Qu Yuan was a poet and politician of Chu State in China during the Warring States Period. He used his life to cast immortal poems, expressing his deep affection for the motherland and ardent expectations for the future of the nation. Li Sao, his masterpiece, is an outstanding lyric poem in the history of China ancient literature, and is known as the "source of romanticism", which has a far-reaching influence on the development of China literature. In his poems, Qu Yuan showed his loyalty to Chu and his love for the motherland, and also exposed the reality of political corruption and social darkness at that time, calling on people to pursue truth, justice and freedom. Its patriotism and national pride inspired later poets and intellectuals and became an important part of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.