Nine Songs
The club explores 'Nine Songs', a collection of ancient ritual hymns from the Warring States period. Over ten lessons, they build the cultural foundation of the Chu state's shamanistic practices. They read 'The Lady of the Xiang' as an allegory for political estrangement, then confront the geopolitical catastrophe of 312 BCE. Through 'Hymn to the Fallen', they analyze how Qu Yuan immortalized defeated Chu soldiers as divine spirits. Finally, they trace how Han Dynasty scholars preserved these regional religious texts from destruction, giving them a permanent place in the Chinese literary canon.
Qu Yuan's transformation of southern shamanistic rituals into profound literature, exploring divine longing, the trauma of military annihilation, and the elevation of mortal sacrifice.
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