The road is long and far away, I will search for the meaning up and down

This sentence comes from "Li Sao" by Qu Yuan, an ancient Chinese writer. It expresses Qu Yuan's determination and persistence in pursuing truth and exploring the unknown.

"The road is long and long" means that the road ahead is long and arduous and requires continuous hard work and practice. This sentence emphasizes that the process of pursuing goals will inevitably face various difficulties and tests.

"I will search up and down" means that Qu Yuan was determined to explore and seek the truth within the vast scope of heaven and earth. He should pursue answers with a comprehensive vision and broad scope, not limited to narrow fields or inherent thinking patterns.

The whole sentence conveys Qu Yuan's spirit of forging ahead and not fearing hardships. He was willing to embark on a long road resolutely, constantly exploring and pursuing the truth. This poem has also become an inspirational classic for many people to pursue their dreams and knowledge, inspiring people to keep working hard and improve themselves.

Original text

If you want to keep this spirit as trivial as possible, the sun will fade away.

I ordered Xihe to destroy the festival, and look forward to the concubine without any pressure.

The road is long and long, and I will search up and down.

The remaining horses are drinking in the salty pond, and the remaining bridles are like fusang.

Broken like a tree to brush against the sun, chatting leisurely to meet the sheep.

Translation

The road is narrow, long and endless, and I have to 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 find the right method to solve the problems faced.

Appreciation

Song Qi, a famous historian and poet in the Song Dynasty, said: ""Li Sao" is the ancestor of Ci and Fu, and later generations follow it. It's beyond the norm." This means that "Li Sao" not only opened up a broad literary field, but also is a model that will never be matched in Chinese poetry.

"Li Sao" was written in the twenty-fourth or fifth year of King Huai of Chu (305 BC, 304 BC), two or three years after Qu Yuan was released to the northern Han Dynasty. The area in northern Han Dynasty is the northern part of a section where the Han River turns east of Yingdu and flows eastward. It is now the county area of ??Tianmen, Yingcheng, Jingshan and Yunmeng, which is Yunmeng in northern Han Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of King Huai's reign, Qu Yuan drafted a constitution, advocated reform, and advocated uniting Qi to resist Qin. However, he was framed by internal and external opposition forces and resigned from his position as Zuo Tu. Later, Chu State was defeated by Qin in Danyang and Lantian, and Qu Yuan was recalled to the court and appointed as envoy to Qi State. In the twenty-fourth year of King Huai's reign, Qin and Chu got married. In the twenty-fifth year, Qin and Chu allied themselves with Huang Ji. Qin returned the Shangyong land of Chu, and Qu Yuan was released to the north of Han Dynasty.

Creative background

As for the creation time of "Li Sao", Sima Qian said in "Historical Records Taishi Gong's Preface": "Qu Yuan was exiled and wrote "Li Sao"." According to this, it should be Written after Qu Yuan was exiled. People today have different opinions on this. Some say it was written after Qu Yuan was alienated during the reign of King Huai of Chu, or after Qu Yuan was exiled during the reign of King Qingxiang of Chu. Some say it was written at the end of King Huai's reign and the beginning of King Qingxiang's reign. Some say it was written at the beginning. It was formed during the reign of King Huai and at the beginning of King Qingxiang. There is no conclusion yet.

Author

Qu Yuan (approximately 340 BC - 278 BC), surnamed Mi, Qu, given name Ping, courtesy name Yuan, also named Zhengze from the cloud, courtesy name Lingjun, Born in Zigui, Danyang, Chu State (now Yichang, Hubei Province), he was a poet and politician of Chu State during the Warring States Period. Because he was excluded and slandered by the nobles, he was exiled to northern Han Dynasty and Yuanxiang River Basin. After the Chu State's Yingdu was conquered by the Qin army, he sank into the Miluo River and died for the Chu State. He is a great patriotic poet in Chinese history, the founder of Chinese romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of "Chu Ci", he opened up the tradition of "Vanilla Beauty", and is known as the "ancestor of Chu Ci". Song Yu, Tang Le and Jing Chai, the famous poets and poets of Chu State, were all influenced by Qu Yuan. According to legend, the day when Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the river was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, which is the Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival was originally a festival for the Chinese people to cure diseases and prevent epidemics. Before the Spring and Autumn Period in the Wuyue area, there was a custom of holding tribal totem sacrifices in the form of dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Later, because Qu Yuan died on this day, it evolved into a traditional festival for the Chinese people to commemorate Qu Yuan.