Compare the Book of Songs and Li Sao.
In form, the Book of Songs is mostly four-character sentences, while Lisao is mostly seven-character sentences. The Book of Songs is short in length and simple in structure, while Li Sao is long in length and complex in structure.
In terms of language style, the language of The Book of Songs is known for its simplicity and conciseness, while the language of Li Sao is famous for its magnificence.
The Book of Songs is the beginning of China's ancient poems, the earliest collection of poems. Collected 311 poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (from the 11th century to the 6th century), among which 6 poems are Sheng poems, that is, they have only titles and no content, and are called Six Sheng Poems (Nan Chang, Bai Hua, Hua Shu, You Kang, Wu Chong and You Yi), which reflect the social outlook of about 5 years from the early Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty.
Li Sao is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu State in the Warring States Period. This poem takes the conflict between ideal and reality as the main line, takes the comparison of flowers, birds and birds and the fantastic and psychedelic "seeking women" as symbols, and alternately unfolds with the emotional agitation in autobiographical memories and the dreamland that comes and goes. The work expresses concern for the fate of Chu and people's life, "lamenting the hardships of the people's lives" and lamenting the power of the traitor. He advocated "giving talents by raising talents", "following the rope and not quite", and put forward "God is selfless" to criticize the theory of destiny. A large number of metaphors and rich imaginations in the poems show the positive romantic spirit, and create a poetic form of "Sao Style" in China literature, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations.