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.
Literary contribution
Songs of the South have a far-reaching influence on the development of China literature, which exists in almost all literary fields and different genres to varying degrees. Zheng Zhenduo spoke highly of The Songs of Chu in the article The Influence of Qu Yuan's Works in the History of China Literature: "If mercury pours on the ground, like a sunny day in the sky, like spring blossoms, like a torch shining on a dark starry night, it will always inspire and inspire countless later writers."