Qu Yuan (340-278 BC) is the earliest poet who can be verified in China. Someone downstairs: so I said he was the first poet to be verified, not the first poet. He was also the first "patriotic" poet, which is also mentioned in this high school textbook. )
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.
A nobleman with the same surname as the king of Chu. At first, he assisted Wang Huai, and served as Zuotu and a doctor in San Lv. Advocate showing statutes, recommending talents and empowering them, and unite against Qin. In the struggle with the conservative aristocrat Zilan and Shanxi merchants, he was dismissed. Qing Xiang was exiled when he became king, and he wandered in Yuanxiang Valley for a long time, so he was close to the people and became increasingly dissatisfied with the dark reality. After Chu's invasion, Qin felt powerless to save the motherland from peril and his political ideal could not be realized, so he threw himself into the river. Li Sao, his masterpiece, strongly expresses his progressive political thoughts, his cynical noble character, his warm feelings and dedication to the motherland and people. Since then, Sao style has become a new poetic style.