Qu Yuan (278 BC) was the minister of the King of Chu during the Warring States Period. He suggested that the King of Chu reform the government and form an alliance with other countries to counter the power of neighboring Qin. Being king. No. Qu Yuan followed his advice, and after being imprisoned by Qin, he wrote an autobiography called Li Sao. After the king of Chu died in a prison far from home, the disappointed poet drowned himself in Dongting Lake. People use rice balls to pay homage to his soul. In the Mid-Autumn Festival, rice balls (zongzi) are still a popular food. Other poems promoted to Qu Yuan include Nine Songs (Nine Songs), Nine Songs (Zhang's Nine Chapters), Asking Heaven (Tian Wen's Tian Wen) and so on. The unique style of this poem makes it known as "Chuci". It is different from the northern poetic style in both poetic style and content. The literature in the north is more prosaic, while the poems of Chu in the south are full of sentimental and even mysterious fantasies. Qu Yuan was led to a paradise far away from the world on his horse. His call to the goddess of the river is an example of Shamanism widely spread in southern religions. Southern poetry became very popular in Taoism, which also believed that man was only a small existence in the universe and nature.
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