Chinese 花蕊夫人 Name Madame Huarui Literal meaning Lady Flower Bud Role Poet | Hanyu Pinyin Died 976 AD Jyutping Faa-jeoi Fu-jan | |
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Consort Xu (徐惠妃) (c. 940 – 976) was a concubine of Later Shu's emperor Meng Chang during imperial China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. More commonly known as Madame Huarui (花蕊夫人), she was also a notable poet.
When Emperor Taizu of Song defeated Meng Cheng, Madame Huarui was captured. Emperor Taizu had heard of her fame as a poet and asked her to compose a poem for him. Madame Huarui immediately sang (as translated by Anthony C. Yu):
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