Qu Yuan (340 BC-278 BC) was a poet, politician and thinker of Chu in the Warring States Period. Mi surname, Qu family, human, the word is native; And since the cloud name is regular, the spirit word is even? . Around 340 BC, Chu Danyang (now Zigui County, Hubei Province) was a descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Chu Wuwang Xiong Tong. He was born in a noble family in Chu, and was well educated, knowledgeable and ambitious when he was a teenager.
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.
Qu Yuan is also an important politician in Chu State. In his early years, he was deeply trusted by Chu Huaiwang. He served as a Zuotu and a doctor in San Lv, and was also in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs. ? After Wuqi, another advocate of political reform in Chu was Qu Yuan. He advocated "American politics", promoting talents and abilities at home, perfecting statutes, and uniting with foreign countries to resist Qin. Slashed by nobles, he was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley.
In 278 BC, the general of the State of Qin attacked Du Ying (now Jiangling, Hubei Province) in vain, and Qu Yuan was sad and angry. He drowned in the Miluo River? . 1953 is the 2230th anniversary of Qu Yuan's death. The World Peace Council adopted a resolution to identify Qu Yuan as one of the four world cultural celebrities commemorated that year.
His main works include Li Sao, Nine Songs, Nine Chapters and Nine Questions? . Chu Ci, written by him, is the source of China's romantic literature. Guo Feng in The Book of Songs and Li Sao are both called coquettish, which have a far-reaching influence on later poetry creation.
The Dragon Boat Festival in China is to commemorate Qu Yuan.