仰止高山问楚骚

Great Admiration of "The Songs of Chu"

楚辞是荆楚文化的最高成就,具有鲜明的地域文化特色特别是氏族文化特色和浓郁的浪漫主义情调。楚辞与诗经并为中华民族诗歌的源头。楚辞词体由屈原创立,楚辞中的著名篇章多为屈原所作,屈原作品意义之大,传播之广,影响之深,其他文学作品很难比拟。不学楚辞,难以系统认知和掌握中华传统文化。学楚辞,首先要明训诂。读懂,才能读通。研究楚辞的最佳切入点,一是语言文字,一是历史。最好是根据自身实际,先选择其中一个,人文社会科学与自然科学方法综合运用,逐步融会贯通。

The Songs of Chu is the utmost achievement of JinChu culture which carries clear local flavor, clan characteristics and romantic sentiment. The Songs of Chu together with The Book of Songs are the origin of Chinese poems. The structure of The Songs of Chu is created by Qu Yuan. Most of the poems in The Songs of Chu are written by Qu Yuan. With their significance, popularity and influence the works of Qu Yuan cannot be compared by any other poems. Without learning The Songs of Chu one cannot systematically handle Chinese traditional culture. First of The Songs of Chu learning is the understanding of explanations of words in ancient books. The best breakthrough points are language and history. One may choose practically one of them and achieve mastery through a comprehensive study of the subject with humanistic and scientific methods.