The Tradition of "Wind" and "Sao" in Ancient Chinese Literature

The "Wind" refers to the "National Wind", a folk song of the Zhou Dynasty in the Classic of Poetry, which is based on the life of the people and the pursuit of love, and on the teaching of "gentleness and generosity". It is composed in the style of "Fugue, Bi and Xing".

"Sao" refers to "Li Sao", a literary work written by Qu Yuan, a poet of the Warring States period, who was concerned about the fate of the Chu state and the lives of the people: "lamenting the hardships of the people's livelihood" and "sighing at the treacherous and sycophantic ways of the world". ". He used a lot of metaphors and rich imagery to express the spirit of positive romanticism

After that, the content and techniques of Chinese poetry were not far removed from the tradition of "wind" and "sao".