Qu Yuan - the life of the founder of Romantic literature

One night in Danyang, Chu Kingdom, a baby boy was born, and he did not think that his life after that would be so magnificent, and the name of this baby boy was named Qu Yuan at home.

Qu Yuan grew up reading a good book, and there were many miscellaneous, and the "Stone Cave Reading" and the "Bashanye Old Teaching" were also during this period, Qu Yuan was born in the nobility, but lived in poverty, so he did many good things for the benefit of the people.

In Qu Yuan's middle age, Qu Yuan was in a high position at this time, busy with changing the law and reforming, issuing various government decrees, and fighting against the old nobles and all stubborn forces, so it was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the situation in the Chu State changed greatly, and the old nobles faced the fate of collapse.

However, in 314 BC, the king of Chu alienated Qu Yuan because he listened to rumors, and was exiled because he tried to dissuade him from breaking diplomatic relations with the state of Qi, and at this time the plan of the state of Qin was succeeding step by step.

Stamps issued in honor of Qu Yuan

And Qu Yuan's first exile, Qin Chu compounded, contrary to Qu Yuan's plot, there must be adulterers entering the rumors, so Qu Yuan did "Thinking" to express his desire to return.

In the third year after the completion of "Reflections", the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Han attacked the State of Chu, and the King of Chu sent the crown prince as a hostage and asked the State of Qin to send troops to rescue them.

The following year, the Prince of Chu beat Qin Guofu to death in a battle with Qin Guofu, and fled back to Chu for fear of being blamed by the King of Qin, thus worsening the relations between Qin and Chu, which led to a future attack by Qin on The State of Chu; and Qu Yuan hated the villains for entering rumors, so that the untrue words blinded the true information, which the Fangzheng people could not tolerate, so Qu Yuan made "Leaving sorrow" in sorrow.

The State of Qin was not satisfied with the step-by-step concessions and compromises of the State of Chu, so the State of Qin sent Bai Qi to attack step by step, and soon captured the capital, and the King of Chu fled in a panic.

At this time, Qu Yuan was completely desperate and committed suicide by throwing himself into the Luo River on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.

Qu Yuan spent his whole life serving the country and the people, and the "Chu Ci" created by Qu Yuan was called "Tumult" by later generations, Qu Yuan had twenty-five works, and the most famous three were also the representative works of Qu Yuan's three types, namely "Leaving The Sorrow", "Heavenly Question", and "Nine Songs".