Song Yu was a composer of Chu Ci (Chu Ci) more than 2,000 years ago. His literary achievements are comparable to those of Qu Yuan. After being exiled to Yunmengze, now Song Yu Village, Wangcheng Township, Linli County, he never forgot his ambition to serve his country and was concerned about his country and people. After extensive contact with the broad masses of working people, he not only wrote poems and songs that have been handed down through the ages, but also left behind legendary stories. In 2008, the legend of Song Yu was identified as a project on the second batch of intangible cultural heritage protection list of Hunan Province. In his Outline of the History of Han Literature, Mr. Lu Xun praised Song Yu's representative work "Nine Arguments" and said: "Nine Arguments is based on ancient poems. Yu took its name and created a new system. Although it is not as good as "Li Sao" in terms of imagination, it is truly unique in its sorrow and resentment." Song Yu lived in Linli for a long time. The "Anfu County Chronicles" of the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty recorded that Song Yu "once lived in the town, with a city and temple, as well as flower viewing mountains and boating lakes. He died later and was buried on the south bank of Yuxi River in the town." Nowadays, the lake and mountain scenery where Song Yu enjoyed flowers and boating have become the scenic spots of Linli County and part of the history of Linli County. The stories about Song Yu widely circulated among the people include: "Qianlong played with water and put boats on the lake", "Song Yu's soul punished Zhao Meiren", "Writing "Nine Arguments" at the foot of the mountain where he watched flowers", "Compiling "Chu Ci" by the lake where he boated", "A loyal soul mourned Song Yu", "The literary star fell in the valley and creek river", "Song Yu persuaded him to study in a dream", "The farmer taught his son in the temple", "The poor scholar raised funds to build the academy", "Song Yu appeared to help the eight woodcutters", etc. Now select a few of them for brief introduction: "Writing "Nine Arguments" at the foot of the mountain where he watched flowers". After Song Yu lived in Linli, he worked in the fields during the day and studied hard with candlelight at night. In his spare time, he often walked along the stream and planted many mountain flowers on the nearby hills. Soon, Song Yu built a thatched cottage by the mountain and began his arduous creation of "Nine Arguments" in the cottage every day. A group of Song Yu's friends often gathered in the thatched cottage to drink and play chess with Song Yu. Time flies by, and in September, late autumn, he came to the mountain again, only to see that the flowers and plants on the mountain had gradually withered. Song Yu was very sad and suddenly woke up: Although the flowers are beautiful, they will eventually wither. I have been addicted to wine and chess all day long. When will "Nine Arguments" be completed? I blame myself. Immediately, Song Yu rushed out of the hut, holding the ancient chess set, and angrily threw it into the valley river. From then on, Song Yu closed the door to visitors and devoted himself to creation. "Nine Arguments" eventually became a classic for all ages. This mountain is called "Watching Flowers Mountain" by later generations until today. "Let the boat go in the lake to compile "Chu Ci"". After Qin conquered Chu, the Chu people were full of the ambition to restore their country, "Even if there are only three households in Chu, Chu will destroy Qin". However, the rulers of Qin continued to strengthen the suppression of the old Chu people, and all the literati, students, poems and essays for Chu were suppressed by them. As an old minister of the State of Chu, Song Yu had deep feelings for the State of Chu. He hated himself for having the heart to serve the country but not the strength to do so, and he was silent all day long. One day, on the anniversary of Qu Yuan's death, he thought of his teacher's teachings, and his spirits were lifted. He vowed to take his teacher as a model, write a book to express his ambitions, and pass it on to future generations. Since then, with his longing for Qu Yuan, Song Yu began to compile his teacher's "Li Sao" and his new work "Jiubian" into a book called "Chu Ci". In order to avoid the disturbance of current affairs, Song Yu drove a boat alone every day, moored in the middle of the lake, and concentrated on compiling "Chu Ci". Later, people called the lake where he moored his boat to write Fangzhou Lake. "Teaching at the Xingtan in Yuxi River". After Song Yu was exiled to Linli, in order to promote Chu culture here, he followed Confucius' example and taught at the Xingtan. He set up the "Chuci Academy" on the high slope of the south bank of Yuxi River, and took in the children of nearby farmers and fishermen for free for enlightenment education regardless of their wealth. Since then, the trend of advocating education and helping students has been growing here. For a time, "there were no naughty children in the mountains and fields, and the sound of chanting was heard in the farmhouses". In order to commemorate his merits in advocating education, later generations not only built a temple for him to offer sacrifices in all seasons, but also raised funds to build the "Jiubian Academy" where he taught at the Xingtan. According to legend, when the "Jiubian Academy" was built, everything was ready, except for the eight three-meter pillars that were nowhere to be found, which made the host of the construction of the academy very anxious. Suddenly one day, there was a thunderstorm in the sky. A strong wind tore off the roof of Song Yu Temple, and the eight pillars in the temple fell down. On one of the pillars, two lines of words were left: "Promote education for all ages, what generosity do you have to offer me; I hope that the future will be like this pillar." People knew that Song Yu had demolished the temple where people worshipped him and donated the pillars to build the academy. "The Chu doctor blamed the villagers in a dream." After the "Jiubian Academy" was built, the learning atmosphere in the village flourished. One year, there was a severe drought, and the crops in the fields were about to fail. The farmers were anxious. Some villagers said to their children: Now I can't even fill my stomach, what's the point of studying, I'd better go home to help water the crops to fight the drought. So many children dropped out of school. That night, the parents of those dropouts all had the same dream, dreaming that Song Yu blamed them for being short-sighted and abandoning their children's studies when they encountered difficulties. The next morning, the villagers who were scolded by Song Yu in his dream brought their children to the Song Yu Temple to worship him, and sent their children to the academy to continue their studies. To this day, in the Song Yu Village area, there is still a custom that children go to the Song Yu Temple or Song Yu's tomb to worship Song Yu before they start their education, and then go to school to study. "Raising a child without studying is like feeding a pig in a cage" has also become a common saying in this area to encourage learning. Song Yu's status and influence in the history of literature have been highly praised by all dynasties. "Wen Xin Diao Long" said: "Qu and Song's leisurely steps are worth pursuing"; Li Bai said: "Qu and Song have passed away, and there is no one to talk to"; Du Fu praised in his poem: "Yao Luo deeply understands Song Yu's sorrow, and his elegance and refinement are also my teacher"; Ouyang Xiu said: "Song Yu is better than Qu Yuan, and sometimes he is better than Qu Yuan." All the great literati in the past dynasties regarded him as a master and cited him as a model. Therefore, the legend of Song Yu, an oral folk literature, is of great value to Song Yu himself and the academic research on Chu Ci culture. Song Yu (298 BC-222 BC) Song Yu is one of the two most famous handsome men in Chinese history, along with Pan An, but his reputation as a handsome man is somewhat strange. Why do we say that? Because no serious history book or even unofficial history notes have ever said how handsome he was. The only evidence is the "Deng Tu Zi's Lustful Fu" he wrote. In that fu, it is written that a doctor Deng Tu Zi said that Song Yu "has a beautiful appearance, speaks a lot of subtle words, and is also lustful." Song Yu explained that there was once a beautiful girl from the owner's house who had been hanging around him for three years, but he ignored her, so he couldn't say that he was lustful, and then...more>>>Song Yu (298 BC-222 BC) Song Yu is one of the two most famous handsome men in Chinese history, along with Pan An, but his reputation as a handsome man is somewhat strange. Why do I say that? Because no serious history book or even unofficial history notes have ever mentioned how handsome he was. The only evidence is the "Dengtuzi's Lustful Fu" he wrote. In that fu, it is written that a doctor Dengtuzi said that Song Yu "has a beautiful appearance, speaks a lot of subtle words, and is also lustful." Song Yu explained that there was once a beautiful girl from the east who had been with him for three years, but he ignored her, so he couldn't say that he was lustful, and then...more>>>Song Yu is one of the two most famous handsome men in Chinese history, along with Pan An, but this gentleman's reputation for being handsome is somewhat strange. Why do I say that? Because no serious history book or even unofficial history notes have ever mentioned how handsome he was. The only evidence is the "Dengtuzi's Lustful Fu" he wrote. In that fu, it is written that a doctor Deng Tuzi said that Song Yu "has a beautiful appearance, speaks a lot of subtle words, and is also lustful". Song Yu explained that there was once a very beautiful girl from the boss's house who had been hanging out with him for three years, but he ignored her, so he could not say that he was lustful, and then...more>>>