In addition to Qu Yuan, the representative writers of Chu Ci include Song Yu, Jia Yi, Huainan Xiaoshan, Yan Ji, Dongfang Shuo, Wang Bao, Liu Xiang and others.
The representative figure in "Chu Ci" is Qu Yuan. Among the 16 volumes of the original version of "Chu Ci", Qu Yuan's works account for the vast majority, and more than 20 of his poems are included in 8 volumes. Including "Li Sao", "Nine Songs" (11 chapters), "Tianwen", "Nine Chapters" (9 chapters), "Yuanyou", "Divination", "Fisherman", "Calling Souls", etc.
The other eight volumes are Song Yu's "Nine Bian", Jing Cha's "Dazhao", Han Dynasty Jia Yi's "Cherishing the Oath", Huainan Xiaoshan's "Recruiting Hermits", Dongfang Shuo's "Seven Admonitions", Yan Ji's "Mourning for Time", Wang Bao's "Nine Huais", Liu Xiang's "Nine Sighs", etc.
Chu Ci was developed through processing and refinement on the basis of Chu folk songs, and has strong local characteristics. "Chu Ci" occupies an important position in the history of Chinese poetry. Its appearance broke the silence of two or three centuries after "The Book of Songs" and made it shine in the poetry world. Later generations also referred to the Book of Songs and the Songs of Chu as Feng and Sao.
Historical influence
"Songs of Chu" is the first collection of romantic poetry in the history of Chinese literature. It is said to be a new poetry style created by Qu Yuan. The name "Chu Ci" existed in the early Western Han Dynasty, and was compiled into a collection by Liu Xiangnai. Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty composed chapters and sentences. It originally contains sixteen poems and poems by Qu Yuan, Song Yu during the Warring States Period, and Huainan Xiaoshan, Dongfang Shuo, Wang Bao, Liu Xiang and others during the Han Dynasty.
Later Wang Yitzeng added his own work "Nine Thoughts", which became seventeen chapters. The whole book is mainly based on Qu Yuan's works, and the other chapters also inherit the form of Qu Yuan's Fu. Because of its use of literary styles, dialects, customs and products of the Chu region, it has a strong local flavor, hence the name "Chu Ci", which has a profound impact on later generations of poetry.
"Chu Ci" has gone through the process of Qu Yuan's creation, Qu Hou's imitation, collection in the early Han Dynasty, and Liu Xiang's compilation. It should be written between 26 BC and 6 BC. The original book of Liu Xiang's "Chu Songs" died early, and later generations can only indirectly rely on the "Chapter of Chu Songs" by Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty (the original book is also lost) and "Supplementary Notes on Chu Songs" by Song Hongxingzu ("Chu Songs"), which are considered to be the most complete. Supplement to Chapters and Sentences) to trace and speculate on the original appearance.
"Chu Ci" has extraordinary significance to the entire Chinese cultural system, especially in literature. It created the poetry of Chinese romantic literature, so later generations called this literary style "Chu Ci style". Sexy body. The four major genres of poetry, novels, prose and drama all exist in varying degrees.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Chu Ci