Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), a native of Chu in the Warring States Period, was named Mi, Qushi, Ren, the original word, single line; "Li Sao" says: "The name is right and the word is elegant." Born in Chu Danyang (now Yichang City, Hubei Province), Qu Yuan is a descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Xiong Tong, and a disseminator of the study of Huang Lao. Qu Yuan is the earliest romantic poet in China and the first great patriotic poet in the history of China literature. His appearance marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to solo.
Qu Yuan is the founder and representative writer of Songs of the South, and also created the tradition of "vanilla beauty". Qu Yuan is also a politician. He worked as a doctor in San Lv and was a leftist in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs. After Wuqi, another advocate of political reform in Chu was Qu Yuan. He advocated using talents internally, cultivating statutes, and uniting external forces against Qin. Later, he was exiled to the Yuan Xianghe Valley because he was excluded by the nobles.
1953 is the 2230th anniversary of Qu Yuan's death. The World Peace Council adopted a resolution to identify Qu Yuan as one of the four world cultural celebrities commemorated that year.