谣谚、“楚辞”与“亡秦必楚”

Popular Verse "Chu Speech" and "Chu Doomed Qin"

在秦末反秦战争中,楚国之所以能够首举义旗,成为六国反秦的领头羊,乃在于楚国百姓参与的政治热情远高于其他关东五国,这当然是因为楚怀王客死秦国之事件激起了楚国人民广泛的复仇情绪;但这种仇秦情绪的长时期保持,又与楚南公借助于楚国民间普遍盛行的政治谣谚和屈原利用楚人喜欢歌舞,因而以楚地民歌为基础创造出的"楚辞"有重大关系。楚政治谣谚短小精悍,朗朗上口,易于流传;而"楚辞"擅长抒情,尤其长于抒发带有悲情色彩的重大主题。这两种方式深深地植根于楚国传统文化之中,因而能够起到激发楚国人民的政治参与意识,使其积极地投入到反秦斗争中去。

Chu had been the leader of the other six countries for resisting Qin, because Chunangong utilized prevailing political popular verse which were laconic and short for reading and spreading, and ＂Chu Speech＂, created by poet Qu Yuan based on Chu folk songs, could completely express the tragically momentous theme. The two modes deeply rooted in Chu traditional culture, they could inspire the consciousness of political participation in Chu people for the battle of revolting against Qin.