The earliest poet in China (340-278 BC). The name is flat and the word is original. He also claimed to have a regular name and a clever word. The Chu people in the Warring States period, their hometown is now Zigui County, Hubei Province.
The first great patriotic poet in China was Qu Yuan. The first lyric poem in the history of China's poetry is Qu Yuan's Li Sao.
Among the cultural celebrities of the Chinese nation, Qu Yuan was the first to be commemorated by the whole world (1953 was designated as one of the "four world cultural celebrities" by the World Peace Council).