Sima Qian's sentence in the biography of Qu Yuan when he evaluated the characteristics of Li Sao's writing style is "its literary conventions and subtle diction".
: "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 second half of the chapter explores the realm of heaven and pursues the realization of ideals. and the statement that he wanted to die after failure, reflecting 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 romantic spirit, and creating a "Sao style" poetry form in the history of Chinese literature, which has a great impact on later generations. Had a profound impact. Its main annotated editions include "Chu Ci Zhang Ju" by Wang Yi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Collected Commentary on Chu Ci" by Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, and "Annotations on Qu Yuan's Fu" by Dai Zhen in the Qing Dynasty.