Qu Yuan (340 BC-278 BC) was a poet and politician of Chu in the Warring States Period. Mi surname, Qu family, human, the word is native; Since the cloud name is regular, the spirit word is even. Born about 340 BC in Danyang, Chu (now Zigui, Hubei), he is a descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Xiong Tong. ?
Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in the history of China and the founder of China's romantic literature. He is known as "the ancestor of China's poetry" and "the ancestor of Ci Fu".
He is the founder and representative author of Chu Ci, which started the tradition of "vanilla beauty". The appearance of Qu Yuan marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to individual originality. He was called "the soul of poetry" by later generations. ?
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Generally speaking, Li Sao, Tian Wen and Jiu Ge can be regarded as the representatives of three types of Qu Yuan's works. Nine Chapters, Journey, Buju, Fisherman, Evocation of Soul, and Da Zhao can be classified as Li Sao in content and style, and most of them are well documented and meaningful, focusing on expressing the author's inner feelings.
Li Sao is a magnificent poem created by Qu Yuan with his own ideals, experiences, pains, enthusiasm and even his whole life. It shines with bright personality and is the focus of all Qu Yuan's creations.
Tian Wen is a poem written by Qu Yuan according to myths and legends, which embodies the author's academic attainments and views on history and nature. "Nine Songs" is Qu Yuan's music for offering sacrifices to the gods in Chu. It is full of life breath in the expression of characters' feelings and the description of environmental atmosphere.