Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute

Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute (Chinese: 胡笳十八拍; pinyin: Hújiā Shíbā Pāi) are a series of Chinese songs and poems about the life of Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE) poet Cai Wenji. The songs were composed by Liu Shang, a poet of the middle Tang dynasty (618–907 CE). Later, in the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE), Emperor Gaozong (1107–1187 CE) commissioned a handscroll of the songs accompanied by 18 painted scenes.

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