The introduction of Chu Ci is as follows:
It is the first collection of romantic poems in the history of China literature, and it 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.
The origin of Chu Ci is introduced as follows:
It went through Qu Yuan's creation, post-flexion imitation, collection in the early Han Dynasty and collection by Liu Xiang. This book should have been written between 26 BC and 6 BC. Liu Xiang's original "Songs of the South" died young.
Later generations can only trace back and guess the original appearance indirectly through Wang Yi's Chapters and Sentences of Songs of the South in the Eastern Han Dynasty (the original book has also been lost) and Song Hongxingzu's Supplementary Notes on Songs of the South.
The significance of "Songs of the South" is introduced as follows:
The study of Chu Ci and its research history are now called "the study of Chu Ci", which flourished in the Han and Song Dynasties and became a prominent school in the classical culture hall of modern China. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Chu Ci flowed into Japan and other countries with the cultural circles of China.
/kloc-After 0/6th century, it even flowed into Europe. By the19th century, Chu Ci had aroused widespread concern in Europe and America, and a large number of translation and research works in various languages appeared. In the field of international sinology, Chuci has always been one of the hot spots of research.
It is the earliest collection of romantic poems and the source of romantic literature. The name "Chu Ci" first appeared in Records of the Historian and Biography of Corrupt Officials. It can be seen that this name already existed in the early Han Dynasty at the latest. Its original meaning refers to Chu Ci, which later became a proper noun, and refers to the new poetic style represented by Qu Yuan's creation during the Warring States Period.