It is said that the times create heroes, and at the same time, the times will also achieve talents and beauty.
Many of the traditional festivals in our country are handed down from ancient times or specially set up to commemorate a person who has made a special contribution in history. For example, the traditional "Dragon Boat Festival".
From the perspective of historical evolution, the Dragon Boat Festival evolved from the custom of "sacrificing dragons" in ancient times, which is a kind of ancient primitive working people's worship of natural celestial phenomena, the so-called "Midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, flying dragons in the sky".
The Dragon Boat Festival is not only celebrated in China, but is a traditional festival that commemorates most countries with popular Chinese and Chinese character cultures. Later, in the Warring States period, Qu Yuan of the Chu State committed suicide by throwing himself into the river on this day, so the Dragon Boat Festival is a memorial to Qu Yuan, and it is widely circulated. In 1953, Qu Yuan became one of the world's four cultural celebrities commemorated that year.
But have we ever thought about why we always miss Qu Yuan? For Qu Yuan's death, is it a failure as a politician, or a fulfillment for a great poet? Maybe after reading these words, we can understand.
Qu yuan
Qu Yuan is a very typical representative of patriotic poets, the founder of Chinese romantic literature, and is known as the "ancestor of Chu Ci". He is also a politician.
Qu was originally a nobleman of the Chu state, extending the Qu clan. Because of his family's good fortune, Qu Yuan received a very good education when he was a child, and he lived with the people for a long time, so he was very sympathetic to the ordinary people who lived hard.
Qu Yuan likes to read very much, and does not care about the type of book, almost anything can be seen, combined with the real situation, some of the articles in the book are very touched, just like the "sentimentality" of the characters and stories in the book.
In 329 BC, Qu Yuan was only more than ten years old, but he had already learned to do things among the people, so his reputation in the folk was very good. By 317 BC, the twenty-two-year-old Qu Yi began to carry out reforms in order to be trusted by King Huai of Chu, revised many laws and regulations, touched the interests of some old nobles and conservative forces of the old faction, and various struggles between the two sides occurred frequently, and finally affected the development situation of the entire Chu state, and some old nobles faced the threat of life and death.
Therefore, many of the old nobles and diehards had a grudge against Qu Yuan. Around 314 BC, Shangguan Dafu slandered Qu Yuan with slander, and the official was demoted to the rank of Sanlu Dafu.
The Fall of the Chu Kingdom
In 313 BC, Zhang Yi of the State of Qin destroyed the alliance between the two states of Qi and Chu, and the "Battle of Danyang" broke out, and the State of Chu xing attacked Qin, which in turn caused the fall of Hanzhong County; again and again, but still failed. Therefore, King Huai of Chu went to Qu Yuan, hoping that he could send an envoy to the State of Qi and promote a new alliance between the two countries.
During qu Yuan's time to envoy the State of Qi, King Huai of Chu exchanged Zhang Yi for the alliance of the State of Qin, which was a good time to take revenge, but because Zhang Yi bribed King Huai of Chu's favor in advance, he was safely returned to the State of Qin. When Qu Yuan returned to the Chu State, he was very puzzled as to why king Huai of Chu did not get rid of Zhang Yi, but instead released the tiger and returned to the mountain, and later sent someone to chase after him and did not catch up.
From here, we can see that Qu Yuan really wanted to do something for the State of Chu, so he risked offending the magnates to implement the change of law and went far away to negotiate with the State of Qi. However, the King of Chu Huai, who was behind him, did not give a strong hand, and in the time of negotiations with the State of Qi, he still had the heart to think about the alliance with the State of Qin, and let Zhang Yi go.
Later, qi guo repaired a letter, hoping to get a clear answer from king Huai of Chu, but he hesitated again, and finally allied with the state of Qi under the advice of Zhao Sui.
At this point, it was considered that the Qin state had been offended. In 298 BC, the State of Qin once again attacked the State of Chu and took away more than a dozen cities and pools of the State of Chu. For this reason, Qu Yuan wandered to northern Han (north of the Han River, which was also the area where the Qin state took the city), and the relations between Qin and Chu were once again relaxed. However, unable to resist the framing of the traitors, Qu Yuan was exiled to the northern Han region, and some countries could not return, so he composed "Nine Chapters and Thoughts".
The capricious State of Chu waited for the attack of the combined forces of Qi, Wei, and Han, and the State of Chu sent his own prince Heng to the State of Qin as a proton to seek reinforcements, but after the victory, Prince Heng killed the Doctor of the State of Qin because of a private fight, and ran back to the State of Chu himself, which completely angered the State of Qin. Later, as long as the State of Qin remembered, it went to attack the State of Chu, resulting in frequent wars in the State of Chu, and Qu Yuan was weak in heart, so he composed "Leaving the Troubles".
When Qu Yuan returned to the Chu state again, what awaited him was that the king of Chu Huai insisted on going to the qin state to attend the meeting, but instead was detained. The crown prince succeeded the king of Chu, refused to cut off the land, and was again forcibly taken by the State of Qin to take sixteen cities. Later, King Huai of Chu died in the State of Qin, and the two countries completely severed diplomatic relations, and Qu Yuan was also exiled to Jiangnan by King Xiang of Qin. As a politician, there is no doubt that Qu Yuan is unable to walk here in the Chu state.
During Qu Yuan's exile, there was constant war between Qin and Chu, and the Chu state was constantly defeated and retreated, constantly ceding land. Later, the Qin general Bai Qi captured the capital city of Ying, and King Xiang led the nobles to abandon the capital and flee.
The best ending
The news of the country's crisis kept coming, but Qu Yuan did not have the ability to change such a situation, as a person who had deep feelings for the country, how could Qu Yuan not suffer?
It is said that "long breath to cover up the snot, mourning the many hardships of the people's livelihood", at this time Qu Yuan lived among the commoners for a long time, and the empathy that could arise between him and the people reflected the deep-seated voice of the people in society, in which the feelings of home and country were overflowing.
He himself had been exiled, the King of Chu was always reluctant to reuse and adopt his own advice, the imperial court was withering day by day, the national war was defeated, and the layers of blows made Qu Yuan extremely depressed. And the king of Xiang abandoned the city and fled, which was undoubtedly the last straw that crushed the camel, and Qu Yuan was desperate.
The kingdom will not be a country, the body will be weak, and it will not be able to return to heaven. Qu Yuan, full of resentment and despair, committed suicide on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar. For Qu Yuan, it was probably the best ending not to see the complete and complete destruction of the Chu state with his own eyes.
It is said that "the road is long and its cultivation is far away, and I will seek it up and down", which is a kind of enlightenment and admonition for modern development, whether it is individuals, society, countries or even the world, do not forget the original intention, forge ahead, rooted in china, in order to go further.
Qu Yuan has been worried about the country all his life, but he has never achieved results, and his patriotism is not only to stay at the top level full of big talk, but also to seek a long way on the basis of the people.
The strong emotions in these literary works are still praised by later generations, and to this day they influence many people, and as a poet, he is successful. Therefore, we are willing to always miss Qu Yuan.