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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 ...
"Alas That My Lot Was Not Cast" or "Ai shi ming" (traditional Chinese: 哀時命; simplified Chinese: 哀时命; pinyin: Āi shí mìng; lit. 'Lamenting this Season of Fate') is one of the poems anthologized in the ancient Chinese poetry collection, the Chu ci; which, together with the Shijing comprise the two major textual sources for ancient Chinese poetry.
Hsu Shu, in her turn, responded by sending him poems of her own, [10] maintaining a loving correspondence, of which the following is a sample: "One separation breeds ten thousand regrets." — Ch'in Chia (c.150 BC) [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
Jiu Ge, or Nine Songs, (Chinese: 九歌; pinyin: Jiǔ Gē; lit. 'Nine Songs') is an ancient set of poems. Together, these poems constitute one of the 17 sections of the poetry anthology which was published under the title of the Chuci (also known as the Songs of Chu or as the Songs of the South).
Poems of a Thousand Masters (千家诗; Qianjia Shi) is a 13th-century Chinese poetry anthology primarily comprising classical poems from the Tang and Song dynasties. It was originally titled " A selection of poems by a thousand distinguished poets of the Tang and Song dynasties ” compiled by Liu Kezhuang (1187-1269) and subsequently ...
Qiyan jueju (七言絕句; abbr. qijue 七絕), known in Japan as shichigon-zekku (七言絶句) is a type of jueju poetry form consisting of four phrases each seven Chinese characters (or kanji) in length. Shichigon-zekku are the most common form of classical Chinese poems , and the standard form of shigin (Japanese chanted poetry).
Jiu zhang is a transliteration of the title of this section of the Chu ci. Jiu means nine, as in the number. It is not entirely clear why this number was chosen to divide this work into sections, although performance purposes or imitation of prior Chu ci works are both likely factors.
Nine Laments" (traditional Chinese: 九歎; simplified Chinese: 九叹; pinyin: Jiǔ tàn; lit. 'Nine Laments') is one of the 17 major sections of the ancient Chinese poetry collection Chu ci, also known as The Songs of the South or The Songs of Chu. The "Nine Laments" consists of nine verses, each with an individual name, and each with a main ...