Peacock Flying Southeast is the earliest long narrative poem in the history of ancient Chinese Han literature, the best folk narrative poem in ancient China and the longest narrative poem of ancient Han people. As the peak of narrative poetry in Han Yuefu, it is also an important symbol of the development of realistic poetry in the history of China literature. It was originally named "Ancient Poems of Jiao Zhongqing's Wife" and first appeared in "Ode to a New Yutai". The author is unknown, based on real events.
The whole poem consists of 357 sentences, 1785 words. Shen Guiyu is known as "the first long poem in ancient and modern times", and is also called "Yuefu double wall" with Mulan Ci. The double walls of Yuefu and Wei Zhuang's "Ode to Fu Qin" in Tang Dynasty are also called "the three wonders of Yuefu".
The Creative Background of Peacock Flying Southeast
The writing age of Peacock Flying Southeast has always been controversial. Judging from the "preface" of this poem, it should be a work in the Jian 'an period at the end of Han Dynasty, so it belongs to the category of "Han Yuefu". During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "in terms of marriage system, there were rules and regulations such as' seven haves' and' all parents in the world'." All parents in the world "is the main reason of Liu Jiao's tragedy.
In the atmosphere of this era, under the arrogance of Jiao Mu, Jiao Zhongqing dared to stand on the side of Liu Lanzhi, showing a firm attitude of "sleeping with Lan Zhi and being friends with him", which is commendable.