From: Qu Yuan's Li Sao in the Warring States Period.
Excerpts from the original text:
Take a long breath to hide your tears and mourn the hardships of people's lives. Although I am good at trimming my hair, I am embarrassed by it and I am eager to change it. This is both a pity for Yu and a petition for it. For the ideal cherished in my heart, I will not regret it a thousand times.
Explanation:
I wiped my tears and sighed, how difficult the road of poor life is. Although I like cleaning and am strict with myself, I was fired sooner or later. They attacked me for wearing wormwood and accused me of collecting Isatis indigotica. This is what I pursue in my heart, and I won't regret it even if I die many times.
Sigh: sigh. Cover up tears: wipe away tears. Kuā: Clean and beautiful. Xiāng: Wear it. Regret: resentment.
Expand the topic of the data:
This poem centers on the poet's life experience, experience and mental journey. The first half repeatedly confided the poet's concern about the fate of Chu and people's life, expressing his desire to reform politics and his will to stick to his ideals and never compromise with evil forces even in times of disaster. The second half reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of patriotism and love for the people after wandering in heaven, pursuing the realization of ideals and dying after failure.
The influence of the author's achievements:
In order to realize the great cause of rejuvenating the State of Chu, Qu Yuan actively assisted in the reform to strengthen the country, and insisted on uniting with Qi to resist Qin, making the State of Chu once rich and strong.
Regarding the content of Qu Yuan's political reform, we can get some information from Li Sao and Nine Chapters: First, his political reform was ordered by Chu Huaiwang; The second is to "make meritorious service first", that is, inherit the legacy of predecessors; Thirdly, we should focus on "doubt of knowing the law", that is, establishing a new legal system; Fourth, the top-down political reform movement aimed at achieving national prosperity.
Qu Yuan's previous poems, whether the Book of Songs or southern folk songs, were mostly short stories, and Qu Yuan developed into a long and huge system. Li Sao alone has more than 2,400 words. In terms of expression techniques, Qu Yuan skillfully combined Fu, Bi and Xing, and used the metaphor technique of "vanilla beauty" extensively to vividly express abstract morality, consciousness and complex realistic relationship.