Li-sao

[lee-sou]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Wade-Giles, Pinyin.

a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.

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Finding himself the victim of a base court-intrigue, Kiu-ping wrote the Li-Sao as a vindication of his character, and as a rebuke to the malice of his enemies, after which he committed suicide by drowning....