Romanticism in the history of ancient Chinese literature originated from Qu Yuan’s Songs of Chu. Romanticism runs through all aspects of ancient Chinese literature, including novels, poetry, drama, etc. Among them, it has achieved greater success in poetry and drama. They have strong emotions and are good at using bold imagination and rich exaggeration.
Exaggerated and vivid rhetorical techniques are often used in romantic works. For example, "Chu Songs: National Sorrow" is Qu Yuan's hymn to the brave soldiers fighting. The whole poem uses a large number of literary techniques to exaggerate the brutality of the battle and highlight the strong emotions. The feeling of praise and praise.
Romantic literary works focus on introducing ethereal things, describing the ideal world with bold and free techniques, and expressing strong emotions through direct lyricism.
For example, in "Qiupu Song", "The white hair is three thousand feet, and the sorrow is as long as the head." It is an extreme exaggeration to use the tangible "hair" to express one's invisible sorrow; using "Thousands of miles to Jiangling" "The Return of the Day" describes the speed of the return boat down the river from the upper reaches, expressing his relaxed and joyful mood on the way to being pardoned and released.