Lament for Ying (Chinese:哀郢;pinyin:Āi Yǐng) is a poem which has sometimes been attributed toChinese poetQu Yuan, and dated to around 278 BCE. Lament for Ying is from the "Nine Declarations" (Jiu Zhang) section of theChuci poetry anthology, compiled in ancient China. TheYing in the title is a toponym (placename). The wordAi implies a post-destruction lamentation for this place.[1]Ying was famous as the capital of the kingdom ofChu, Qu Yuan's homeland.
According to tradition,Qu Yuan, apatriot of theState of Chu, his home country, wrote the work in anguish as theQin generalBai Qi marched his troops uponYing, capital of Chu (in present-dayHubei Province), threatening to invade. In the face of the imminent peril confronting his homeland, he was filled with fury and grief. The poem expresses his deep concern and worry for his country's fate, his pity for the people of Chu, and his anger at the country's self-indulgent ruler who had allowed this tragedy to befall them.
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