Ancient Chinese narrative poem attributed to Qu Yuan
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Li Sao
Two pages from "Li Sao" from a 1645 illustrated copy of the Songs of Chu, showing the poem "The Lament", with its name being enhanced by the addition of the character 經 (jing), which is usually only so used in the case of referring to one of the Chinese classics.
Author
(trad.) Qu Yuan
Published
c. 3rd century BCE
Li Sao
"Li Sao" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese
離騷
Simplified Chinese
离骚
Literal meaning
"Encountering Sorrow"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Lí Sāo
Wade–Giles
Li2 Sao1
IPA
[lǐ sáʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Lèih Sōu
Jyutping
Lei4 Sou1
IPA
[lei˩ sou˥]
Southern Min
Tâi-lô
Lī So
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
Lje Saw
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*[r]aj [s]ˤu
"Li Sao" (Chinese: 離騷; pinyin: Lí Sāo; translation: "Encountering Sorrow") is an ancient Chinese poem from the anthology Chuci traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan. Li Sao dates from the 3rd century BCE, during the Chinese Warring States period.
"LiSao" (Chinese: 離騷; pinyin: LíSāo; translation: "Encountering Sorrow") is an ancient Chinese poem from the anthology Chuci traditionally attributed...
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include: Verse poetry associated with the ancient state of Chu such as "LiSao", "Jiu Ge", and "Heavenly Questions", contained in the Chuci anthology,...
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is considered to have initiated the so-called sao style of verse, which is named after his work "LiSao," in which he abandoned the classic four-character...
traditional theory says that it was an homage to the Chu poet Qu Yuan, whose "LiSao" includes the verse "... departing from the Ford of Heaven at dawn ..."...
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