Long, long is my road, and far, far is the journey; high and low, up and down, I'll search with will.
This is a well-known line in Li Sao (The Lament), a poem written by Qu Yuan (c. 340-c. 278 BC) to express his determination to pursue the truth, not yielding to any setbacks, though the way ahead might be very long.
Speaking at the Conference Marking the 95th Anniversary of the Founding of the CPC held in July 2016, Xi Jinping cited this quotation from Qu Yuan and encouraged the whole Party to stay true to their original aspiration and march forward on the journey toward the Two Centenary Goals and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
路漫漫其修遠兮，吾將上下而求索
“路漫漫其修遠兮，吾將上下而求索”，出自屈原《離騷》，大意為在追尋真理方面，前方的道路還很漫長，但我將百折不撓、不遺余力地去追求和探索。
2016年7月，習近平在慶祝中國共產黨成立95周年大會上引用“路漫漫其修遠兮，吾將上下而求索”，闡述從實現“兩個一百年”奮斗目標，到實現中華民族偉大復興的中國夢，中國正在奮斗的歷史征程中，以此激勵全黨同志“不忘初心、繼續前進”。
