It's a long way to go, Xiu Yuan, and I'm going up and down to pursue my dream.

Origin: Lisao, a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet in China during the Warring States Period, is the longest lyric poem in ancient China.

This poem centers on the poet's self-reported life experience, experience and mind. The first half repeatedly confides the poet's concern for the fate of Chu and people's life, and expresses his desire to reform politics and his will to persist in his ideals and never compromise with evil forces even in times of disaster. The second half reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of loving the country and the people through the statement of wandering in heaven, pursuing ideals and dying after failure.

The whole poem uses the metaphor of beauty and vanilla, a lot of myths and legends and rich imagination, forms gorgeous literary talent and magnificent structure, shows positive romantic spirit, and creates a poetic form of "Sao Style" in the history of China literature, which has a far-reaching impact on later generations.

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The theme of the whole poem, that is, through the description of the poet's lifelong struggle for lofty ideals, strongly expresses his anguish and contradictory feelings of being killed, expresses his spirit of dedication to the country, and his deep patriotism and sympathy for the people, which shows his courage to pursue.

At the same time, it profoundly exposed the decadent and dark nature of the Chu aristocratic group headed by Chu Jun, and criticized their crimes of reversing right and wrong, forming a party for selfish ends, harming the virtuous and evil, and making mistakes in the country.