"The Great Summons" or "Da Zhao" (Chinese: 大招; pinyin: Dà zhāo; "The Great Summons")
is one of the poems anthologized in the ancient Chinese poetry collection, the Chu ci, also known as The Songs of the South. "The Great Summons" consists of a single poem without introduction or epilog. Its authorship has been attributed to Qu Yuan and to the otherwise relatively unknown Jing Cuo. (Hawkes, 2011 [1985]: 232-233) It is very similar, but shorter, than another of the Chu ci poems, Zhao Hun, ("Summons of the Soul"). Both poems derive from a shamanic tradition of summoning the soul of the someone who has seemed to die, most likely originally with the intention of having it to re-animate its former body (but in the later literary tradition this was meant more allegorically). The two poems both follow a similar pattern: threats of dangers lurking in all directions to which the soul might wander and then tempting descriptions of magnificent sensual pleasures which would be available as a reward for the souls obedient return. (Hawkes, 2011 [1985]: 219-221)
"TheGreatSummons" or "Da Zhao" (Chinese: 大招; pinyin: Dà zhāo; "TheGreatSummons") is one of the poems anthologized in the ancient Chinese poetry collection...
titles. "Summons of the Soul" (Chinese: 招魂; pinyin: Zhāo Hún; "Summons of the Soul"). Text source (in Chinese): 招魂. One piece. "TheGreatSummons" (Chinese:...
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as from the Zhou dynasty. During the Warring States the poem "TheGreatSummons" (Chinese: 大招; pinyin: Dà zhāo) in the anthology Verses of Chu mentions...
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