Songs of the South is an anthology of Chinese verse traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan and Song Yu from the Warring States Period, though about half of the poems seem to have been composed several centuries later, during the Han Dynasty.（"楚辞"又称"楚词"，是战国时代的伟大诗人屈原创造的一种诗体。作品运用楚地（今两湖一带）的文学样式、方言声韵，叙写楚地的山川人物、历史风情，具有浓厚的地方特色。汉代时，刘向把屈原的作品及宋玉等人"承袭屈赋"的作品编辑成集，名为《楚辞》。并成为继《诗经》以后，对我国文学具有深远影响的一部诗歌总集。）