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.

In his early years, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang as Zuotu, and 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. Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in the history of China and the founder of China's romantic literature.

The founder and representative author of Songs of the South initiated the tradition of "vanilla beauty" and was praised as "the ancestor of China's poetry" and "the ancestor of Ci". 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. Chu Ci, with Qu Yuan's works as the main body, is one of the sources of China's romantic literature, and it is also called "coquettish" with the Book of Songs, which has a far-reaching influence on later poetry.

1953, on the occasion of the 2230th 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.

The life of characters in Qu Yuan's novels;

On the seventh day of the first month in the 29th year of Zhou Xianwang (340 BC) and the 14th day of the first month in the 30th year of Zhou Xianwang (339 BC), Qu Yuan was born in Zigui, Danyang, Chu. The following year, Julepingli.

In the thirty-ninth year of Zhou Xianwang (the first 330 years), Qu Yuan lived in Lepingli. I was addicted to books since I was a child and read a lot of miscellaneous books. "Reading in Cave" and "Bashan Yelao Jiaojing" should be in this year.

Zhou Xianwang lived in Leping for forty years (the first 329 years). Although Qu Yuan was born in a noble family, he was very sympathetic to the poor because he lived among the people and was influenced by his family. Since then, at a young age, he has done a lot of good things that sympathize with the people and won unanimous praise.