Two respectable scholars
cast doubt on the love between
Li Qingzhao and her husband and many people responded accordingly.
As a result,
Li Qingzhao became a sorrowful deserted woman, and the ci (classical poetry conforming to a definite pattern) written by Li that expressed the affection of a lady who missed her husband has become the painful feeling of a miserable wife. Let′s look at the works from the perspective of a writer, one third of Shu Yu Ci that praised love had expressed the theme that "since ancient times those who are amorous are always sad and lonely." What the ci writer had in mind was always the painful feeling of lovesickness and departure. The writer was frank and straightforward; in her works there was no obvious trail of her complaint about desertion. During the 27 years of family life, it is only natural and human when occasionally the husband and wife felt estranged or were discontented. It is not necessary for us to dig deeply, chew carefully, and then make a fuss about her emotions and compare them with the emotions in her other works.