The new poetic form of Chu Rhetoric inaugurated what poetic tradition in China

1. The Chu Rhetoric created a tradition of Romantic poetry in China.

2. The Chu Rhetoric is a new form of poetry created in the middle and late Warring States period in the southern Yangtze River basin of Chu, where the poets of Chu absorbed the essence of the southern folk songs and fused ancient myths and legends. The Chu Rhetoric broke the rigid format of the four-word stanza of the Book of Songs, which was a great liberation for the development of ancient Chinese poetry, and also opened the second spring of China's epic poetry. The Chu Rhetoric adopts the uneven syntax of three to eight lines, and its length and capacity can be expanded arbitrarily according to the needs. The form of lively and diverse Chu Rhetoric is more suitable for writing complex social life and expressing rich thoughts and feelings.