The Dragon Boat Festival is in memory of Qu Yuan. Why is there a biography of Qu Yuan in Historical Records and what contribution did he make?

Every Dragon Boat Festival, traditional customs include eating zongzi and making dragon boats, which is said to commemorate the great patriot Qu Yuan. Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote Historical Records, a biographical history book. The book describes more than 3,000 years of historical events from the legendary Yellow Emperor to the Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty. The book has 130 volumes and 526,500 words. The chapters are divided into ten tables, eight books, twelve biographies, thirty biographies and seventy biographies. Biography is the content that describes the words and deeds of important historical figures in ancient times. Qu Yuan was San Lv's doctor in Chu State, and his position was enough to make a biography. Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River, and was a sad figure. Sima Qian went to appreciate each other with him, so he made Biography of Qu Yuan to express his grief.

Qu Yuan (340 BC-278 BC) is a descendant of Qu, the son of Chu Wuwang, a noble of Chu. Qu Yuan is knowledgeable and ambitious. When he was young, he was highly valued by Chu Huaiwang. He was a leftist, a doctor and other official positions in San Lv. He participated in the major policies of Chu, advocated American politics, promoted talents, and worked hard to reform the country. At one time, the state of Chu was in a state of resurgence, and advocated uniting with Chyi Chin in diplomacy. Later, Zhang Yi, the prime minister of Qin State, lobbied Chu Huaiwang to break diplomatic relations with Qi State and form an alliance with Qin State, and promised to return the 500-mile-long land in the business district to Chu State. Zhang Yi tricked Chu into an unfortunate diplomatic situation.

Qu Yuan's political views were opposed by Chu Huaiwang and slandered by Chu nobles, so Qu Yuan was politically frustrated and exiled. After Chu Huaiwang died in Qin, Qu Yuan was exiled again. In the thirty-seventh year of King Hao of Zhou (278 BC), General Qin took Ying City, the capital of Chu, and set fire to Yiling, where the tomb of Chu was located (more than 400 years later, Lu Xun also set fire to it. ), the capital of Chu moved to Shouchun, and Qu Yuan saw that the revival of Chu was hopeless and threw himself into the river.

Qu Yuan lived in exile for more than ten years and wrote many poems, including Li Sao, Tian Wen, Jiu Kui Ge and Jiu Zhang. Qu Yuan occupies a high position in the history of ancient literature in China, and is known as the first patriotic poet and great romantic poet in the history of China. He created the style of "Li Sao" and was called the originator of China's poetry. Li Sao and The Book of Songs are also called Sao. "。 Qu Yuan's works express his worries about the motherland and people's life: "Take a long breath, tears can't be hidden!"! "Qu Yuan's works have been translated into many languages, occupying a place in the international literary world and being praised as one of the four world cultural celebrities by the United Nations cultural institutions. Qu Yuan belongs not only to China, but also to the world.