中英雙語話中國歷史名人 第58期:辛棄疾

Xin Qiji (1140~1207), literary name Jiaxuan, courtesy name You'an, was a Chinese poet and master soldier whose ci (poems written to existing musical patterns) are considered by many critics to be the best of the Southern Song Dynasty(1127~1279).

辛棄疾(1140~1207)，字幼安，號稼軒，詩人、宋詞大師。許多評論家認爲辛棄疾的詞是南宋(1127~1279 )最好的詞。

Xin Qiji became a soldier to avenge the dishonourable victory of the Jin over the Song, but he found no chance to carry out his great ambitions because he moved to the south in 1162.

辛棄疾參加了抗金起義，但是他因爲1162年移居到南方而無法實現他的抱負。

After a nearly 20-year military career, he finally retired to a retreat in beautiful Shangrao county, where he spent his time reading and creating the ci that were to bring him lasting fame.

經歷了將近20年的戎馬生活之後，辛棄疾最後引退到美麗的上饒的一個安靜的地方，讀書寫詞度日。

His 623 carefully crafted ci are important for their controlled experimentation with, and expansion of, the existing ci form; he added to it an emotional depth untapped until that time and widely imitated afterward.

他的詞爲其帶來了持久的名望，他的623首精心寫就的詞對原來存在的詞的形式做了有意的試驗和擴展，這就使其在文壇佔有一席之地。他給詞融入了濃厚的感情色彩，開了詞壇先例，受到後人的普遍模仿。