Jiuge is the title of Chu Ci, which was originally the name of an ancient song in China myths and legends, and was recreated by Qu Yuan, a Chu man in the Warring States Period. Nine songs * * * Eleven articles: Emperor Taiyi, Prince in the Cloud, Lady Xiang, Little Thinking, Hebo, National Mourning, Ritual Soul.
The chapter mostly describes the attachment between God and God, showing the deep sadness of missing or wanting nothing. The article "National Mourning" is to mourn and celebrate the soldiers who died for Chu. Wang Yi believes that Qu Yuan did it when he was exiled to Jiangnan. At that time, Qu Yuan was "worried about his country and people", so he created music and songs to worship the gods to express his thoughts and feelings. However, modern researchers believe that it was made before exile, only for sacrificial purposes.
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Nine Songs is the most refined, beautiful and charming poem in Qu Fu. It represents the highest achievement of Qu Yuan's artistic creation. Nine Songs is based on the merits and heroic achievements of Chu ancestors. Poetry takes mountains and rivers, gods and natural scenery as its theme; Taking fairy tales and historical legends as poems, it vividly expresses the poet's sad mood of being loyal to the monarch and patriotic, worrying about the country and the people when he was exiled to Southern Chu and Yuan Zhen in his later years, and his inner purpose of "taking pleasure in ambition", "talking about comforting my worries", "expressing the feelings of men and women" and "singing feelings with the wind as the guide".