Chants de Chu
The "Chu Ci" never became a canonical work, not in the sense as did the "Shi Jing". As David Hawkes puts it, "[t]he "Chu Ci" poems, however popular, belonged to no canon, dealt in matters that were outlandish and unorthodox, and originated outside of the area of sanctified Western Zhou tradition." However, part of the "Chu Ci" tradition includes a Confucian outlook, glorifying the loyal minister who prefers death over compromising his integrity. Following its Han Dynasty publication, the "Chu Ci" was subject to various editorial treatment, including various commentaries and editions. The order in which the sections of the "Chu Ci" are currently generally arranged was established through editorial re-arrangement during or following the tenth or eleventh century. However, this is not true of the "The Lament". In the Wang Yi edition, it is titled "Lisaojing". The other works ("juan") of the "Chu Ci" anthology generally fall in the category of "zhuan", or exegesis or amplification upon the original "classic" text.