Chu Ci is a new poetic style created by Qu Yuan and the first collection of romantic poems in the history of China literature. The name of "Songs of the South" existed in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and was compiled by Liu Xiangnai. Wang Yi wrote chapters and sentences in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Chu Ci experienced Qu Yuan's creation, imitation after Qu Yuan's submission, collection in early Han Dynasty and collection by Liu Xiang. This book should have been written between 26 BC and 6 BC.
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Songs of the South have a far-reaching influence on the development of China literature, which exists in almost all literary fields and different genres to varying degrees.
Zheng Zhenduo spoke highly of The Songs of Chu in the article The Influence of Qu Yuan's Works in the History of China Literature: "If mercury pours on the ground, like a sunny day in the sky, like spring blossoms, like a torch shining on a dark starry night, it will always inspire and inspire countless later writers."
Chu Ci spread overseas earlier, especially in Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other "Confucian-Chinese cultural circles". By A.D. 158 1 year (the ninth year of Wanli), Matteo Ricci came to China, and the eastern civilization crossed the ocean, and the songs of the south gradually entered the western vision. 1840 After the Opium War, the European and American world began to pay extensive attention to Chu Ci.