"Li Sao".
"Li Sao" is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet during the Warring States Period in China. It is the longest lyric poem in ancient China.
This poem centers on the poet's self-narration of his life experience, experiences, and aspirations. The first half of the chapter repeatedly expresses the poet's concern for the fate of Chu State and people's lives, expresses the desire to reform politics, and the will to adhere to ideals and never compromise with evil forces despite disasters; The statement of wanting to die after achieving and failing reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of loving the country and the people.
The whole poem uses the metaphor of beauty and vanilla, a large number of myths and legends and rich imagination to form a splendid literary style and a magnificent structure, showing a positive romanticism spirit and creating a "saucy style" in the history of Chinese literature. "Style" poetry form has had a profound impact on later generations.
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As a long masterpiece, "Li Sao" expresses extremely rich ideological content, which can be summarized into two aspects. The first describes the contradiction between the poet and the current rulers, that is, the opposition between ideals and reality; the second describes the pain and entanglement of the poet's soul, that is, the contradiction between advancement and retreat.
As for its content level, there have always been various ways of dividing it. Roughly speaking, the whole poem can be divided into three parts plus a ritual statement. The first part of the poem uses a method close to realism to show the poet's environment and his own journey; while the second two parts use colorful and turbulent descriptions to express a fantasy realm, often showing an extremely vast and vast world. An incredibly magical scene.
The last section is about etiquette. The poet could not see his appearance at home, but he could not bear to go abroad, so he was in a dilemma. There is no choice but to die. Finally, the poet's noble spirit of attachment to the motherland and determination to die for the country is fully demonstrated in the extreme contradiction of leaving or leaving. This is the finishing touch after the climax of the whole poem, which is used to wrap up the whole poem and further deepen the theme of the poem.
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