Qu Yuan's Position in the History of Poetry

Qu Yuan is the earliest and most influential patriotic poet in the history of China's poetry.

Qu Yuan-Character

Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a native of Chu in the Warring States Period, was named Mi, Qu, Ping and Yuan. "Li Sao" says: "The name is right and the word is elegant." Chu Danyang (now Xixia in Henan Province or Zigui in Hubei Province) was the earliest romantic poet in China, the descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Xiong Shan in Chu Wuwang, and the first great patriotic poet in the history of China literature. His appearance marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to solo.