Qu Yuan's position in history

Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in Chinese history, the founder of Chinese Romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of "Chu Rhetoric", opened up the tradition of "Vanilla Beauty", and is known as the "ancestor of rhetoric" and "ancestor of Chinese poetry". The founder and representative writer of "Chu Rhetoric", he opened up the tradition of "Herb and Beauty", and was regarded as the "Ancestor of Rhetoric" and "Ancestor of Chinese Poetry". The emergence of Qu Yuan's works marked the beginning of a new era in Chinese poetry, from collective singing to individual creativity.

His major works include Li Sao, Nine Songs, Nine Chapters, and Heavenly Questions. The Chushu, which is based on Qu Yuan's works, is one of the sources of Chinese Romantic literature, and together with the Poetry Scriptures it is known as "Fengshou," which has had a far-reaching influence on later generations of poetry.

In 1953, on the occasion of the 2,230th anniversary of Qu Yuan's death, the World Peace Council adopted a resolution identifying Qu Yuan as one of the world's four great cultural figures to be honored that year.

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Qu Yuan had a sober understanding of the finiteness of life, and used the word "fear" many times in his Li Sao. Years in a hurry, Qu Yuan eager to build a career as soon as possible, which is not only a kind of self-motivation and incentive, but also a kind of responsibility and commitment.

"Bubbling Yu will be less than Ruoxi, fear of the years of my with" "the old Ran Ran will come to Ruoxi, fear of repairing the name of the unestablished", Wang Yi said: "I think the life of the year bubbling away, sincere desire to assist the king, the heart of the draw, often as less than.

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And I am afraid that the years will pass by, and I will not be able to treat them with me, but I will be old and senile." In Li Sao, the word "and" is also used in many sentences, such as "and the age of the year is not yet calm Ruoxi, the time is also like its not yet centralized" and "and the remaining decoration of the square strong Ruoxi, circumference flow观乎上下", to express the grasp of time to actively forge ahead. The mindset of the

Qu Yuan often used the phrase "morning" and "evening" to express the mentality that time is of the essence. Li Sao" says, "The morning breeds in Cangwu, and the evening is to the county garden", "The morning breeds in Tianjin, and the evening is to the west pole", "Xiang Jun" says, "The morning gallops to Jianggao, and the evening represses the festival, and the evening is to the north islet", and "Lady Xiang" says, "The morning gallops to Jianggao, and the evening represses the festival, and the evening is to the north islet". The "Lady Xiang" says, "Ride your horse to Jianggao, and then go to the west shore".

"Shibu Jiang" says, "The poet's wish is to be sent in vain islet, and to stay in Cinyang at night. The poet hopes to take advantage of his youth to assist the king to embark on the right path, between the lines of the words exudes a burning sense of life anxiety. The dimness of real politics made Qu Yuan look back to the past. The Li Sao says: "Ride the piebald steed to gallop, and come to our path first!" "Suddenly running to successive Ruoxi, and the former king's heel Wu."

Qu Yuan's concern for the passage of time is also reflected in his descriptions of the beauty of the seasons, such as "Huaisha," which says, "Monstrous Meng Xia Ruoxi, the grass and trees are reckless. Hurt feelings of eternal sadness, Feedback Southland." The summer is lush and vigorous, but the description of the torrential flow of water indicates that the poet feels more y the time is gone, as well as the misery of being relegated to exile.

The "Shao Shi Ming" says: "Autumn orchids are barren, and Luo Sheng is under the hall. The green leaves and vegetative branches of the orchid are so fragrant that they attack you. Lady has her own Ruoxi beautiful son, Sun why Ruoxi sad?" The autumn in Qu Yuan's writing, although the grass is luxuriant, fragrant, but lingering melancholy, aesthetics contains a hint of coolness.

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