The political nature of the poem is expressed in the first half of the chapter, which repeatedly expresses the poet's concern for the fate of Chu and people's lives, expresses his desire to reform politics, and insists on his ideals and never compromises with evil forces despite disasters. will.
The second half of the chapter reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of loving the country and the people through statements about wandering to heaven, pursuing and realizing his ideals, and wanting to die after failure.
The whole poem uses the metaphor of beauty and vanilla, a large number of myths and legends and rich imagination to form a splendid literary style and a magnificent structure, showing a positive romanticism spirit and creating a "saucy style" in the history of Chinese literature. "Style" poetry form has had a profound impact on later generations. Its main annotated editions include "Chapter and Verses of the Songs of Chu" by Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Annotations to the Songs of Chu" by Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty, and "Annotations of Qu Yuan's Fu" by Dai Zhen of the Qing Dynasty.
Influence on later generations:
"Li Sao" created the genre of "Chu Ci" (i.e. Sao style poetry) in the history of literature. After the Han and Wei dynasties, Chu Ci was even referred to as "Sao". Jin Guo Pu's Commentary on the Classic of Mountains and Seas quoted Tianwen and Yuanyou, both of which were called "Li Sao"; Liang Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long included a chapter on "Bian Sao", which included all the works of "Chu Ci".
Liang Xiaotong's "Selected Works of Zhaoming" lists the "Sao" category, including "Li Sao", "Nine Songs", "Nine Bian" and other chapters; Volumes 1 to 5 of Zhu Xi's "Collected Commentary on Chu Ci" of the Song Dynasty are collectively called "Li Sao" ", later called "Continuation of Li Sao". Other books such as "Li Sao Cao Mu Shu" by Wu Renjie of the Ming Dynasty, "Sao Yuan" by Huang Shengzeng of the Ming Dynasty, "Chu Sao Qi Yu" by Zhang Zhixiang of the Ming Dynasty, and "Yin Sao" by He Kuan of the Qing Dynasty are all based on the entire Chu Ci. "Li Sao" has become synonymous with Chu Ci, and "Sao Ren" has also become synonymous with poets.