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Why did Qu Yuan throw himself into the river?
Qu Yuan is definitely a big celebrity in our country. Everyone knows him from a three-year-old boy to an octogenarian. After all, our country has set up a special festival, Dragon Boat Festival, to commemorate him.

Dramatic photos of Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan's background is not ordinary hardship, on the contrary, he is an aristocrat.

But God is always fair. Having such an excellent family background will definitely set some obstacles for you in other places. Qu Yuan devoted his life to serving the motherland and made contributions to today's powerful country, but he also did a lot of current affairs for the country and the people. But since ancient times, the power struggle in the imperial court has been fierce, which can accommodate such people. Therefore, when Qu Yuan was an official in the imperial court, he was always excluded by other groups, disliked by the emperor and exiled. This is really a depressing thing.

Of course, Qu Yuan was also a romantic poet. Generally speaking, if a real scholar is an official, most of them are frustrated, but there are also many excellent works left behind. He pinned his lifelong ambition and dissatisfaction on poetry. Even in exile, a fisherman once advised him, why should he always live his own life, why not live an easy life? However, the literati spirit in Qu Ping's bones is determined not to allow himself to compromise with the world, which is one of the reasons why he chose to throw himself into the river when the country perished.

Because of his integrity, later generations chose the Dragon Boat Festival as the day when he threw himself into the river to commemorate him.

Qu Yuan threw ginger.

At the end of the Warring States period, Qin was so powerful that the six countries had to unite against Qin. At that time, the monarch of Chu State was Chu Huaiwang, who highly valued San Lv Quyuan, a famous doctor of Chu State.

Quyuantou Jiang Tu

Qu Yuan is a famous patriotic poet and outstanding politician in the history of our country. During the period of being valued, he actively displayed his political talents and joined forces with Qi to fight against Qin, making Chu stronger than the six countries for a period of time. However, his Excellence was envied by officials and other traitors, and Qu Yuan was repeatedly excluded. Chu Huaiwang listened to rumors and no longer trusted Qu Yuan. After that, the Qi-Chu Alliance disintegrated. Seeing the disintegration of the alliance established by himself, Qu Yuan was very sad and lamented that the prosperity of Chu was not long. After Chu Huaiwang's death, King Xiang of Chu succeeded to the throne, but he still didn't reuse Qu Yuan. After the villain entered the customs, King Xiang of Chu exiled Qu Yuan to the south of the Yangtze River.

In 278 years before Park, Qin Chaochen attacked Chu and broke the capital of Chu.

On May 5th, Qu Yuan came to the north bank of Miluo River with long hair, unhappy and haggard. A fisherman recognized the man in front of him as Qu Yuan, a doctor in San Lv, and asked him why he was here. Tell the fisherman Qu Yuan that he was exiled here. The fisherman inspired him. Since the world is in a muddle, go with the flow, as long as you keep a noble quality in your heart. Qu Yuan said in despair, "How can I let my noble soul suffer from dirt and dust? I'd rather be buried in the belly of a fish. " So he threw himself into the Miluo River and died for his country. In order to commemorate him, people set the fifth day of May as the Dragon Boat Festival every year.

Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit made him loved by the people of Chu. Qu Yuan's spirit of sticking to the truth and not colluding with others is also worth learning.

Why did Qu Yuan jump into the river?

Today, people can eat zongzi on the fifth day of May every year, thanks to Qu Yuan's contribution to celebrating this festival. When Qu Yuan jumped into the Miluo River, he must have never thought that people today would miss him so much.

Qu Yuan in Yue Opera

1. Die for your country. At that time, Qin was particularly powerful, and the capital of Chu was captured by Qin. Qu Yuan felt that his country was dying. As a person with strong feelings for Chu, Qu Yuan didn't want to see this happen with his own eyes, so he threw himself into the Miluo River.

2. Die for perfection. Qu Yuan's personality is straightforward and his politics is dark and cruel. Qu Yuan found that under the leadership of a king like Chu Huaiwang and with the cooperation of incompetent colleagues who worked hard for their own affairs, his political ambitions could not be realized. What Qu Yuan wants is a "monarch", a "king of philosophy" and a colleague who can really make contributions to the people. But the naked reality woke him up again and again, and he finally threw himself into the river.

3. Died to save Wang Xiang. This is a novel statement. It originated from a folklore: After the death of Chu Huaiwang, Chu became vulnerable. At that time, the State of Qin often invaded Chu and eventually occupied Ying Du. In the process of being hunted by Qin, I thought of Qu Yuan, who was fragrant by the Miluo River, and wanted to ask him if there was any way to regain the battle and revive Chu. However, Qin Jun followed suit after learning what Wang Xiang thought. Qu Yuan was the king of Xiang, so he exchanged clothes with him, jumped into the Miluo River in front of Qin Jun and was saved.

Generally speaking, whatever the reason, Qu Yuan had to throw himself into the river out of despair or out of his just personality.