Li Yu (Southern Tang)

Li Yu (Chinese: 李煜; c. 937 – 15 August 978) was the last ruler of the Southern Tang state.

Quotes
My dreaming soul last night was king again. As in past days I wandered through the Palace of Delight, And in my dream Down grassy garden-ways Glided my chariot, smoother than a summer stream; There was moonlight, The trees were blossoming, And a faint wind softened the air of night, For it was spring.
 * 多少恨，昨夜梦魂中. 还似旧时游上苑，车如流水马如龙. 花月正春风.
 * Immeasurable pain!
 * 《望江南》 ("Immeasurable Pain"), as translated by Arthur Waley in The Temple (1923), p. 144