'The Great Summons') is one of the poems anthologized in the ancient Chinese poetry collection, the Chu ci, also known as The Songs of the South.
According to a historically unlikely tradition, Qu Yuan was on the verge of suicide for political reasons, and wrote "The Great Summons" to persuade himself to cling to life.
Where thirty cubits high at harvest time The corn is stacked; Where pies are cooked of millet and bearded maize.
鲜蠵甘鸡 和楚酪只 醢豚苦狗 脍苴蒪只 吴酸蒿蒌 不沾薄只 魂兮归来 恣所择只 Next are brought Fresh turtle, and sweet chicken cooked with cheese Pressed by the men of Ch'ü.
And flesh of whelps floating in liver sauce With salad of minced radishes in brine; All served with that hot spice of southernwood The land of Wu supplies.