Zhou Deqing also known by his literary name Tingzhai, a native of Gao'an (belonging to today's Jiangxi Province). He was a descendent of Zhou Bangyan, the Ci poet of the Noth Song dynasty. A master of Yuefu poetry and music, Zhou wrote as well many Sanqu poems, which had a strong influence in his time. Thrity-one short lyrics and three song sequences of his have survived, which cover a variety of topics, ranging from landscape and inner feelings to historical personalities and women's life. As he was good at music and strict with his composition, the meter of his poetry is very rigorous. The style of his poetry is fresh and graceful. Yet sometimes he can be grand and heroic.
周德清 号挺斋，高安（今属江西）人。北宋词人周邦彦后代。工乐府、精音律。所作散曲较多，在当时影响较大，现仅存小令三十一首，套数三套，题材较广泛，或写景抒情，或评价历史人物，或抒写闺情。音律严整，善于锤炼曲词，风格清丽，亦有雄放之作。
What a Traveller Feels at Autumn Night to the tune of Paying Homage to a Sovereign
朝天子·秋夜客怀
The moonlight remote,
月光，
The fragrance of cassia nearby.
桂香，
All together in the wind float;
趁着风飘荡。
The sound of clothing beating echoes in the frosty sky.
砧声催动一天霜，
The calling of wild geese is of sonorous note,
过雁声嘹亮，
Arousing a parting sigh,
叫起离情，
Making the traveller feel more wretched and base,
敲残愁况。
Dreaming of mountains in the native place, I wake to know I am still a stranger,
梦家山身异乡，
The night is cold.
夜凉，
The pillow is cold.
枕凉，
The traveller's suffering is untold.
不许愁人强。