The source "Long Road, Xiu Yuan Xi" comes from Qu Yuan's Lisao, which means: Although the road ahead is still long, I will persevere and spare no effort to pursue and explore. The specific original text is as follows: I order him to be cautious, to expect something, and not to force it. There is a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and I will go up and down. After drinking too much, the horses in the salty pond always rest on hibiscus flowers.
Li Sao is the masterpiece of Qu Yuan, a famous poet in the Warring States Period, and the longest romantic political lyric poem in the history of ancient Chinese poetry. The poet described his life experience, moral character and ideal, expressed the anguish and contradiction that he was slandered to death, rebuked the fatuity of the king of Chu, the madness of the villain group and the ineffective governance of Japan, and showed the poet's fighting spirit of adhering to the ideal of "beautiful politics", attacking the dark reality, not colluding with evil forces and his patriotic enthusiasm to death.
Song Qi, a famous historian and poet in Song Dynasty, said: "Li Sao was the ancestor of Ci Fu and was written by later generations. You can't be polite or too strict. " In other words, Li Sao not only opened up a vast literary field, but also was an unattainable model of China's poetry and prose.
The value of the work is the title of Chu Ci. Qu Yuan's masterpiece. More than 370 sentences with 2400 words are the longest lyric poems in ancient China. Wang Yi's Songs of the South are called Lisao Sutra. In Song Dynasty, Hong Xingzu pointed out in the Supplement to Songs of the South: "Later generations used their words to describe and respected them as classics." Some people also refer to it as "Li Sao Fu" or "Sao". From the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Li Sao was often cited as the general name of all Qu Yuan's works. In the history of literature, it is often called "Feng" and "Sao". "Feng" is used to summarize the Book of Songs and "Sao" is used to summarize the Songs of the South. In Li Sao, the poet used many metaphors to mercilessly expose the ugliness of the ruling group and attacked their evil, lust, greed, lewdness and violence. At the same time, he also created a character image of upholding justice, pursuing truth, not avoiding difficulties, not afraid of persecution, and loving the country and the people. Li Sao was written after Qu Yuan was demoted. This poem has a certain position in the history of China, so the poet is also called "the poet".