楚辞 (The Songs of the South)

《楚辞》是中国第一部浪漫主义诗歌总集和骚体类文章的总集。"楚辞"的名称，西汉初期已有之，至刘向乃编辑成集。东汉王逸作章句。原收战国楚人屈原、宋玉及汉代淮南小山、东方朔、王褒、刘向等人辞赋共十六篇。后王逸增入己作《九思》，成十七篇，书中充满了大量道家的气质与哲学思想。全书以屈原作品为主，其余各篇也是承袭屈赋的形式。以其运用楚地（注：即今湖南、湖北、安徽西部一带 ）的文学样式、方言声韵和风土物产等，具有浓厚的地方色彩，故名《楚辞》。与《诗经》并称"风骚"二体，对后世诗歌创作产生深远影响。( The Songs of the South is the first collection of romantic poetry and articles in the style of Lisao. The name "Chuci" has been heard in the early Western Han Dynasty. It is edited by Liu Xiang and has the chapters and sentences made by Wang Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It included sixty pieces of Qu Yuan and Song Yu of the Chu State in the Warring States period, Huainan Xiaoshan, Dongfang Shuo, Wang Bao and Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty. Later, Wang Yi included the completed Jiu Si and made it a collection of seventeen pieces. The book introduces the quality and philosophy thought of Taoism. This book mainly includes the pieces of Qu Yuan, while the rest pieces inherit the style of Qu Yuan's pieces. It is named the Song of the South as it makes use of the literature style, dialect tones, customs and materials in the territory of Chu (note: currently Hunan, Hubei, western Anhui), enabling it to be filled with local features. This book goes in parallel with the Books of Song in the title of "Feng Sao", leaving far-reaching influence on the creation of poetry in later generations.)