As a masterpiece, Li Sao is extremely rich in ideological content, which can be summarized into two aspects. One is to describe the contradiction between poets and dynasty rulers, that is, the opposition between ideal and reality; The second is to describe the pain and entanglement of the poet's mind, that is, the contradiction between enterprising and retiring.
Lisao is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period, and it is also the longest lyric poem in ancient China. 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.
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As the pioneering work of China's patriotic poetry, Li Sao opened the source of China's literary romanticism and had an important and far-reaching influence on the development of China literature and the creation of later literati. Scholars of later generations appreciate this long poem.
Li Sao created the genre of "Chu Ci" (that is, Sao poetry) in the history of literature. After the Han and Wei Dynasties, "Sao" was generally called Chu Ci. Notes on Mountains and Seas in Jin Guo Pu quoted Tian Wen and Yuan You's Li Sao. Liang's "Wen Xin Diao Long" has an article "Distinguishing Sao", which contains all the works of Chu Ci. Liang Xiaotong's Selected Works of Zhaoming is classified as Sao style, including Li Sao, Jiu Ge and Jiu Bian.
Song Zhuxi's Notes on Songs of the South are collectively called Li Sao from the first volume to the fifth volume, and later called Continued Li Sao. Others, such as Li Sao cursive script written by Wu in Ming Dynasty, Li Sao Yuan written by Zeng in Ming Dynasty, Qi Yu of Chu Sao in Ming Dynasty and Drinking Sao written by He Kuan in Qing Dynasty, are all about Chu Ci. Li Sao has become synonymous with Chu Ci, and "Sao Ren" has also become synonymous with poets.
Li Sao is not only respected in China, but also enjoys a high reputation in the world. With the spread of Selected Works of Zhaoming, Lisao was introduced to Japan in Nara era. It was introduced to Korea and Vietnam very early. Since the publication of 1852 German version of Li Sao and Nine Songs —— Two Poems of China in the 3rd century BC, French, English, Italian, Russian and Hungarian versions have appeared one after another, and some have more than one translation.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Sao (Qu Yuan's Poem)