Beauty in Qu Yuan's Poems

In Qu Yuan's poem Lisao, "I'm afraid of the beauty's dying", and the beauty in the poem refers to Chu Huaiwang, the monarch of Chu at that time. "vanilla beauty" symbolizes the idea of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, and "vanilla" and "beauty" also refer to people with noble character and wise monarch. The image of beauty is a metaphor, or a metaphor for a king, or a metaphor for itself. The former is like "only the vegetation is scattered, and the beauty is afraid of dying", while the latter is like "many women are jealous of Yu's eyebrows, and they say that Yu is good at prostitution". Qu Yuan is lyrical through self-pity in many parts, so the whole poem is emotionally lingering. Chu Huaiwang

Qu Yuan's allegorical technique of "beauty and vanilla" in Lisao has gone far beyond the so-called "meaning of comparison and happiness" in The Book of Songs. Bixing in The Book of Songs is often just a fragment of a poem, a relatively simple metaphor and association, while Qu Yuan's works have undergone great changes and development.

First of all, it began to blend things with me, feelings with scenery. This is not simply to compare things with things, or to touch things to get excited, but to combine some characteristics of things with people's thoughts, feelings, personality and ideals. Through association and imagination, it combines feelings with things and knows people, forming a symbol, thus greatly enhancing the artistic tension of poetry.

in the long poem Li Sao, the poet grasps the rich aesthetic connotation of fragrant flowers and different grass, beautiful wood and beautiful forest, and the love between men and women to beautify the image and character of the lyrical subject.