Tā qiānxū de shuō zìjǐ de wénzhāng suàn bu shàng yǐngchéngpiān.
He modestly said his essay couldn't be counted as high literature.
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郢 was the capital of ancient Chu. In Song Yu's Reply to King Xiang, only a handful could sing along with the refined Chu melody 阳春白雪 performed in 郢 — so anything labeled 郢城篇 is art meant for a sophisticated audience.
