The road is long and far away, I will go up and down to find where it comes from?

"The road is long and far away, I will search up and down" comes from the 97th sentence of Qu Yuan's "Li Sao". Based on the context, it can be understood as: The road is narrow, long and endless, and I want to go to the world to find the sun in my heart.

Combined with the context, it expresses Qu Yuan's positive attitude of "exploring the road before it is completely dark". Now it is generally extended to: seizing the opportunity to find the right method to solve the problems faced.

The theme of the whole poem, that is, through the description of the poet's lifelong struggle for his lofty ideals, it strongly expresses his depression and conflicting mood of being slandered and persecuted, and expresses his dedication to the country, and His deep patriotism and sympathy for the people, who share the life and death of his country, reflect his indomitable fighting spirit in pursuing truth and light, upholding justice and ideals.

At the same time, it profoundly exposed the corrupt and dark nature of the Chu aristocratic group headed by Chu Jun, and criticized their crimes of confusing right and wrong, forming cliques for selfish interests, slandering talents, and evil and harming the country.

Extended information:

This poem in Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" has become a famous line that many people use to encourage themselves. A popular explanation is: "In terms of pursuing the truth, the road ahead is still long, but I will persevere and spare no effort to pursue and explore."

When I don’t understand the whole poem, I only interpret this sentence in a way that makes sense of the words. Although it is heroic and can inspire people’s ambition, it loses the original art. Charm, appears pale, monotonous, dogmatic. And it sounds like "the end justifies the means".

If you put this sentence back into the original poem and understand it through the context, without taking it out of context or using quotations at will, you can come into contact with the perfect artistic connotation that Qu Yuan wanted to express to future generations. See a full, vivid, reasonable and artistic image. The benefits will be far greater than just shouting it as a slogan, and it can also remove the violence and stubbornness in the previous interpretation.