Qu Yuan, the author of "Li Sao"

Qu Yuan (340 BC - 278 BC) was a poet and politician of the Chu State during the Warring States Period. Mi's surname is Qu's, her given name is Ping, and her courtesy name is Yuan; it also comes from the cloud name Zhengze, and her courtesy name is Lingjun. Born in Danyang of Chu State (now Zigui, Hubei Province) around 340 BC, he was a descendant of Qu Xia, the son of King Wu of Chu Xiong Tong. ?

Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in Chinese history and the founder of Chinese romantic literature. He is known as the "ancestor of Chinese poetry" and "the ancestor of poetry". He is the founder and representative author of "Chu Ci", and started the tradition of "vanilla beauty". The emergence of Qu Yuan marked that Chinese poetry entered a new era from collective singing to individual originality. He was called "the soul of poetry" by later generations. ?

"Li Sao" is a literary work created by Qu Yuan, a poet of the Warring States Period. "Li Sao", Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty interpreted it as: "Li means farewell; Sao means sorrow." "Li Sao" takes the conflict between ideals and reality as the main line, with the comparison of flowers, plants and birds and the bizarre and psychedelic "seeking for a girl" goddess The whole poem is developed alternately with the emotional ups and downs in autobiographical memories and the recurring, fleeting illusions. The work expresses concern for the fate of the Chu State and people's lives, "sad for the hardships of the people's livelihood" and laments the treacherous nature of the people. It advocates "promoting talents and empowering them" and "following the rules without making mistakes". He proposed that "the Emperor and Heaven are selfless" and criticized the theory of destiny. The large number of metaphors and rich imagination in the works show the spirit of positive romanticism and create the "Sao" poetry form in Chinese literature, which has a profound influence on later generations. There are annotated versions such as Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Chapter and Sentences of the Songs of Chu", Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Annotations to the Songs of Chu", and Dai Zhen of the Qing Dynasty, "Annotations of Qu Yuan's Fu".