Li Zhiyi (about 1035~1117), a native of Wudi, Cangzhou (now Shandong), was a writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. The courtesy name is Uncle Duan, and his nickname is Guxi Jushi. Gongci includes "Collected Works of Guxi laymen" and "Guxi Ci".

Qingzhu (1893～1959), a famous modern music esthetician, composer and translator. His original name was Liao Shangguo, a native of Huiyang, Guangdong. In 1912, he went to Germany to study. After returning to China, he devoted himself to the national revolutionary movement and later edited the school magazine "Music Art" at Shanghai Music College. In the second half of his life, he taught German in various universities and translated and published many German literary works.

This song was composed by Qingzhu based on the lyrics of "Bu Suanzi" by Li Zhiyi, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was first published in Volume 1, No. 2, of "Music Art" in 1930, and was later included in the author's song collection "Soundscape" published in 1933. The original words imitate the style of folk songs and express a woman's deep affection for missing her lover.

The music style of the work is close to that of folk songs. The melody is long, but it is different from folk folk songs. Qingzhu embodies the artistic conception of the original words with fresh and long music, but also has unique expectations; the melody is soothing and peaceful. , as if the poet is reciting in a low voice, but the tune still reveals the author's excitement, so there is often an ascending or descending drawl at the end, which sounds closer to poetry, but more passionate than poetry.

In order to express the content of his thoughts, the author breaks the balance of the music in the upper and lower sections and repeats the four sentences in the lower section twice, as if the endless flowing water of the Yangtze River has brought with it a long feeling of longing. The song breaks through the convention that the upper and lower parts of the two-tone double tune of "Bu Suanzi" should generally adopt a parallel repetitive structure, and the lower part is repeated three times alone, and each time is more exciting than the last, and finally ends in the high note area of ??the whole song. This kind of treatment highlights the sincerity and persistence of longing, and has an exciting power that simple love songs do not have.

This is because the author was a participant in the Great Revolution and was wanted by the reactionaries, so he had to use unusual music, borrowing ancient love words to express his deep thoughts about the past fighting years and martyred comrades. Reveal your longing for tomorrow.

The piano accompaniment runs through the whole song with a river-like flowing sound pattern, which sets off the broad-breathing singing and symbolizes the endless emotions. Due to the use of natural melody and harmony, the songs appear free and comfortable, full of romance and national flavor.

In 1922, Qingzhu came to work at the Huangpu Military Academy in Guangzhou and enthusiastically plunged into the torrent of the national revolution. Qingzhu was wanted for participating in the Guangzhou riots.

At this time, Master Qing was in a very low mood. But when he plays the piano, he finds comfort in music. The rule of darkness prevented him from speaking or acting openly, so he expressed his dissatisfaction with reality through composing music and expressed his endless longing for his old comrades. This song "I Live at the Head of the Yangtze River" was once sung for a while.