Chinese song from 2300 years ago (translation below). Some interesting tidbits about the lesser known regional Chu culture of China. The Mountain Spirit by Qu Yuan, from the Nine Songs collection. It was surprisingly liberal for its time. It's about the inner thoughts of a sad mountain spirit (fairy),... when her love, a young medicine picker didn't show up. With a tinge of sadness and longing, it's rather romantic. This is why of all the Warring States, the Chu culture was the most fascinating and unique. The Kingdom of Chu was on the periphery of what we considered to be the southern edge of Chinese civilization in 300s BC. Unbridled by the strictness of the Rites of Zhou, Chu culture was more flamboyant and passionate, this is seen in their bronze work. It has less of the austere, more elegant and expressive. The Kingdoms of Chu and Qin were the last 2 hegemons of the Warring States. Qin was a well oiled war machine, the entire society was dedicated for war. Chu was the opposite, although militarily strong, but lacked that Qin legalist efficiency. Qin eventually unified China and ushered in the Imperial era of China that lasted until 1911.show more

Translation for the poem: Lo, there's someone at the mountain top, wearing fig leaf clothing and dodder vine ribbons. She has both expressive eyes and a ready smile, "You admire me, sire, for being so elegant." She rides a red leopard and a wildcat follows, she has a cart of magnolia with a flag of miniature olive. She has orchids and wild ginger on, she breaks off a flagrant flower to give to the one she thinks about. "I live in the bamboo groves and never see the sky, the road was hard and I came late." She stands out, all alone on top of the mountain, clouds billow beneath. The day darkens and light disappears, the east wind wafts and the gods send rain. "Waiting for you my lord, I am sad and forget returning home. The years will be late soon, what will make me beautiful?" She picks the Three Flowers in the mountains, the rocks are many and piled, the vines are spread all over. "I blame you, Sire, I am desolate and I forget returning home. Perhaps you are thinking of me but you don't have time?" The person in the mountain is fragrant as pollia flowers, she drinks from the spring in the rocks and finds shade under the spruce and pine. "You are thinking of me, no?" Doubt suddenly arises. The thunder drums and the rain darkens, the apes go "jiu jiu" and also cry at night. The wind goes "sa sa" and the trees go "xiao xiao", "I think of you, Sire, in vain I try and depart from my sorrow."

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same old story (ex. Sparta vs Athene) or central empires vs thalasocraties but not always fit the History and nowdays the chess game its complitly up side down because the impact of the sciences and tech and this evolution its even more disruptive thanthe discovery of thenewworld

Thank Chu for that information

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Beautiful !

Ok now I need to know if there is a good live performance

Just more paper tiger culture. Pathetic

Will today’s China sing the breeze of Chu or the storm of Qin?

Yuan was the real China, miss Shuai. Which is probably why money in China is called Yuan and the capital city chosen is Beijing, which became capital city during Yuan. It was Chongqing under Kuomintang and the money in Taiwan is Taiwan Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar for Hong Kong.