Elegies of the South
楚辞 - 许渊冲文集 4
Publisher:
Dolphin Books
Publication:
1/2013
Languages:
English, Chinese
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN/SKU:
9787511014146
Pages:
256
Sizes:
218 x 150mm
Weight:
0.4800
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Elegies of the South (Chu Ci), variously translated as Verses of Chu or Songs of Chu, is an anthology of Chinese poetry traditionally attributed mainly to Qu Yuan and Song Yu from the Warring States period (ended 221 BC), though about half of the poems seem to have been composed several centuries later, during the Han dynasty. The traditional version of the Chu Ci contains 17 major sections, anthologized with its current contents by Wang Yi, a 2nd-century AD librarian who served under Emperor Shun of Han. The early (pre-Qin dynasty) Classical Chinese poetry is mainly known through the two anthologies, the Chu Ci and the Shi Jing (Classic of Poetry or Book of Songs).
Preface
Qu Yuan
Sorrow After Departure
The Nine Songs
The Almighty Lord of the East
To The God of Cloud
To the Lord of River Xiang
To the Lady of River Xiang
The Great Lord of Fate
The Young Goddess of Fate
The God of the Sun
The God of the River
The Goddess of the Mountain
For Those Fallen for the Country
The Last Sacrifice
Asking Heaven
The Nine Elegies
I Make My Plaint
Crossing the River
Lament for the Chu Capital
Sad Thoughts Outpoured
Longing for Changsha 9t
Thinking of the Fair One
The Bygone Days Regretted
Hymn to the Orange Tree
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楚辞又称“楚词”，是战国时代的伟大诗人屈原创造的一种诗体。作品运用楚地（今两湖一带）的文学样式、方言声韵，叙写楚地的山川人物、历史风情，具有浓厚的地方特色。作者在诗中抒发了炽热的爱国主义思想感情，表达了对楚国的热爱，体现了他对理想的不懈追求和为此九死不悔的精神。汉代时，刘向把屈原的作品及宋玉等人“承袭屈赋”的作品编辑成集，名为《楚辞》，成为继《诗经》以后，中国汉族文学史上第一部浪漫主义诗歌总集，对我国文学具有深远影响。
