National mourning mainly describes the defeat of Chu. The main part of "National Mourning" consists of the harsh battle of "covering the sun like a cloud, the enemy like a cloud, and the soldiers fighting for the first place" and the scene of "being angry at the right time, killing all the soldiers and abandoning vilen".
According to some literary historians' textual research, National Mourning is set in the battle between Chu and Qin Danyang, which is a key battle from Chu, Qi and Qin to collapse. Since then, Chu has been in danger. This reminds people of the fact that the French showed a huge oil painting depicting the defeat of the French army at Waterloo in the Louvre.
Xue Fucheng of A Qing Dynasty wrote in "Paintings in Paris" that this was the intention of a legal person to "show shame, warn others and seek revenge". Qu Yuan, the motherland of his relatives, described the scene of defeat in "National Mourning", which can be said to be a precedent as a legal person more than 2,000 years ago.
Nine Songs of National Mourning is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period, and it is one of the nine songs. This is an elegy for the soldiers who died in Chu.
This poem is divided into two sections. The first section describes the heroic scene of Chu soldiers fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy; The second section eulogizes the noble festivals of Chu soldiers who died for their country and their heroism and patriotism. The whole poem vividly describes the fierce war situation and the soldiers' spirit of courageously striving for the first place, and expresses the author's lofty feelings of loving the motherland.
The poem is sincere and passionate, with sharp and rapid rhythm and strong expressive force, conveying a kind of awe-inspiring and solemn beauty, which is unique in Chu Ci works.