Qu Yuan (about 340 BC - 278 BC), a poet and politician of the Chu State during the Warring States Period. Born in Danyang, the country of Chu (now Yichang, Hubei).
屈原（约公元前340—公元前278年），中国战国时期楚国诗人、政治家。出生于楚国丹阳秭归（今湖北宜昌）。
The descendants of Qu Wu Wang Xiongtong's son. When I was a teenager, I was well educated. In the early years, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang, and he served as a left-winger and a three-time doctor. He also took charge of internal affairs and diplomacy.
楚武王熊通之子屈瑕的后代。少年时受过良好的教育，博闻强识，志向远大。早年受楚怀王信任，任左徒、三闾大夫，兼管内政外交大事。
Advocating "American politics", advocating for the internal ethics, cultivating the law, and external forces to fight against Qin. Due to the exclusion of the nobility, it was exiled to the Hanbei and Xiaoxiang river basins. After being attacked by the Qin army, the Chu State was self-sinking in the Luo River and taking advantage of the country.
提倡“美政”，主张对内举贤任能，修明法度，对外力主联齐抗秦。因遭贵族排挤诽谤，被先后流放至汉北和沅湘流域。楚国郢都被秦军攻破后，自沉于汨罗江，以身殉国。
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屈原是中国历史上第一位伟大的爱国诗人，中国浪漫主义文学的奠基人，“楚辞”的创立者和代表作家，开辟了“香草美人”的传统，被誉为“辞赋之祖”“中华诗祖”。屈原作品的出现，标志着中国诗歌进入了一个由集体歌唱到个人独创的新时代。
其主要作品有《离骚》《九歌》《九章》《天问》等。以屈原作品为主体的《楚辞》是中国浪漫主义文学的源头之一，与《诗经》并称“风骚”，对后世诗歌产生了深远影响。
屈原创立了“楚辞”这种文体（也称“骚体”），被誉为“衣被词人，非一代也”。
Qu Yuan (340 BC ~ 278 BC), were flat, was born in Chu nobility. At first he was the grandson of popular trust, only the officials had left to do, he advocated internal improvements, joint Gang Qin Qi. However, the grandson of the Yoshitada sub pepper, Shangguan doctor Jin Shang and his Chongfeizhengxiu and others, due to the state of Qin envoy Zhang Yi of bribery, not only to stop to accept the King of Chu Yuan's views, and so alienated the King of Chu Qu Yuan. Results grandson was lured to the state of Qin, a cell death in the state of Qin. Are the throne after King Xiang, Yuan continued to be persecuted, and repeatedly suffered exile. 278 BC, the Qin general Bai Qi troops in the south, defeated the Chu Guoguo all,
Qu Yuan on the future of despair, cast in the same year on May 5 Miluo a river.
Although the political life of Qu Yuan was a tragedy, but as a poet, he left behind a "Lament" and "Heaven" and more than 20 articles immortal poem. These are the precious treasures of Chinese literature heritage.
"Lament" is the most mature works of Qu Yuan, is the most ambitious of an ancient Chinese lyric poetry. First half is a realistic narrative, writing his political ideals and experience improved. The latter part of adding a lot of strange fantasies, his wind, rain, thunder, electricity, cloud, month, and accompanied by the Phoenix and Dragon in the sky, soar, the world is the ideal way to pursue his object, the result is disappointment .
Poet to natural phenomena, historical figures, legends intermixed into one, the romantic art of weaving a magnificent image, has reached a high ideological and artistic combination. Lu Xun praised Qu Yuan: "Wei Yi ring speech, I of transcendence."
"Heaven" is a strange poem. This is in exile Qu Yuan after the anxious depression, mental instability from an intense, total collapse of the old beliefs, so for natural phenomena, ancient heritage press, religion and the traditional thinking of society have had a doubt, so given all the questions. Through the questions, enjoy venting the political life of the poet's contradictions and depression.
离骚 Nine songs
Qu Yuan (approximately first 340 ~ approximately previous 278 years), when Warring States Chu country statesmen, our country's big poets. Unevenness, character original, also from the cloud famous regular, the character works, family background Chu country aristocrat. Initially assists the bosom king, is the excessively leftist person, official in charge of the three estates. Advocated the Changming law, lifts virtuous giving energy, east association 齐国, west anti- strong Qin. Because suffers the expensive clan nephews to be blue (bosom Wang Youdi), after south Zheng Xiu calumniates noes longer in office. Just now assists when the king sends into exile, latter because of the Chu country political corruption, the country all ying breaks through for the Qin soldier, then throws Miluo river but to die. Does "离骚", "Nine Chapters" and so on, stated repeatedly his politics advocated, the exposition reactionary aristocrat stupid is decayed, removes the capable all sorts of crimes. He in the absorption folk literature art nutrition foundation, creates lisao style this new form, by the exquisite language, the rich imagination, the dissolve myth fable, portrays the bright image, the rich positive romanticism spirit, affects very in a big way to the later generation. "Han History Literary arts Will" the description "Qu Yuan Bestows on" 25, its book for a long time is lost, the descendant sees the Qu Yuan work, all stems from "Chu elegies" which Liu Xiang edits.
As a great poet in ancient China,Qu Yuan was extremely knowledgeable.
After the captial of Chu was conquered by the Qin army,angry and desperate,Qu Yuan drowned himself in Miluo River.
Legend has it that the day QuYuan drowned himself was May 5th on China's lunar calender. To commemorate QuYuan,on that day each year ,people hold dragon - boat racing and eat rice dumplings.
Adopting the form of folk ballad,QuYuan created a new poetic form called "the songs of Chu" in Chu dialect.
Qu yuan wrote many wonderful poems,among which Li Sao is the most famous.