The origin of Xin Qiji’s name:
My grandfather Xin Zan wanted him to become a general and admired Huo Qubing, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, so he named him "Qiji".
Xin Qiji's lifelong ambition was to recover and he promised himself success, but his fate was ill-fated and his ambition was difficult to realize. However, he never wavered in his belief in restoring the Central Plains. Instead, he placed all his passion and concerns and worries about the rise and fall of the country and the destiny of the nation in his poems. The artistic styles of his poems are diverse, with the main ones being bold and unrestrained. His style is both majestic and heroic yet delicate and charming.
Extended information
Xin Qiji was born in the Kingdom of Jin. In his early years, he was as famous as Dang Huaiying in the north and was known as the "Xin Party". When he was young, he participated in the Geng Jing Uprising, fought against the Jin Dynasty and returned to the Song Dynasty. He presented "Ten Essays on Meiqin" and "Nine Discussions" to lay down strategies for war and defense. He served as a defender in Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian and other places, quelled the rebellion of tea merchant Lai Wenzheng, and created the Flying Tiger Army to suppress Hunan.
Because he disagreed with the political views of the ruling peace faction, he was repeatedly impeached, experienced several ups and downs, and finally retired to live in the mountains. Before and after the Kaixi Northern Expedition, the prime minister Han Yuzhou successively appointed Xin Qiji to inform the two prefectures of Shaoxing and Zhenjiang, and recruited him to serve as Privy Councilor, Du Chengzhi and other officials, but he was dismissed. In the third year of Kaixi (1207), Xin Qiji died of illness at the age of sixty-eight. During the reign of Emperor Gong of the Song Dynasty, he was given the gift of a young master and was given the posthumous title of "Zhongmin".
Xin Qiji’s lifelong ambition was to recover, and he promised himself success, but his fate was ill-fated and his ambition was difficult to realize. However, he never wavered in his belief in restoring the Central Plains. Instead, he placed all his passion and concerns and worries about the rise and fall of the country and the destiny of the nation in his poems. The artistic styles of his poems are diverse, with the main ones being bold and unrestrained. His style is both majestic and heroic yet delicate and charming.
His poems cover a wide range of topics and are good at using allusions to express his patriotic enthusiasm for trying to restore national unity, his grief and indignation about unrealized ambitions, and his condemnation of the humiliation and peace-making of those in power at that time; there are also many Works that sing about the mountains and rivers of the motherland. There are more than 600 ci poems in existence, and a collection of ci poems such as Jiaxuan Long and Short Sentences has been handed down.
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