《中学生文学阅读必备书系（高中部分）：楚辞选译》所选的是：屈原的《九歌》、《离骚》全文和《天问》、《九章》的一部分；宋玉的《九辩》和作者未定的《招魂》的若干段落。这样屈宋的重要作品大都在这里了，读者可以从中了解到"楚辞"这种文体的基本面貌。同时，对每篇作品作了简要的说明、解释，并附以译文。译诗本非易事，译者又乏诗才，为了便于读者理解原文，尽量用直译方法。(Paraphrase of Selected Prosaisms from Songs of Chu: Suggested Reading for Senior High School Students contains Jiuge (Nine Songs), Lisao (The Poem on Departure) and Tianwen (Ask Heaven) and part of Jiuzhang (The Nine Elegies) by Qu Yuan; selections from Jiubian (The Nine Arguments) by Song Yu and Zhaohun (Summoning of the Soul) (whose author cannot be determined). The book, including major works by Qu Yuan and Song Yu, enables students to get a general understanding of the style of Chu Ci. In addition, every piece of work selected has a brief introduction, explanation, and paraphrase. As it's incredibly hard to paraphrase poems and the translator lacks talents, literal paraphrase is used in most cases for readers' better comprehension of the original texts.)