The writing style of the Imperial Ministries was prevalent thoughout the first part of the Ming dynasty. Both literary attendants of the emperors and followers of the neo-Confucianism, these official-writers preferred pure and refined articles eulogizing the flourishing ages of harmony, prosperity and peace. Since Qu Yuan (ca.343-ca.277 B.C.) was regarded a heretic of Confucianism and much criticized, these writers made few comments to Chu Ci, most of which were either the recognition of Qu Yuan's loyalty and purity or the criticism against his heresy. The semasiological and literary discussions about the text the Chu Ci were seldom seen. On the other hand, due to the unique historical background of the Jiangsu province, the scholars of this region were discriminated and marginalized politically since the beginning of the Ming dynasty. As a result the Jiangsu scholars developed their own culture: the pursuit of profundity and flavour. Since the coronation of Xuanzong (r.1425-1435), more and more Jiangsu scholars became officials in the Imperial Ministries, and gradually made chages in the existing culture of the Imperial Ministries. Deeply influenced by neo-Confucianism, the traditional official-writers of the Imperial Ministries advocated that literature was only a carrior of the Way. However, the Jiangsu scholars had a different attitude towards Chu Ci. Among the Jiangsu officials, some emphasized the Chu Ci's legacy from the Book of Odes and affirmed its literary characteristics, while some other enhanced the distribution of Chu Ci by collecting various editions and copying the works in this book. As for those who failed to attain a high position, they expressed in their works the sympathy to Qu Yuan. One remarkable example was Sang Yue (1447-1503), a lowly-ranked clerk who composed Chu Ci Ping, the earliest commentary work of Chu Ci in the Ming dynasty. Through the concord and conflict between the style of the Imperial Ministries and the culture of Jiangsu, the first commentary work of Chu Ci authored by an official-writer, i.e. Chu Ci Zhu Lüe of Zhou Yong, came into existence in early 16th century. In a nutshell, the study of Chu Ci in the early part of the Ming dynasty was ever since under the influence of the style of the Imperial Ministries, while as its contents, nonetheless, were built up by the official-writers and the Jiangsu scholars together.