晏几道
宋
Yan Jidao, courtesy name Shuyuan and literary name Xiaoshan, was a ci poet of the Northern Song dynasty and the son of Yan Shu. Father and son are often known together as the "Two Yans." His poetry frequently explores love, separation, remembrance, and personal disappointment. Compared with Yan Shu's graceful and composed style, Yan Jidao's work is more intimate and emotionally delicate, often using dreams, wine, old encounters, singers, and moonlight to evoke the melancholy that remains after beauty and youth have passed.