Said by: Li Sao, a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period. The original text is as follows:
The resentment of practice is mighty and will never be seen by the people. Many women are jealous of Yu's beauty. They say Yu is good at prostitution. It is wise to stick to the rules, but correct your mistakes according to the rules. Chanting rope ink chasing songs, competing with Zhou Rong.
Translation:
Blame the king of Chu for being so confused. He never observes the feelings of others. Those women are jealous of my charm and slander me for being coquettish and lewd. Mediocre people are good at opportunism, breaking rules and changing policies. Pursuing evil songs violates the standard of right and wrong and takes pleasure as the law.
It embodies the poet's spirit of bravely fighting against the dark and decadent forces. The poet clearly knows that Chu Tingqun's unfortunate fate and his own misfortune are caused by Chu Tingqun's smallness, and the poet is extremely disgusted with this. The poet also exposed Chu Jun's fault, saying that he was capricious, absurd and confused, partial to treacherous court officials, alienated from loyalty, and failed to distinguish good from evil, which led to the poet's ideal of "beautiful politics".
Extended data:
Lisao is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period, and it is also the longest lyric poem in ancient China. Focusing on the poet's self-reported life experience, experience and soul, this poem is a passionate political lyric poem and an artistic masterpiece combining realism and romanticism. Li Sao is the pioneering work of China's patriotic poetry, which enjoys a high reputation in the history of China literature and has an important influence on the development of China literature.
Qu Yuan was a poet and politician of Chu State during the Warring States Period in China. Mi surname, Qu family, human, the word is original. When I was a teenager, I was well educated, knowledgeable and ambitious. He advocated "American politics", promoting and appointing talents internally, perfecting statutes and uniting external forces to resist Qin. Slashed by nobles, he was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley. After that, Qu Yuan drowned himself in the Miluo River and died.
Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in the history of China, the founder of China's romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of Songs of the South, and has created the tradition of "vanilla beauty", and is known as "the father of Ci Fu" and "the father of China's poetry". Chu Ci, with Qu Yuan's works as the main body, is one of the sources of China's romantic literature, which has a far-reaching influence on later poetry.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-Lisao