Chu Ci is the first collection of romantic poems in the history of China literature, which is said to be a new poetic style created by Qu Yuan. The name of "Songs of the South" existed in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and was compiled by Liu Xiangnai. Wang Yi wrote chapters and sentences in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Qu Yuan and Song Yu in the Warring States Period, Huai Nan Zi Shan, Dong Fangshuo, Wang Bao and Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty. Later, Wang Yi added his Jiu Si to Article 17.
The book is mainly based on Qu Yuan's works, and the rest are also in the form of Qu Fu. Because it uses Chu's literary style, dialect rhyme, local products and so on, it has a strong local color, so it is named Chu Ci, which has a far-reaching influence on later poems.
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Songs of the South is recognized as a poetic monument as famous as The Book of Songs, which has created a new poetic style and played an extremely important role in the development of poetry.
The Songs of the South creatively broke the style of the Book of Songs, which focused on four words and emphasized chapters and rhymes. Chuci enriches the theme of poetry and expands the field of poetry expression, such as attracting seclusion and wandering immortals, which are directly bred from Chuci, and political nostalgia poems are also deeply influenced by Chuci.
Most importantly, The Songs of the South initiated the literary tradition in the field of poetry. Today, all schools of poetry regarded as "romanticism" are inspired by it without exception, drawing spirit and art from it. The works of Qu Yuan, Ruan Ji, Li Bai and even Gong Zizhen all reflect this romantic poetic style.