Dynasty: Pre-Qin Dynasty
Author: Qu Yuan
Original text:
Sword in hand, wearing leather armor, chariots staggered, sword and blade.
Enemy, the flag is like a dark cloud and the arrow is on the string.
He violated my position and trampled on my team. My left relative died and my right relative was stabbed.
Bury two rounds, trip four horses, and beat drums with jade mallets.
Then I will be furious, kill vilen mercilessly and abandon him. (I made a work: falling)
No return, no return, the plain is hazy and the road is very remote.
Wearing a long sword, holding a strong crossbow, leaving your head, Zhuang Xin will not change.
Brave and fearless, you are the most. You will stick to your post until you die.
The body is dead, the spirit will never die, and your soul is the ghost of a hero! (Soul Yi Xi: Soul Xi)
Nine Songs of National Mourning is the work of Qu Yuan, a great poet of Chu during the Warring States Period, and it is an elegy for the fallen soldiers of Chu. This poem praises the heroism and patriotism of Chu soldiers and expresses the author's lofty feelings of loving the motherland. The whole poem is sincere and fiery in emotion, clear and rapid in rhythm, open and vigorous in expression, conveying a solemn and stirring beauty.
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a native of Chu in the Warring States Period, was named Mi, Qu, Ping and Yuan. "Li Sao" says: "The name is right and the word is elegant." Chu Danyang (now Yichang City, Hubei Province) is the son of Xiong Tong, the earliest romantic poet in China, the first great patriotic poet in the history of China literature, and the descendant of Qu Xian. His appearance marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to solo.
He founded Chu Ci and the tradition of "vanilla beauty". During the Warring States period, Chu was born into a noble family, and worked as a doctor and disciple, in charge of internal and external affairs. After Wuqi, another politician who advocated political reform in Chu was Qu Yuan. He advocated using talents internally, cultivating statutes, and uniting external forces against Qin. Later, he was exiled to the Yuan Xianghe Valley because he was excluded by the nobles.