Yuan You
Appearance
"Yuanyou" or Far-off Journey (Chinese:
See also
[edit]- Chuci (the anthology containing "Yuanyou")
- Classical Chinese poetry (general information on subject)
- Daoism (a religiophilosophical tradition strongly referenced in "Yuanyou")
- Eight Immortals of Huainan (members of Liu An's court; also known as the Eight Gentlemen of Huainan)
- Fu Yue (menial worker promoted to key government minister; "Yuanyou" example of proper recognition of merit by the ruler)
- Huainan (a geographic region)
- Huainanzi (a classic text written in the milieu of Liu An's court)
- List of Chuci contents (list of works in the anthology containing "Yuanyou")
- Liu An (Huainan prince and literatus)
- Qu Yuan (most famous of attributed authors of the Chuci anthology)
- Xian (Taoism) ("Daoist immortals", or adepts who transcended merely mortal existence)
- Yu Shi (one aspect of Chisongzi, or Red Pine Master, in "Yuanyou" an exemplary xian)
- Zhu Rong (god) (ancient deity of the south and of fire, one of the deities mentioned in "Yuanyou")
References
[edit]- Hawkes, David, translator and introduction (2011 [1985]). Qu Yuan et al., The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044375-2
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