Qu Yuan was born in Chu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He is known as the first romantic poet in China and a great patriotic poet.
Born into a noble family, Qu Yuan sympathized with the poor from an early age. He sympathized with the people's sufferings and won unanimous praise from his neighbors. In 32 1 BC, Qin invaded, and Qu Yuan actively led the athletes in Lepingli to struggle hard. From then on, they got ahead and embarked on the road of official career.
However, his career path is not smooth, even bumpy. He devoted himself to reform, but was excluded because he violated the interests of the nobility; He was alienated by the king of Chu because of the slanderers of villains; He was exiled twice and died in the Miluo River for the last time.
Personality achievement
Qu Yuan is a great patriotic poet in China's history, the founder of China's romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of Songs of the South, who initiated the tradition of "vanilla beauty" and was known as the "father of Songs of the South". Song Yu, Jing Ke and other famous poets in Chu were all influenced by Qu Yuan.
The appearance of Qu Yuan's works marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from elegant harmony to romantic originality. His main works are Li Sao, Nine Songs, Nine Chapters and Tian Wen.
Qu Yuan's works are the main source of China's romantic literature. The most famous chapter "Li Sao" and "The Book of Songs" are also called "Sao", which has a far-reaching influence on later poetry.