Zhang Kejiu Styled Xiaoshan, was born in Qingyuan (today's Yin county of Zhejiang Province). Unsuccessful in his official career, Zhang found his sustenance in traveling in mountains and rivers. He devoted all his literary efforts to the writing of Sanqu poetry and never cared to write plays. Therefore the extant works of Sanqu poetry of Zhang outnumber any other poets of the Yuan dynasty. His poems are mainly descriptions of landscape and expressions of his unrestrained sentiments in a fresh and exquisite style. Zhang also distinguishes himself in combining the techniques of Shi and Ci poetry in writing Sanqu poetry. He pays special attention to the diction, meter, and flavor of poetry, which has a strong influence on later poets.
张可久 字小山，庆元（今浙江鄞县）人。仕途不得志，放浪于山水间。专致力于散曲，不写杂剧，是作品传世数量最多的元散曲作家。作品内容多歌唱山水风景，书写放逸情怀，风格清新秀丽，善于熔铸诗词作法入曲，讲究词藻、格律、韵味，对后世影响很大。
The Night Scene amid the Lake and Mountains to the tune of Leaves of Chinese Parasol
梧叶儿·湖山夜景
Monkeys cry in the evening late,
猿啸黄昏后，
Men walk in the picturesque state.
人行画卷中。
The sound of the bell from the distant temple dies out,
萧寺罢疏钟，
The wet foliage covers thousands of hills that sprout,
湿翠横千嶂，
And numberless pines echo in the fresh wind like cascade,
清风响万松，
The lute gives out ethereal music like jade,
寒玉奏孤桐，
I am in the moon palace full of autumn fragrance and brocade.
身在秋香月宫。