Lyrical and passionate, Li Qingzhao\'s work stands apart from Song Dynasty women who chose to write stylized verse framed by imperial culture.
Karen A n - W e Li.
After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, she and Zhao fled into exile as their possessions were reduced to ash.
Indeed, her life of writing and art-collecting was doomed by the political instabilities of her time.
At once intimate and universal, Li voices a timeless reality: Love, memory, and loss are integral to human experience.
Lyrical and passionate, Li Qingzhao\'s work stands apart from Song Dynasty women who chose to write stylized verse framed by imperial culture