What does "The road is long and the road is long, I will search up and down" means

"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 must work hard to find the sun in my heart. Combined with the context, it expresses Qu Yuan's positive attitude of "exploring the road while the sky is still dark".

Now it is generally extended to: seizing the opportunity to seek the right method to solve the problems faced.

Extended information:

"Li Sao"

"Li Sao" is a poem written by Qu Yuan, a poet during the Warring States Period in China. It is the longest lyric poem in ancient China. This poem centers on the poet's self-narration of his life experience, experiences, and aspirations. The first half of the chapter repeatedly expresses the poet's concern for the fate of Chu State and people's lives, expresses his desire to reform politics, and his will to adhere to his ideals and never compromise with evil forces despite disasters.

The second half of the chapter reflects the poet's thoughts and feelings of loving the country and the people through his wanderings in the heavens, pursuing the realization of his ideals, and his desire to die after failure. The whole poem uses the metaphor of beauty and vanilla, a large number of myths and legends, and rich imagination to form a splendid literary style and a magnificent structure, showing a positive romantic spirit, and creating a "Sao style" poetry form in the history of Chinese literature, which has a great impact on later generations. Had a profound impact.

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