"The Ballad of Whitehead" is a poem by Zhuo Wenjun, a poet in Han Dynasty. According to the three-year record in Miscellanies of Xijing, Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of Zhuo Wangsun, a giant businessman in Sichuan, is smart, beautiful, literary and musical. When she was widowed at home, she fell in love with Sima Xiangru and eloped. Because of her difficult livelihood, she was supported by Zhuo Wangsun. After Sima Xiangru came to power, he planned to marry a Maoling woman. When Zhuo Wenjun learned this, he wrote a poem titled "A Ballad with a White Head" to express his grief, as if he had given up the idea of marrying a concubine. Later generations often use this tone to describe abandoning women.

Original works:

Love should be as pure as snow in the mountains and as bright as clouds on the moon. I heard that you have two hearts, so I came to break up with you. Today is like the last party, and tomorrow we will break up. I moved my feet slowly along the edge of the road, and my past life flowed like water in a ditch, never returning.

When I decided to take the king away from home, I didn't cry like an ordinary girl. I am full of thinking that if I marry a person with a heart, I can love each other and be happy forever. The love of men and women is as light and soft as a fishing rod, and the fish is as lovely as a living wave. Men should attach importance to friendship, and there is no money to compensate for the loss of sincere love.

Appreciation of works:

This is a folk song of Han Yuefu, which skillfully shapes a female image with distinct personality and strong feelings through the words and deeds of the lyric protagonist. It not only truly depicts the heroine's troubled and thoughtful expression, but also shows her calmness and thoroughness.