《楚辞》是战国近期产生于楚国的一种诗歌形式。楚国僻处南方,有着独特的地理环境和优越的自然条件,政治制度、文化传统和风俗习惯与黄河流域诸国有很大差异,因而被视为“南蛮”。到春秋时代,楚国强大起来,成为“五霸”之一。至战国时代,各国政治、文化交流频繁,楚国开始大量接受中原文化,但仍保持着自己的文化特色。楚辞便是在这样的文化土壤中诞生的诗歌体裁,其创始者就是楚国的著名爱国诗人——诗祖屈原。 “Chu Ci” is a form of poetry produced by the Warring States recently in Chu State. In the south of the country, there is a unique geographical environment and superior natural conditions. The political system, cultural traditions and customs are quite different from those in the Yellow River basin. Therefore, it is regarded as “Nanban”. To the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu powerful form, become “one of the five tyrants”. During the Warring States Period, political and cultural exchanges among various countries were frequent, and the Central Plains began to accept the Central Plains culture in large quantities, but still maintained their own cultural characteristics. The Song of Chu is a genre of poetry born in this kind of cultural soil. Its founder is the well-known patriotic poet of the Chu State - Qu Yuan and Qu Yuan.