Beside the ancient road outside the pavilion, the grass on the ground extends to the horizon. The evening breeze blows through the willow tips, the flute sounds intermittently, and the sunset is outside the mountain. Good friends are mostly wandering around. I picked up the hip flask and gulped it down, hoping to maximize the rest of my happiness, but (the pain of separation) made all my dreams miserable tonight.

He Xu advocated the idea of civil rights, changed customs and advocated the autonomy of marriage between men and women. Once a member of the wave of social reform, the failure of the second revolution, and Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne, these endless social changes led to the loss of millions of property of the Xu family. Xu Yuanhuan rushed to Beijing to get justice from Yuan Shikai. When I left, I wrote this song "Farewell Xu" with mixed feelings. It is also an outstanding musical work of Li Shutong, which has been sung for generations in China.

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"Farewell Song" has been sung for decades and has become a classic song. It is the theme song of an old story in the south of the city. The lyrics of Farewell are similar to the long and short sentences in China's poems and elegant in classical poems, but the meaning is plain and easy to understand.

The whole Chinese lyrics and tunes complement each other, and it is almost impossible to find a song re-created after composing. Some critics believe that Li Shutong's lyrics condense the artistic conception of the fourth part of the classical novel A Farewell to the Pavilion.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Farewell Song