Jiu Ge

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Jiu Ge (Chinese: 九歌; Pinyin: Jiǔ Gē; English: Nine Songs) is a set of short poems attributed to Qu Yuan and published in the Chu Ci (楚辭 Songs of Chu, sometimes Songs of the South).

Though it is called Jiu Ge, it actually includs eleven articles: Dong Huang Tai Yi (东皇太一), Yun Zhong Jun (云中君), Xiang Jun (湘君), Xiang Fu Ren (湘夫人), Da Si Ming (大司命), Shao Si Ming (少司命), Dong Jun (东君), He Bo (河伯), Shan Gui (山鬼), Guo Shang (国殇), Li Hun (礼魂). Jiu Ge is the collection of the sacrificial songs polished by Qu Yuan, thus it features mythological content and elegant imaginations. Jiu Ge is different from Qu Yuan's other works. Except Guo Shang, all other articles for various gods are either with dialogue or in prose style to express the love between gods that are designed with human nature and human. That must be the result of the influence of the love songs in that times.

国殇
操吴戈兮披犀甲，车错毂兮短兵接。 
旌蔽日兮敌若云，矢交坠兮土争先。 

凌余阵兮躐余行，左骖殪兮右刃伤。

霾两轮兮絷四马，援玉枹兮击鸣鼓。 
天时懟兮威灵怒，严杀尽兮弃原野。

出不入兮往不反，平原忽兮路超远。 
带长剑兮挟秦弓，首身离兮心不惩。

诚以勇兮又以武，终刚强兮不可凌。
身既死兮神以灵，魂魄毅兮为鬼雄。