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Dragon Boat Festival and the Story of Patriotic Poet Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan (340- 278 BC) was originally named Ping. Founder and representative writer of Chu Ci. Qu Yuan was a great romantic patriotic poet in ancient China. He is a nobleman of Chu. In his early years, Chu Huaiwang trusted him as a leftist. Advocate the formulation of laws and regulations, selection of talents, and joint efforts to resist Qin.

Later, it was rejected by the nobility and was not reused. He was exiled to Hanbei and Jiangnan, and finally sank into the Miluo River. His works include Li Sao, Tian Wen and Nine Chapters and Nine Songs. Qu Yuan, who lost in the political struggle, put his loyalty and resentment into his poetry creation, thus achieving great success. Qu Yuan's poems, together with his noble personality, have already turned into a star in the night sky of human history, which warms our hearts forever in the endless night.

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Qu Yuan's life: Qu Yuan is an important minister of Chu State. In his early years, as a leftist, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang and advocated that Chu and Qi should unite against Qin. With the efforts of Qu Yuan, the national strength of Chu State has been enhanced. However, due to Qu Yuan's honest and frank personality and the slander and rejection of others, Qu Yuan was gradually alienated by Chu Huaiwang. In the twenty-fourth year of Wang Huai, Qu Yuan was expelled from the capital and lived in the Northern Han Dynasty. Later, he was called back. Thirty years after Wang Huai, Chu Huaiwang refused to listen to Qu Yuan's dissuasion, insisted on entering Qin, was detained, and died in Qin. After King Xiang of Chu ascended the throne, Chu Qing was ignorant, listened to Yin's slanderers and expelled Qu Yuan again.

In the first 278 years, Qin Jun went south to attack the Chu capital, Ying capital, and Qu Yuan died in despair and grief.

Baidu Encyclopedia-The Story of Qu Yuan