2. Qu Yuan (about 340 BC or 339-278 BC) was a poet and politician of Chu State during the Warring States Period in China. Born in Chu Danyang (now Yichang, Hubei). Mi surname, Qu family, human, the word is native; Since the cloud name is regular, the spirit word is even.

3. In his early years, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang as a Zuotu, and he was also a doctor of San Lv, in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs. Advocate "American politics", advocate improving talents and abilities internally, improve statutes, and unite external forces to resist Qin. Slashed by nobles, he was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley. After General Qin attacked Ying, the capital of Chu State (now Jiangling, Hubei Province), Qu Yuan drowned in the Miluo River and died heroically.

4. Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in the history of China, the founder of China's romantic literature, and the founder and representative author of Chu Ci. He initiated the tradition of "vanilla beauty" and was praised as "the ancestor of China's poetry" and "the ancestor of Ci Fu". The appearance of Qu Yuan marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to individual originality. Qu Yuan's major works include Li Sao, Nine Songs, Nine Chapters and Tian Wen.

5. The Songs of Chu, with Qu Yuan's works as the main body, is one of the sources of China's romantic literature, and it is also called "Sao" with the Book of Songs, which has a far-reaching influence on later poetry.

6. 1953, on the occasion of the 2,230th anniversary of Qu Yuan's death, the World Peace Council passed a resolution to identify Qu Yuan as one of the four cultural celebrities in the world.