Li Sao introduced:
It is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period, and the longest lyric poem in ancient China. This poem centers on the poet's life experience, experience and mental journey. The first half repeatedly confided the poet's concern about the fate of Chu and people's life, expressing his desire to reform politics and his will to stick to his ideals and never compromise with evil forces even in times of disaster.
The second half reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of patriotism and love for the people through the statement of dreaming, pursuing ideals and dying after failure. The whole poem uses the metaphor of beauty and vanilla, a lot of myths and legends and rich imagination, forming a gorgeous literary talent and magnificent structure;
It showed a positive romantic spirit, created a poetic form of "Sao Style" in the history of China literature, and had a far-reaching impact on later generations.
Creative background:
As for the date of creation of Li Sao, Sima Qian said that Qu Yuan was exiled and wrote Li Sao in Records of the Historian, and in Bao Ren An Shu, he also said that Qu Yuan's exile was a tribute to Li Sao, just like Han Chinese. Therefore, Li Sao is regarded as the work of Qu Yuan after his exile.
Now people have different opinions about this, some say that Qu Yuan did it after he was demoted, some say that Qu Yuan did it after he was demoted to the king of Chu, some say it was done at the end, some say it originated, and sometimes it became early. So far, there is no conclusion. The writing time should be autumn.
As for the reasons for the creation of Li Sao, Sima Qian quoted Liu An's Li Sao from Biographies of Historical Records of Qu Yuan, saying: "Qu Ping's illness is not clever enough, flattery is too bright, and evil songs are harmful to everyone. Fang Zhengzhi couldn't tolerate it, so he wrote "Li Sao" with sadness and meditation. " He also said: "Qu Yuan went straight on the right path, exhausted loyalty and wisdom to serve the monarch and made the world poor.
Believe and see doubt, be loyal and slander, can you have no complaints? Qu Ping's work Li Sao is self-reproach. Qu Yuan's "sadness" and resentment are closely related to the political reality of Chu State. Li Sao is a political lyric poem written by him according to the political reality of Chu State and his own grievances.
Because the twists and turns describe the poet's life experience, thoughts and circumstances, some people regard it as an image record of Qu Yuan's life course and call it the poet's autobiography.