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The poem "Li Sao" is in the Chuci collection and is traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan [a] of the Kingdom of Chu, who died about 278 BCE.. Qu Yuan manifests himself in a poetic character, in the tradition of Classical Chinese poetry, contrasting with the anonymous poetic voices encountered in the Shijing and the other early poems which exist as preserved in the form of incidental ...
"Xiang River Goddesses" (Xiang Jun), poem number 3 of 11 in the Nine Songs section, in an annotated version of Chu Ci, published under title Li Sao, attributed to Qu Yuan and illustrated by Xiao Yuncong. Jiu Ge, or Nine Songs, (Chinese: 九歌; pinyin: Jiǔ Gē; lit. 'Nine Songs') is an ancient set of poems.
Alphabet song; Shiva Sutra, Sanskrit poem with similar function; Hanacaraka, the traditional arrangement of the letters of the Javanese alphabet; The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, commonly used English phrase with every letter in the Latin alphabet; Thousand Character Classic, Chinese poem with similar function, especially used in Korea
Wen Yiduo—a socialist poet and scholar later executed by the Chinese Nationalist Party—wrote in his Mythology & Poetry that, "although Qu Yuan did not write about the life of the people or voice their sufferings, he may truthfully be said to have acted as the leader of a people's revolution and to have struck a blow to avenge them. Qu Yuan ...
During the Warring States period, in the Chu Ci • Li Sao (Songs of Chu • Encountering Sorrow), it is recorded: [16] I command the god of clouds, Fenglong, to ride the colorful clouds, Seeking the whereabouts of Consort Mi. I take off my jade pendant, intending to make a vow. I send Jianxiu, a minister of Fuxi, to act as a matchmaker.
Li Bai, also known as "Li Bo" and "Li Po" [note 25] Tang poetry: Complete Tang Poems, others: 靜夜思 "Reply to Li Shuyi" Mao Zedong: Modern Chinese poetry: 1957: Mao Tsetung Poems "Return to the Field" [note 26] Zhang Heng: Han poetry: 歸田賦 "Cāntóngqì", or "Sandokai", in Japanese: Shitou Xiqian (Sekitō Kisen) Tang poetry [note 27 ...
Chinese shamanic spirit journeys are a key literary device in both Zhengao poems and earlier Chuci (Songs of Chu) poems such as Li Sao (Encountering Sorrow), Yuan You (Far-off Journey), Jiu Ge (Nine Songs), and Jiu Bian (Nine Changes). Chinese wu shamans were spirit mediums who practiced divination, prayer, sacrifice, and rainmaking. Many of ...
The Li Sao helped set the tone for other poems of the Chuci, which also allude to this type of mythical geography. In the "Li Sao", Qu Yuan, on a spiritual journey, which he describes as being pulled in a chariot by winged dragons, leaves the Ford of Heaven in the morning and reaches Kunlun by nightfall. On the way, in line 350 of the "Li Sao ...