The source of romantic poetry

The source of romantic poetry is Chu Ci.

Chu Ci is the first collection of romantic poems in the history of China literature, which is said to be a new poetic style created by Qu Yuan. Songs of the South created a literary tradition in the poetic world, that is, all schools regarded as "romantic" poetic style today were all inspired by it without exception, drawing spiritual and artistic nourishment from it. Songs of the South is also China's first collection of poems with an author. It was written by Qu Yuan and Hou Xue and edited by Liu Xiang in Han Dynasty.

Qu Yuan's integrity, loyalty and unyielding character made him a model for later intellectuals in China. Chu Ci describes the mountains, rivers, people and historical customs of Chu with local rhymes of Chu, which has a strong regional cultural color. The book is mainly based on Qu Yuan's works, and other articles also inherit the form of Qu Fu, with unrestrained feelings and strange imagination.

Literary contribution of Chu ci

1, Sao style

Sao style literature includes Chu Ci and Chu Fu. Emperor's works, such as Song of the Wind by Liu Bang, Autumn Wind Poetry by Hanwu, and even the whole Han, Wei, Jin and Sao style, are the inheritors of Chu Ci. Poetry-centered Tang Shichong was revived by Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Pi Rixiu in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Song Zhiqing, according to Jiang Liangfu's "Five Bibliography of Songs of the South", Volume III, "Casual Records of Shaosao", there were 50 people who wrote Sao-style works in this period, about 1 10, with more than 300 works. These are songs directly from the south.

2. Fu style

Fu literature originated from Chu Ci. The "Chuci" here refers to the literary form initiated by Qu Yuan, including the works of Chuci that were popular in the world before the "Chuci" and did not necessarily enter the "Chuci". The formation of Fu style has been discussed by many predecessors. To a great extent, it has something to do with the tradition of The Book of Songs, the writing styles of various schools in the Warring States period and the momentum of parallel prose and debate among strategists. However, the most important and direct source is Chu Ci.