5c71\u8a5e_%28\u56db\u5eab\u5168\u66f8\u672c%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Little Mountain Lyrics, Siku Quanshu edition: Selected Passages<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[4] Stanford Global Medieval Sourcebook, Qian Jia. <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcebook.stanford.edu\/text\/yan_jidao_dew_metal_palm\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To the tune Ruan Returns: The dew on the metal palm at the edge of the sky has turned into frost<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[5] Ching-fen Cho, National Central University Journal of Humanities. <a href=\"https:\/\/lit.ncu.edu.tw\/ncujoh\/issueArticle.asp?CA_ID=719&amp;P_No=100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Analysis of Yan Jidao\u2019s Borrowing of Poetic Lines in his Xiaoshan ci<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[6] Taiwan Ministry of Education. <a href=\"https:\/\/dict.revised.moe.edu.tw\/dictView.jsp?ID=155890&amp;la=0&amp;powerMode=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dictionary entry: Yan Jidao<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">[7] Harvard University Asia Center. <a href=\"https:\/\/asiacenter.harvard.edu\/announcements\/asia-center-publication-wins-2020-stanislas-julien-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Just a 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