Yu's calligraphy style has been dubbed "Golden Inlaid Dagger" () for its perceived force and clarity. As one Song Dynasty writer noted: "The large characters are like split bamboo, the small ones like clusters of needles; altogether unlike anything done with a brush!" Television series Three independent television series focused on the complex relationships between Li Yu (Li Houzhu), Emperor Taizu of Song (Zhao Kuangyin) and the various women in their lives. They are: The Sword and the Song (), a 1986 Singaporean series starring Li Wenhai as Li Yu. Love, Sword, Mountain & River (), a 1996 Taiwanese series starring Chin Feng as Li Yu. Li Houzhu and Zhao Kuangyin (), a 2006 Chinese series starring Nicky Wu as Li Yu. See also Song poetry Tang poetry Notes and references Sources Primary sources Secondary sources Davis, A. R. (Albert Richard), Editor and Introduction, The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse. Baltimore: Penguin Books (1970). Landau, Julie. 1994. Beyond spring tz'u poems of the Sung dynasty. Translations from the Asian classics. New York: Columbia University Press. Liu, Kezhang. 2006. An appreciation and English translation of one hundred Chines (i.e. Chinese) cis during the Tang and Song dynasties. Pittsburgh, Penn: RoseDog Books. MacKintosh, Duncan and Alan Ayling. 1967. A collection of Chinese lyrics. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. External links Index of Poems of Li Yu Southern Tang emperors Southern Tang poets Song dynasty poets Song dynasty politicians from Jiangsu Song dynasty Buddhists Chinese Buddhist monarchs 930s births 978 deaths Murdered Chinese emperors Poets from Jiangsu Politicians from Nanjing Writers from Nanjing 10th-century Chinese poets Deaths by poisoning