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The Songs of Chu

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by Gopal Sukhu


  “Jiu tan” (Nine Sighs; Liu Xiang), xxviii, 50n23, 220

  Jiu zhang. See Nine Cantos

  Jiubian. See Nine Variations

  Jiuge. See Nine Songs

  “Ju song” (Hymn to a Mandarin Orange Tree; Nine Cantos), 103, 127–29, 216

  Kang Hui. See Gonggong

  Karlgren, Bernhard, 85n27

  Kitchen God, 12

  Kongzi jiayu (Confucius Family Sayings), 136n22

  “Lady of the Xiang River” (“Xiang furen”; Nine Songs), 1, 8–12

  Lai Ge, 192, 193n11

  landscape poetry, xxxiii, xxxix, xli–xliii

  Laozi, xxxv. See also Daodejing

  “Leaving My Sorrow” (“Li sao”), xv–xxviii, 25–60; allegory in, xxiv–xxv, 25, 27–34; and “Ask the Sky,” 52n29, 56n61, 61, 81n18, 99n75; dating of, xi, xviii, 214–18; deities in, 7, 26, 28–29; dialogue in, 25; and “Diviner,” 155n3; food in, 32, 46, 49n14; on ideal ruler, xv; influence of, 25–26; and Li Bai, xxxvii, xxxviii–xxxix; and Liu An, xx, xxi, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 27, 210; loyal dissent in, xxiv, 27, 31; Lure Leaf in, 31, 36, 45, 50n19; metaphors in, xv–xvi; as model, xxxi–xxxii; and Nine Cantos, 103, 108, 111, 114, 121, 128, 130, 135n9, 136n11, 138n46, 138n52; and Nine Songs, 1, 30, 31, 50n19, 55n56, 214; and Nine Variations, 167n12, 216; plant imagery in, 28–29, 30–32, 34; and Qu Yuan, xxvii, 26–27, 28, 34, 103; shamans in, 28, 30, 32, 34, 50n24; Spirit Adorned in, 28, 31, 36, 38; story of, 28, 30–35; and “Wandering Far Away,” 142, 143; and youxian poetry, xxxiv

  legal systems, xiv, 104

  Lei Kai, 73, 98n68

  Leigong (Thunder God). See Feng Long

  “Lesser Minister of Life Spans” (“Shao Siming”; Nine Songs), 1, 14–15, 31

  Li, King (Zhou), xii, 97n65, 101n81

  Li Bai, xxxiv–xxxv, xxxvii, 143

  Li Cheng, 76n3, 187n1

  Li Chenyu, 81n18

  Li Daming, 76n3, 187n1

  “Li Hun” (Serving the Spirits; Nine Songs), 21

  Li Ji, 135n6

  Li Lou (Lou Li), 119, 138n41

  “Li sao.” See “Leaving My Sorrow”

  Li Si, 198, 201nn7–8

  Li Xiang, 101n80

  Li Zhouhan, 54n49

  Liang, state of, 3

  Lienü zhuan (Biographies of exemplary women; Liu Xiang), 8

  Liexian zhuan (Li Xiang), 101n80, 149n4

  Liji (Book of Rites), xiv

  Ling Fen, 33, 44, 46

  Lingyang Hou (Lord of Lingyang), 137n30, 137n33

  Lingyangzi Ming jing (The bright scripture of the Master of Lingyang), 149n8

  Liu An (Prince of Huainan), 211, 218; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” xx, xxi, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 27, 210

  Liu Bang (Han founder), 3, 6

  Liu Mengpeng, 58n81

  Liu Pi, Prince (Wu), 202

  Liu Wu, Prince (Liang), 202, 217

  Liu Xiang, xxviii, 8, 103, 152, 189; “Nine Sighs” by, xxviii, 50n23, 220; on “Summoning the Soul,” 170, 216

  Liu Zongyuan, 83n25

  Long Lian, 205, 209n12

  “Longing for the Beautiful One” (“Si meiren”; Nine Cantos), 121–23, 216–17

  “Lord in the Clouds” (“Yunzhong jun”; Nine Songs), 6–7

  “Lord of the East” (“Dong Jun”; Nine Songs), 15–16

  Lou Li (Li Lou), 119, 138n41

  love poetry, xxxiii, xxxix–xli, 4

  Lü Wang. See Taigong Wang

  Lu Xun, 61

  luan (moral, envoi), xix, xx, 59n90, 178, 192; and Jia Yi, 196, 201n4; in Nine Cantos, 110, 113, 117, 120

  Lunheng (Wang Chong), 98n71

  “Luoshen fu” (Rhapsody on the Spirit of the River Luo; Cao Zhi), xxxvi, 55n57

  Lure Leaf (quan; Acorus calamus): in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 31, 36, 45, 50n19; in Nine Cantos, 114, 115; in Nine Songs, 9, 11, 14, 15

  Lüshi chunqiu, 23n22, 56n61, 94n56, 95n57, 99n74

  Ma Maoyuan, 57n69

  Ma Su, 86n30

  Major, John, 76n2, 219

  Mao Qiling, 96n63

  Mawangdui tomb, 80n13

  Mei Bo, 73, 98n69, 192, 193n10

  Mei Cheng, 202

  Mencius (Mengzi), xiii, xxix, 51n28, 85n29, 91n42, 155n5

  Meng Zou, 205, 209n12

  Mian Chen, 94nn51–52

  Ming dynasty, 26

  Miu Ji, 5

  Momu, 126, 140n62

  “Mountain Spirit” (“Shan Gui”; Nine Songs), 18–19

  “Mourning Qu Yuan” (Diao Qu Yuan; Jia Yi), xxvii, xxix, 189, 194, 195–97, 217, 220

  “Mourning Ying” (Ai Ying; Nine Cantos), xxvi, xxviii, 103, 110–13, 124, 129–30; dating of, 215, 216, 218

  Moxi, 69, 91n41

  Moye sword, 196, 201n2

  Mozi, 51n28, 86nn29–30

  Mu, Duke (Qin), 125, 137n36, 139n56

  Mu, King (Zhou), 29, 72, 96n64, 138n49

  Mu Tianzi zhuan (Travels of King Mu), 7, 96n64

  “Mulan zhai” (Magnolia enclosure; Wang Wei), xxxix–xl

  music, xiii, 4, 16, 22n8, 191; in “Great Summoning,” 183, 188n10; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 55n58; in Nine Cantos, 103, 108, 114, 130; stolen, 40, 47, 51n28, 67, 86nn29–31; in “Summoning the Soul,” 176–77; in “Wandering Far Away,” 148, 151nn36–37, 151n39

  mythology: in “Ask the Sky,” 61, 76n1, 84n27; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 28–30; in Nine Songs, 1–2, 4, 9, 15; in Nine Variations, 156. See also deities and spirits

  Nine Cantos (Jiu zhang), 103–41; “Bosom Full of Sand,” xxi, xxvi, xxviii, 103, 117–21; “Crossing the Yangtze,” 107–10; dating of, 215–17; “Expressing My Longing,” 114–17; “Hymn to a Mandarin Orange Tree,” 103, 127–29; “I Deplore Pleading,” 103, 104–7; “I Grieve When the Whirlwind,” 124, 129–34; “I Look Back in Sadness,” 124–27; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 103, 108, 111, 114, 121, 128, 130, 135n9, 136n11, 138n46, 138n52; “Longing for the Beautiful One,” 121–23; “Mourning Ying,” xxvi, xxviii, 103, 110–13, 124, 129–30

  “Nine Longings” (“Jiu huai”; Wang Bao), xxviii, 220

  Nine Regions (Jiu Zhou), 13, 23n23, 44, 63, 65, 77n6

  “Nine Sighs” (“Jiu tan”; Liu Xiang), xxviii, 50n23, 220

  Nine Songs (Jiuge), xiv, xxvi, xxix, xxxi, 1–24; “August of the East,” 5–6; dating of, 214, 215, 216, 218; deities and spirits in, 1, 6–7, 12, 22n20; “Earl of the Yellow River,” xxii, 4, 16–17; “Great Minister of Life Spans,” 1, 12–13; and “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 203; influence of, xxxvii–xxxviii, xli, xlii; “Lady of the Xiang River,” 1, 8–12; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 1, 30, 31, 50n19, 55n56, 214; “Lesser Minister of Life Spans,” 1, 14–15, 31; “Lord in the Clouds,” 6–7; “Lord of the East,” 15–16; “Mountain Spirit,” 18–19; mythology in, 1–2, 4, 9, 15; and Nine Cantos, 108, 121, 136n20; numbering of, 1–2; and Qu Yuan, 2, 103; and “Regretting the Vows,” 193n2; “Ruler of the Xiang River,” 1, 8–10; “Serving the Spirits,” 2, 21; shamans in, 1–4, 7, 12; “Those Who Died for the Kingdom,” 2, 19–20; and “Wandering Far Away,” 142; women in, 4, 8–13

  Nine Variations (Jiubian), 156–68; dating of, 216–17; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 167n12, 216

  Nine Variations and Nine Songs (stolen music), 40, 47, 51n28, 67, 86nn29–31

  “Nine Yearnings” (“Jiu si”; Wang Yi), xxviii, 220

  Ning Qi, 45, 58n75, 125, 139n59, 165, 168n16

  Nü Qi (Jiuzi Mu), 78n10, 90n39

  Nü Wa, 69, 92n44, 137n36

  Nü Xu, 32, 37, 50n24

  Nü Ying, 8, 151n38

  oracle bones, 93n50, 94n53, 100n78

  “Owl Rhapsody” (“Fu fu”; Jia Yi), xxix, 194, 195, 197–200, 220

  Pankenier, David, 78n11

  Peng and Xian: in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 32–34, 37, 44, 47, 50n23, 60n94; in Nine Cantos, 115, 121, 122, 131, 132, 133, 137n37, 138n54

  Peng Keng (Peng Zu), 74, 100n80

  Pi, Prince (Wu), 217

  Ping, King (Chu), 136n23, 139n60

  Ping Yi, 7. See also Feng Long

  p
lant imagery, xv, 214; in “Diviner,” 155n3; in “Great Summoning,” 185; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 28–32, 34; in Nine Cantos, 121, 128; in Nine Variations, 160, 166n2, 167n12

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 195

  Qi (Shang founder), 138n48

  qi (vital energy), 130, 145, 150n10

  Qi, King (Xia), 2, 40, 51n28, 156; in “Ask the Sky,” 67, 85n29, 86n30, 93n49

  Qi, state of, xix, 5

  Qi and Ji (horses), 201n3, 205, 209n13; in Nine Variations, 161, 165, 167n4, 168n15

  “Qi jian” (Seven Remonstrations; Dongfang Shuo), xxviii, 217, 220

  Qi Jiang, 135n6

  Qian Gaozhi, 54n49, 56nn62–64

  Qian Ying, 148, 151n45

  Qin, state of, 3, 5, 19, 110, 167n9; and Chu, xii, xix–xxi

  Qin dynasty, 104, 142, 180, 214

  Qing dynasty, 26, 142, 170

  Qing Xiang, King (Chu), xi, xviii, xx, 103, 110, 114

  Qinghua daxue cang zhanguo zhujian (Qinghua University bamboo texts), xvii

  Qiongda yi shi (Poverty or success is a matter of timing; Guodian text), xv

  Qu Yuan: and “Ask the Sky,” 62, 102n84; as author of Chuci, xi, xiii–xiv, xxvi–xxxii, xxxvi, xxxix, xl, xliii, 219; and Daoism, xxvi; and dating, 213, 215, 217, 218; and “Diviner” and “Fisherman,” 152–55; exile of, xi, xviii, xx–xxi; and “Great Summoning,” 180; and Huainan Xiaoshan, 210; and “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 203, 207; and Jia Yi, xxvii, xxix, 189, 194–97, 220; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” xxvii, 26–27, 28, 34, 103; and Li Bai, xxxvi, xxxix; loyal dissent of, xxiv; in modern China, xxix–xxx; and Nine Cantos, 103, 104, 107–8, 110–11, 114, 117–18, 124, 127–30; and Nine Songs, 2, 103; and Nine Variations, 156, 216; other works ascribed to, xxvi, xxvii–xxviii, 216; and shamanism, 4; Shiji biography of, xvii–xxii, xxv, xxvii, 28, 34, 103, 114, 117, 124; suicide of, xi, xxi, 117; and “Summoning the Soul,” 170, 179n2; and “Wandering Far Away,” 142

  Queen Mother of the West, xxxii, xxxv, 96n64, 138n49, 208n1

  Rain God (Yushi), 147, 150n31

  Red Pine (Chi Song), 144, 149n2, 190, 191, 206, 209n19

  “Regretting the Vows” (“Xi shi”), 189–93; dating of, 217, 218

  remonstration, xxiii–xxiv, 2, 3, 27, 31. See also “Seven Remonstrations”

  Return (Fu) ritual, 169

  “Ruler of the Xiang River” (“Xiang jun”; Nine Songs), 1, 8–10

  Ruo (Ro), 148, 151n40

  Rushou, 147, 150n26

  Sanghu (Zi Sanghu, Zi Sang Bozi), 109, 136n22

  “Serving the Spirits” (“Li Hun”; Nine Songs), 2, 21

  “Seven Remonstrations” (“Qi jian”; Dongfang Shuo), xxviii, 217–18, 220

  sexuality, xxxvi, xli; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 28, 30, 33; in Nine Songs, 4, 9, 12

  shamans, xxv, xxxix, xlii; in “Ask the Sky,” 68, 88n34; of Chu, xiv, 3, 4, 7, 12; and dating, 214, 215, 217; female, 3, 9, 12, 17, 28, 30, 32, 50n24, 169; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 28, 30, 32, 34, 50n24; in Nine Cantos, 135n4, 135n9; in Nine Songs, 1–4, 7, 12; in “Summoning the Soul,” 169; terms for, 7, 15, 30, 57n71; in “Wandering Far Away,” 143

  “Shan Gui” (Mountain Spirit; Nine Songs), 18–19

  Shang dynasty, xii, 29, 56n61; and “Ask the Sky,” 72, 74, 94n55, 99n73

  Shang Jiawei, 94n51

  Shangguan Dafu, xviii, xx

  Shanghai Museum texts, xvii, 62

  Shangjia Wei (Hun Wei), 93n50, 94nn54–55

  Shangshu (Shujing; Documents), 1, 50n25, 79n12, 85n28, 87n32, 91n42, 95nn58–59

  Shanhaijing (Classic of mountains and seas): and “Ask the Sky,” 79nn12–13, 80n16, 81n20, 82n21, 83nn25–26, 84n27, 86nn29–30, 87n32, 92n44, 93n50, 94nn51–52; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 51n28, 54n46, 54n49, 59n86, 60n94; and Nine Songs, 2, 9

  Shao Hao, 48n10, 58n84, 134n3, 150n27

  Shao Kang, 43, 53n31, 56n65, 69, 90n39

  “Shao Siming” (Lesser Minister of Life Spans; Nine Songs), 1, 14–15, 31

  Shao Tuo, 104

  “She jiang” (Crossing the Yangtze; Nine Cantos), 107–10, 215, 218

  Shen Baoxu, 162, 167n9

  Shen Nong, 92n44, 137n36

  Shen Yue, 90n39

  Shensheng of Jin, 106, 135n6

  Shentu Di, 134, 141n77

  Shiji (Records of the grand historian; Sima Qian), xliiin5, 3, 8, 12, 17; on “Ask the Sky,” 93n50, 95nn58–59, 96n63, 97n65, 99n74, 101nn80–81; biography of Qu Yuan in, xvii–xxii, xxv, xxvii, 28, 34, 103, 114, 117, 124; and dating, 213, 215; on “Fisherman,” 152; on “Leaving My Sorrow,” xxi; on Liu An, 210; on Nine Cantos, 136n23; on Nine Variations, 156

  Shijing (Book of Songs), xi; and “Ask the Sky,” 87n31, 98n70; and dating, 213–14, 217; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 56n61; and Nine Variations, 162, 163, 167n8

  Shou Meng, 74, 100n79

  Shu Dan. See Zhou, Duke of

  Shu Qi, 101n82, 140n67

  Shun (sage-king), xxiii, xxxviii; in “Ask the Sky,” 69, 79n12, 91n42, 92n45; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 204, 208n11; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 31, 33, 36, 40, 42, 43, 50n18, 51n27, 56n65, 57n66; in Nine Cantos, 108, 113, 120, 135n3, 136n11, 137n34, 137n36, 138n48; in Nine Songs, 8, 9; in Nine Variations, 164, 165; in “Wandering Far Away,” 151n39

  Shuowen jiezi, 54n46, 56n62, 77n5

  “Si meiren” (Longing for the Beautiful One; Nine Cantos), 121–23, 216–17

  Sima Qian, 61, 103, 117, 152, 156, 170; on works by Qu Yuan, xxvi, xxvii–xxviii, 216. See also Shiji

  Sima Xiangru, xxvi, xxx, xxxii, 142, 202, 218

  Sima Zhen, 96n63

  Six Dynasties period, xxxiii

  Song dynasty, xxviii, 26, 129, 152

  “Song of the Celestial Grandmother Dream: A Parting Gift” (“Meng you tian mu yin liubie”; Li Bai), xxxvii

  Song Yu, xxvi, xxviii, xxxvi, xl, xlii; and Nine Variations, 156, 167n8, 216; and “Summoning the Soul,” 170, 216

  Spirit Adorned: in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 28, 31, 36, 38; in Nine Songs, xli, 19

  Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), xxiii

  Spring and Autumn period, xii, 58n75, 100n79, 135n6, 139nn56–61, 167n9, 201n2, 209nn14–15

  Su Xuelin, 77n4

  “Summoning the Soul” (Zhao hun), xiii, xxvi, xxviii, 169–79, 180; dating of, 215–16

  Sunzi, 19

  Tai Bo, 70, 92n46

  Tai Hao, 147, 150n22

  Tai Kang, 87n32

  Taigong Wang (Jiang Ziya; Jiang Taigong; Lü Wang; Lü Shang), xv, xliiin5; in “Ask the Sky,” 99n75; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 207, 209n24; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 45; in Nine Cantos, 125, 139n58; in Nine Variations, 161, 167n6

  Taiyi (Great Unity), xiv, xvi, 5–6, 21n7, 76n1, 190, 193n2

  Taiyi sheng shui (The Great Unity Gives Birth to Water), xiv, xvi, 5–6, 76n1

  Tang (sage-king): in “Ask the Sky,” 69, 71, 74, 91nn40–41, 92n48, 93n48, 94n56, 95n58; in “Great Summoning,” 188n18; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 204, 208n11; and Jia Yi, 200n2; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 40, 45, 53n34, 57n72; in Nine Cantos, 120, 125, 137n36, 138n44

  Tang Bingzheng, 57n67, 57n69, 76n3, 94n52, 134n2, 187n1

  Tang dynasty, xxxiv–xxxv, 26

  Tang Le, 156

  Tao Wu. See Gun

  “Those Who Died for the Kingdom” (“Guoshang”; Nine Songs), 2, 19–20, 214

  Thunder God. See Feng Long

  Tian Lang (Sirius), 16, 23n26

  “Tian wen.” See “Ask the Sky”

  Tianxingguan (Jiangling, Hubei) manuscript, 6

  Travels of King Mu (Mu Tianzi zhuan), 7, 96n64

  turtles, 68–69, 79n13, 89n38

  Waley, Arthur, xxii

  Walker, Galal, xxi, xxv, 2, 124; on dating, 213–20

  “Wandering Far Away” (“Yuan you”), xxvi, xxxii, 129, 142–51; dating of, 217, 218; influence of, xxxvii; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 142, 143; and youxian poetry, xxxiv

  Wang Bangcai, 53n35

  Wang Bao, xxviii

  Wang Chong, 98n
71

  Wang Fuzhi, 1, 53n35, 53n38, 86n29, 89n35, 90n40

  Wang Guowei, 93n50, 94n53

  Wang Hai, 70, 71, 93n50

  Wang Mang, xxii–xxiii

  Wang Qiao (Wang Ziqiao), 89n36, 145, 149n7, 190, 191, 206, 209n19

  Wang Shuqing, xxxvi–xxxvii

  Wang Siyuan, 137n35, 179n11, 190

  Wang Wei, xxxix–xl, xlii

  Wang Yi, xviii, xxii, xxvi, xliiin5, 3–4; on “Ask the Sky,” 61–62, 77n5, 79n13, 80nn16–17, 81n18, 83nn25–26, 85n27, 86n29, 87nn31–32, 89n36, 89n38, 90nn39–40, 95n57, 99n75, 101n80, 101n83, 102n86; on dating, 215, 217, 218; on “Fisherman” and “Diviner,” 152; on “Great Summoning,” 188n12; on Huainan Xiaoshan, 210; on Jia Yi, 195; on “Leaving My Sorrow,” xxiv–xxv, 27–28, 29, 48n10, 49n12, 50n23, 53n35, 54n52; on Nine Cantos, 114, 127, 137n36, 138n37, 140n64; on Nine Songs, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8; on “Regretting the Vows”, 189; poetry by, xxviii, 220; on “Summoning the Soul,” 170, 216; on “Wandering Far Away,” 149n8

  Wang Ziqiao. See Wang Qiao

  Wangchuan Collection (Wangchuan ji; Wang Wei), xxxix

  Wangshan tomb, 5

  Warring States period, xii–xiv, xv, xvi–xvii, xxv, xxix, 61, 201n2, 218; and “Great Summoning,” 180, 188n13; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” 34, 50n21, 59n91; and Nine Cantos, 139n39, 140n64; and Nine Songs, 5, 12, 17

  Wei, state of, xix

  Weld, Susan, 104

  Wen, Duke (Jin; Chong’er), 125, 137n36, 139n61

  Wen, Emperor (Han), xxvii, 194, 195

  Wen, King (Zhou), xiiv, xv, xliiin5; in “Ask the Sky,” 92n46, 98n72, 99nn73–75; in “Great Summoning,” 188n18; in “I Lament It Was Not My Destiny,” 207, 209n24; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 45; in Nine Cantos, 137n36, 139n58; in Nine Variations, 167n6

  Wen Chang, 147, 150n30

  Wen xuan, 101n82

  Wen Yiduo, 51n25, 57n69, 77n5, 78n9, 90n40, 94n51, 96n63

  Wind Earl. See Feilian

  women: in “Great Summoning,” 180, 183–85, 188n12; immortal, 190, 193n5; in “Leaving My Sorrow,” 28, 30, 32, 33, 50n24, 55n57; in Nine Songs, 4, 8–13; as shamans, 3, 9, 12, 17, 28, 30, 32, 50n24, 169; in “Summoning the Soul,” 174, 176, 177; in “Wandering Far Away,” 148

  Wu, Emperor (Han), xxx, xxxii, 3, 5, 22n14; and dating, 218, 219; and “Leaving My Sorrow,” xx, xxi, xxvi, xxviii, xxviii, 26–27, 210; and Sima Qian, xxvii–xxviii

  Wu, King (Zhou), 95nn59–60, 99n76, 100n77, 101n82, 139n58

  Wu, state of, 19, 70, 136n23, 167n9, 198, 201n6

  Wu Ding, King (Shang), xv, xliiin4, 45, 149n3, 198, 201n9

 

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