Qu Ping's sick king is not smart enough to let it go, but also flatter it, and evil songs harm everyone. Fang Zhengzhi can't make him a sad and thoughtful translator.
Interpretation: Qu Yuan was very worried that the king could not listen to advice and distinguish right from wrong. He was blinded by slanderous flattery and let evil villains endanger just people. The upright and upright gentleman was not tolerated by the court and was sad and depressed, so he wrote Li Sao.
Historical Records Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, volume 84. This article is a biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Yi.
Original text (excerpt):
Historical Records Biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng (Excerpt) Western Han Dynasty: Sima Qian
Qu Ping's sick king is not smart enough to listen, but he is insatiable, flattering and bad. Fang Zhengzhi couldn't stand it, so he wrote Li Sao, with sadness and meditation. Those who leave Sao are still worried.
The husband of heaven, beginning of life; Parents are the foundation of people. If you are poor, you will be extremely tired, extremely tired. The illness was terrible, so I did not hesitate to call my parents. Qu yuan went straight on the right path, tried his best to be the king and poor the world. Believe and see doubt, be loyal and slander, can you have no complaints? Qu Ping's work Li Sao is self-reproach.
Explanation:
Qu Yuan was heartbroken that the king could not listen to good advice and distinguish right from wrong. He was blinded by slanderous flattery and let evil villains endanger just people. The upright and upright gentleman was not tolerated by the court and was sad and depressed, so he wrote Li Sao. Li Sao means leaving sorrow.
Heaven is the primitive man, and parents are the foundation of man. When people are in trouble, they will miss their roots, so when they are extremely tired and tired, nothing is called heaven; I don't call my parents when I'm not sick or sad.
Extended data:
Biography of Qu Yuan is an excerpt from Biography of Qu Yuan in Historical Records, and it is a biography with unique style. This is the earliest complete historical data about Qu Yuan and an important basis for studying Qu Yuan's life.
Narrating Qu Yuan's life story, especially his tragic political experience, shows that Qu Yuan's life is closely related to the rise and fall of Chu State, and praises his patriotism and integrity.
The author made a biography of Qu Yuan, taking "responsibility, sparseness, lack, relocation and sinking" as the clue, and wrote around Qu Yuan's "ambition" in chronological order: the first part was to comment on Li Sao and "push his ambition", and the second part highlighted Qu Yuan's "caring for Chu and cherishing the king" in view of the national crisis, and "he repeatedly wanted to protect the monarch and rejuvenate the country, and changed his ambition once in a while.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng