Origin: Li Sao was written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period.
Excerpt from the original:
At dusk, because I was in the middle of the road, I changed direction.
At first, I talked to Yu Chengyan, and I regretted having him.
It is not difficult for me to leave my husband, and it is difficult to quantify my practice.
I am not only nine flowers of Zilan, but also a hundred-acre tree.
Translation:
The two of us are scheduled to get married at dusk. Why did you change your mind halfway?
Since you asked me out before, now you have other plans and regret it.
It is not difficult for me to leave you, but your repetition makes me sad.
I planted a lot of cymbidium and a large area of vanilla.
Li Sao, as an extended material, is a masterpiece with rich ideological content, which can be summarized into two aspects. One is to describe the contradiction between poets and dynasty rulers, that is, the opposition between ideal and reality; The second is to describe the pain and entanglement of the poet's mind, that is, the contradiction between enterprising and retiring. As for its content level, there have always been various ways to divide it. Generally speaking, the whole poem can be divided into three parts plus a ceremony.
The first part is from the monologue and self-image at the beginning to "I can punish my spare heart". The poet first narrates his noble life experience, which shows that he has an innate "inner beauty". Talk about a person's virtue and talent again. With innate talent and nurture, a person should have been determined to devote himself to a great cause long ago.
Then, the author narrates his expectation for Chu Huaiwang, expecting him to practice his statutes and ride a galloping horse. The poet is willing to be a pioneering new work of Chu Reform. However, there was a struggle between innovation and conservatism within the ruling group of Chu at that time. The poet quoted the holy king to inspire Wang Huai to follow suit, and cited the tyrant's practice to warn Wang Huai.
However, due to Wang Huai's conformism, abandoning the contract and changing his mind, the result was that "party member" was rampant, the world was corrupted, and even the talents carefully cultivated by poets became vulgar. The poet fell into a helpless situation and was rejected. Faced with the sinister political environment, the poet once had the idea of retiring, but in the end he expressed regret for upholding justice and was determined to stick to his virtue and noble sentiment.
The second part, from "women's happiness" to "how can I endure all this forever", from the appearance of women's images, from the realm of reality to the realm of virtual fantasy. Seeing the poet's pain, the woman was very angry. Starting from her desire to love poets, she advised poets to take the tragedy of guns as a warning. In a society where there is no right and wrong, loyalty will not be seen by the world, or even killed.
Therefore, he was told not to be like Geng Jie, but to be wise and go with the flow. Hearing this, the poet did not agree, and his faith did not waver. Women can't really understand poets, which shows that there is no confidant in the world. So the poet went to the surreal field to pursue the truth. He traveled across Yuanxiang and delivered a speech to Shun Di and Zhong Hua, recounting the rise and fall of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and expressing his ideal of "beautiful politics".
He sighed and wept for his unsuccessful ambition. Even though he died, his determination to stick to his ideal remained unchanged. After the speech, he turned to travel around the world in the form of fantasy, searching up and down, looking for like-minded confidants and ways to realize his ideals. Finally, the search up and down failed. Everything in heaven and earth is "turbid", covering beauty as evil and envy as talent.
The third part, from "locking the banquet" to "curling up feelings but not doing it", starts with the emergence of spiritual atmosphere and the image of Wu Xian. The poet looked for women everywhere. After repeated failures, he was full of loneliness and anger, so he asked the wizard for advice and then asked Wu Xian to surrender to God. Lingqi and Wuxian encouraged him to travel far and choose wise men to realize his ideal, and warned him to act as soon as possible without hesitation.
The poet is convinced that there is no way out for him to stay in Chu. So, according to the auspicious atmosphere and way out, he chose auspicious days and good days. I started to go to China and once again entered the realm of "floating for women" and "flowing up and down". The poet went through a long and difficult journey.
Just as he was driving the gods, driving the dragon and phoenix, flying into the distance, entertaining himself with music and dancing, and forgetting everything, he suddenly saw his hometown. The situation has gone downhill, and the situation has gone downhill. The poet's sadness came from this, and he couldn't bear to leave in the face of the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The plot development and conflict of this poem reached a climax.
About the author: Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of Chu at the end of the Warring States Period. The name is flat and the word is original. Born in a noble family in Chu State. At first, he assisted Wang Huai. He is a leftist and a doctor in San Lv. He is well-read, and advocates that it should be stipulated clearly and that talents should be rewarded. He is allied with Qi in the east and rejected Qiang Qin in the west. He left his job after being slandered. Qing Xiang was exiled after he became king, and he wandered in the Yuanxiang Valley for a long time.