At the beginning of Li Sao, Qu Yuan mentioned her date of birth with pride: she was faithful to Meng Xi, but obedient to Geng Yin.
The ancients dated the year according to the direction of Tai Sui (Jupiter). Translated into modern Chinese, this poem means that I was born in the first month of the following year and Geng Yin Day is my birthday. Therefore, Qu Yuan was born on Gengyin Day in the first month of Yin Year.
1, Qu Yuan (about 340-278 BC), China, was a poet and politician of Chu in the Warring States Period. At the end of the Warring States Period, a native of Lepingli (now Quyuan Village, Quyuan Township, Zigui County) was born in Danyang, Chu.
2, the surname is Qu, and the word is original; Since the cloud name is regular, the spirit word is even. Chu Wuwang Xiong Tong's son Qu Xian's descendants. When I was a teenager, I was well educated, knowledgeable and ambitious. In his early years, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang as Zuotu, and was also a doctor of San Lv, in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs.
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1, Qu Yuan once traveled westward along the Yangtze River, and he also wanted to see this devastated motherland and the king of Chu who assisted him all his life. As a result, I only saw Qiang Qin's advancing step by step, and the corruption and fatuity of the Chu court. Qu Yuan, who wanted to "run for the king of Chu" and "die nine times without regret", saw his motherland step by step towards extinction, but he could do nothing about it, so he buried the idea of dying for his country.
2. Cross Ezhu (Wuchang, Hubei), enter Dongting, go back to Shui Yuan, pass the patent (Wuling County, Changde, Hunan) to Chenyang (Chenxi, Hunan), turn to the southeast, enter Xupu, and stay temporarily. Soon, he went down the Yuanjiang River, entered Dongting, crossed the ringing water and arrived at the Miluo River near Changsha.
3. After Chu was attacked by Qin, he threw himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in a state of extreme depression and complete despair. On June 6, 278, in the twenty-first year of the reign of King Xiang, Qu Yuan was about 62 years old. It was not until 55 years later in the first 223 years that the State of Chu was destroyed by the State of Qin.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Qu Yuan
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Baidu encyclopedia-tai sui chronology