Qiao Ji (1280-1345) styled Mengfu, also known by his literary name Shenghe-weng or Xingxing Taoist Monk, Qiao was born in Taiyuan of Shanxi Province. Qiao, a good-looking person himself, was also a recognized writer, especially for his Yuefu, or literature set to music (play, Sanqu poetry). His short lyrics are mostly about landscape, his idle life, and his associations with prostitutes. The style of these poems is one of freshness. Qiao pays special attention to the diction and meter of poetry. He uses sparsely meaningless words of the sake of balance or meter, which is a convention for works of this genre. His poetry embodies a tendency of returning to the elegance of Ci poetry. Qiao, together with Zhang Kejiu, is a representative writer of Sanqu poetry at the later stage of its development.
乔吉（1280-1345）字梦符，号笙鹤翁，又号惺惺道人，山西太原人。美容仪，善辞章，尤以乐府（即杂剧、散曲）见称。散曲多啸傲山水，闲适颓放和青楼调笑之作。风格以清丽见长，注意词藻和格律的锤炼，少用衬字，表现了典雅化的倾向，与张可久同为后期散曲的重要作家。
A Message to the Person Afar to the tune of Plucking Cassia
折桂令·寄远
The past happy union fades like a dream of a sleeper woken,
云雨期一枕南柯，
He and I have separated like a mirror suddenly broken.
破镜分钗，
Wine cup in hand, I sing aloud a sad lay,
对酒当歌。
My thoughts go flying with the windy smoke on the way,
想驿路风烟，
The moon and the wind over the horse's head,
马头星月，
And rivers and passes that swans over sped.
雁底关河。
Remember he often visited me in the past,
往日个殷勤访我，
Now because of his absence, I pine away with sights.
近新来憔悴因他。
My painted brows are now losing their colour fast,
淡却双蛾，
While tears full of my eyes.
哭损秋波，
I don't know with him how things go,
台候如何，
He must have completely forgotten me in woe.
忘了人呵。