Wu River

  • A Summer Quatrain [Poems]

    This article analyzes Li Qingzhao’s A Summer Quatrain. Set against the Jingkang Incident, it traces the poem’s allusions. By praising Xiang Yu, the work satirizes the Southern Song court’s cowardice and implicitly criticizes her husband’s shameful flight, revealing the poet’s bold patriotism.

  • The Song of the Vanquished: The Last Stand of Xiang Yu [Western Han]

    This article narrates Xiang Yu’s tragic end at Gaixia. Besieged by Liu Bang’s forces, he heard Chu songs from enemy camps, breaking his army’s morale. After bidding farewell to Lady Yu, he broke out with a few riders but chose death over surrender at the Wu River, closing the chapter of Western Chu.