Yue’ou is probably the most celebrated genre in the group because of a unique collection of song texts with the same title, composed and published by Zhao Ziyong (Jiu Ji-Yung in Cantonese) in 1828. Written in simple, colloquial Cantonese, the songs are justly celebrated as rare examples of poetry in the regional vernacular literature of China. They received international attention after they were translated in 1904 by Sir Cecil Clementi , who later became the governor of Hong Kong...
