From Qu Yuan's Lisao in the Warring States Period, excerpts from the original text:
Curse your heart, suppress your ambitions, but be particularly tolerant and angry. Be innocent, die straight, and be thicker than the former sanctuary.
Regret not keeping the way, and it will be reversed after a delay. I can't get back to the road until I get back to my car, and the journey is not far away.
After a long walk, the horse arrived in Xi, Gao Lan, and Pepper Mountain didn't stop. I'll leave you if I can't get in. If you retreat, you will resume your first service.
Making lotus is making clothes, and picking hibiscus is making clothes. I don't know. It's embarrassing. I feel like I believe it.
High risk is at stake, and Pei is far away. Fang Heze is a half-breed, but Zhao's quality is not lost.
If you suddenly swim back, you will see four shortcomings. Pei is colorful, not a badge.
People's livelihood has its own joy, and I am used to it. Although my body has not changed, I can't punish my heart.
Translation:
I would rather compromise my mind and suppress my feelings, and I would rather bear all the reprimands and curses. Keeping innocent and dying on the right path is praised by ancient sages!
I regret not seeing the future clearly. I hesitated for a moment, and I will turn back. Turn my car around and go back the same way. Give up before you get lost.
I rode past the bluegrass and ran to Jiaomu Mountain for a while. Since you have committed the crime of not making progress, come back and rebuild my old clothes.
I want to cut diamond leaves into a coat, and I want to weave a skirt with lotus flowers. No one knows me, as long as my heart is really sweet and soft.
Hold my hat high and make my clothes long. Although fragrance is mixed with clean dirt, only pure quality will not rot.
I suddenly turned around and looked into the distance. I would visit distant places around. Wearing colorful decorations gives off a strong fragrance.
Everyone has his own hobbies. I am used to dressing up. Even if I don't change, can I be alert and hesitant?
Extended data
Creative background:
Li Sao is a political lyric poem written by Qu Yuan according to the political reality of Chu State and his own grievances.
Qu Yuan's "sadness" and resentment are closely related to the political reality of Chu State. 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.
Main idea of the article:
The theme of the whole poem, that is, through the description of the poet's lifelong struggle for lofty ideals, strongly expresses his anguish and ambivalence of being killed, his spirit of dedication to the country, and his deep patriotism and sympathy for the people who share the same fate with the country, and his indomitable struggle spirit of bravely pursuing truth and light and upholding justice and ideals.
At the same time, it profoundly exposed the decadent and dark nature of the noble group of Chu headed by Chu Jun, and criticized their crimes of reversing right and wrong, running a private party, harming talents and doing evil for the country.
Character image:
In Li Sao, Qu Yuan successfully created the first lyrical protagonist with full image and distinct personality in the history of China literature, which embodied Qu Yuan's great thoughts and lofty personality.
This image embodies the poet's courage to fight against the dark and decadent forces. The poet clearly knows that Chu Tingqun's unfortunate fate and his own misfortune were caused by his childhood. The poet was very angry about it and spared no effort to expose and attack it repeatedly.
The poet also exposed Chu Jun's fault, saying that he was capricious, absurd and confused, partial to treacherous court officials, alienated from loyalty, and failed to distinguish good from evil, which led to the poet's ideal of "beautiful politics".
The lyric hero image in Li Sao is a concentrated expression of the spirit of the Chinese nation, which has given countless people with lofty ideals a demonstration of character and behavior and given them strength for more than two thousand years.
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