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。
An Evening Sight at the Piling County to the tune of Plucking Cassia
折桂令·毗陵晚眺
A southern traveller, I've come here melancholy and tired,
江南倦客登临，
Thinking of so many past heroes admired,
多少豪雄，
Who, downhearted, their ambitions lost,
几许消沉。
Bear not this reality overcast.
今日何堪，
I'd rather spend my time in pastoral life like a landlord,
买田阳羡，
Or on the tree in front of a tomb hung my sword.
挂剑长林。
Look, those magnificent mansions once clothed in morning glow,
霞缕烂谁家昼锦，
Now become tombs under the cold crescent moon like snow,
月钩横故国丹心。
Flickering lanterns visible in windows deep,
窗影灯深，
Dots of hellish fire bluishly scattering the courtyard to and fro,
磷火青青，
While ghosts in the mountains are heard weep.
山鬼喑喑。