以《离骚》为代表的屈原作品中香草花木出现的频率极高，后世引用不绝，逐渐形成了内涵丰富、形式多样的“香草”典故。系统梳理《离骚》中“纫兰结佩、美人迟暮、九畹、餐英饮露、芳草萧艾、香草美人”等典故的变体，可以看出它们常被用来比喻人之品德的美好和人格的高洁。
In Qu Yuan's works，esp.in his masterpiece Lisao，the words of fragrant grasses，flowers and trees are frequently used，which have been often quoted by the later generations.During this process，it is gradually evolved into the literary quotations of the fragrant grasses with abundant content and various forms.Grooming systematically the different versions of the literary quotations of Ren Lan Jie Pei（纫兰结佩），Mei Ren Chi Mu（美人迟暮），Jiu Wan（九畹），Can Ying Yin Lu（餐英饮露），Fang Cao Xiao Ai（芳草萧艾），and Xiang Cao Mei Ren（香草美人）in Lisao，we can find that the fragrant grasses are usually used as figures of speech for the beautiful virtues and noble personality.
