"Ruyao Tanyou (Revised Edition)"

Author: Zhao Kuifu
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book focuses on Li Sao, revealing the achievements and heights reached by Qu Yuan in poetic art creation, and explaining why he ascended to the pinnacle of world literary history. The book is divided into three parts, with the first two parts containing 11 essays that were previously published in journals such as Social Sciences in China and Literary Review. The first part aims to address some of the questions raised by scholars in their studies of Li Sao, and to reveal the unique creative background of the poem as well as its distinctive conception and structure. The second part connects Qu Yuan's other works to illustrate how he inherited the creative experience from the Book of Songs and absorbed the expressive techniques from southern folk songs, folk proverbs, and applied writing, innovating while carrying forward tradition. The third part provides annotations and commentary on the meaning of each part of the original text of Li Sao, adding new notes and offering dialectical interpretations of certain words to dispel confusion and seek true understanding.