Qu Yuan was a native of Chu during the Warring States Period.
Introduction to Qu Yuan:
Qu Yuan was a poet and politician in the Chu State during the Warring States Period. Born in Zigui, Danyang, Chu. My surname is Qu Shi, from Ming Dynasty, and my courtesy name is Yuan. Since Yun's name is regular, the choice of words is clever. Descendants of Qu Xia, son of Xiong Tong, King of Chu Wu. As a teenager, he was well-educated, knowledgeable and ambitious. In his early years, he was deeply trusted by King Huai of Chu and served as Dr. Zuotu and Sanlu successively, in charge of internal affairs and diplomacy. He advocated American politics, advocated the appointment of internal strength, improved laws, and used external forces as an important ally to resist Qin. Rejected and slandered by the nobles, he was exiled to the Northern Han Dynasty and Yuanxiang Valley. After Du Ying of Chu State was defeated by the Qin army, Qu Yuan sank into the Miluo River and died a heroic death.
Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in Chinese history, the founder of Chinese romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of Chu Ci. He created Vanilla Beauty and is known as the ancestor of Ci and Fu in China. The ancestor of poetry. Qu Yuan's works show that Chinese poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to individual originality. His major works include "Nine Songs of Li Sao" and "Nine Chapters of Tianwen". The Songs of Chu, together with Qu Yuan's works as the main body, are one of the sources of Chinese romantic literature. It is also known as Saoyi Shijing and has a profound influence on later generations of poetry.
In 1953, on the occasion of the 2230th anniversary of Qu Yuan’s birth, the World Peace Council passed a resolution identifying Qu Yuan as one of the four world cultural celebrities commemorated that year.