Qu Yuan (340 BC-278 BC) was a poet, politician and thinker of Chu in the Warring States Period. Mi surname, Qu family, human, the word is native; Since the cloud name is regular, the spirit word is even. Born in Danyang, Chu about 340 BC, he is a descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Xiong Tong. He was born into a noble family in Chu and received a good education when he was a teenager. He is knowledgeable and ambitious.

Qu Yuan is the first great patriotic poet in the history of China and the founder of China's romantic literature. He is known as "the ancestor of China's poetry" and "the ancestor of Ci Fu". He is the founder and representative author of Chu Ci, which started the tradition of "vanilla beauty". The appearance of Qu Yuan marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from collective singing to individual originality. He was called "the soul of poetry" by later generations.

Qu Yuan is also an important politician in Chu State. In his early years, he was deeply trusted by Chu Huaiwang. He served as a Zuotu and a doctor in San Lv, and was also in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs. After Wuqi, another advocate of political reform in Chu was Qu Yuan. He advocated "American politics", promoting and appointing talents internally, perfecting statutes and uniting external forces to resist Qin. Slashed by nobles, he was exiled to Hanbei and Yuanxiang Valley.

In 278 BC, General Qin attacked Du Ying (now Jiangling, Hubei Province) of Chu State in vain, and Qu Yuan was both sad and angry. Shi Huai sank into the Miluo River and died. 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.

At first, he was highly valued by the king and supported by important officials. He is full of enthusiasm and blood, waiting for his country. An open conversation with Zhaoyang paved the way for Qu Yuan's seemingly bright future.

Zhao Yang, Ling Yin of Chu State, is a typical powerful minister. As the Ling Yin of Chu State, he has the consideration of the country in mind. But as a representative of the clan, he has stubborn clan selfishness. On the one hand, I don't want Chu's reform to hurt the interests of the public. On the other hand, seeing the prosperity brought by Shang Yang's political reform to Qin, I know the benefits brought by the political reform to my country. As he grew older, he gradually felt that the part of his heart that belonged to the Chu people was more than that of the Zhao family.

Zhaoyang's many years of official career honed his smooth and skillful experience, and he knew that the reform would definitely touch the clan interests including himself. Without reform, Chu can only sit idly by and watch Qin's power without any countermeasures. He hinted that Qu Yuan would be isolated if he did not care about clan rights and blindly carried out reforms. Therefore, reform is necessary, but it must be done slowly to achieve a balance among all parties, and it can only be supported by the majority.

Yin Zhaoyang, the old commander-in-chief, took a fancy to Qu Yuan's talent and thought that he was a reliable man with rare earnest qualities, hoping to help him quietly carry out political reform in Chu. On the other hand, the wily Zhaoyang knows more about Qu Yuan's humanity and wants to instill his ruling experience in Qu Yuan, hoping that he, as his successor, will take care of both public and private affairs in the future. The following experience of power is Zhao Yang's guidance to Qu Yuan, and it is also a beating. Even now, it is not out of date.

"Governance, if cooked small and fresh. The most important thing is temperature, which is balance. If you want to achieve something, you can't fight alone, but convince others to stand with you. You must remember that the most important thing to stand in court is not to do things, but to be a man, make more friends, make fewer enemies and benefit others. If you can get the support of most courtiers, then whatever you do is easy to succeed, otherwise you will fail everywhere. " (Excerpted from Chapter 10, Volume I of The Legend of Mi Yue)

At this moment, Qu Yuan will not understand Zhaoyang's good intentions. He is a new leftist. This position is a move for Chu to take over Lingyin in the future. At the same time, Qu Yuan, as the teacher of the prince, undertakes the important task of cultivating future heirs. He knew that the burden on his shoulders was heavy, and he wanted to do something to realize Chu's ambition of being the best in the world. He also knew the difficulty of reform, but he said to Zhaoyang, "If courtiers are corrupt and incompetent, will they sit back and watch?" Hearing Qu Yuan's straightforward answer, Zhaoyang could only sigh helplessly: "This country is home, and home is the country. Political reform is a matter of state affairs, and it is a matter of the Mi family ... "(from Chapter 10, Volume I of The Legend of Mi Yue).

Seeing this passage, the author can't help but think of the heartfelt words of Jiang and his son in the great cause of the founding of the People's Republic of China: "No reform, national subjugation, reform, and party subjugation." Well, actually, history is all modern history, right?

Demotion and exile

Next, because Qin became stronger and stronger, it repeatedly provoked wars over the years, and the nature of the tiger and the wolf had already made all countries dissatisfied. For the sake of Chu, Qu Yuan was determined to send envoys to other countries, reach a vertical alliance with other countries, and join forces to deal with Qin. The kings of Chu, Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei and Han joined forces in Du Ying, the capital of Chu, and decided that Chu would be the joint leader to join forces with Hanguguan. At this time, Qu Yuan was highly valued by Chu Huaiwang and was in charge of internal affairs and foreign affairs. It was his mission to other countries that contributed to the situation that the six countries were about to unite.

However, the Tiger and Wolf Qin will not unite the six countries. The book describes the king of Qin sneaking into Chu and undermining the six-nation alliance. The descriptions of the in-laws of Qin Wang and Chu Fei, Wei Meiren's tragic death in Chu Palace, Zhang Yi's disagreement with Zhaoyang, and his brother Jin Shang's lobbying for Dr. Chu all laid the groundwork for the bankruptcy of He Zongji.

Finally, at the great dynasty meeting, the ministers of Chu had a heated debate on whether the six countries should unite against Qin or Qin. At this time, Qu Yuan drew up twelve policies of the New Deal, and dreamt with longing that Chu's territory was bigger than Qin's, its foundation was deeper than Qin's, and there were more talents than Qin's. If the New Deal can be implemented, it will surely dominate all localities. Who knows that Dr. Jin Shang, who had already been bribed by the envoys of Qin State, jumped out to oppose the alliance of the six countries and gave a seemingly reasonable reason. The cunning Shanxi merchants visited Zhaoyang as early as the night before and persuaded them on the grounds of clan interests and national danger. After all, Zhaoyang is a great teacher, and even if he is willing to promote political reform, it is difficult to make up his mind to change his life. In court, he acquiesced in the status quo and gave up his private agreement with Qu Yuan. Chu Huaiwang also tends to form an alliance with Qin. At this moment, Qu Yuan turned from anger to disappointment, and his heart sank into the icehouse. How sour it is to be abandoned by the allies. They stood far away and looked at each other. Qu Yuan's heart was full of doubts, but he was unable to turn back. He can only ask Zhaoyang a silent question with puzzled and sad eyes. From this moment on, two generations of famous ministers who agreed to work together to implement the New Deal parted ways. The temple is only a few feet away and has become a ravine. (Excerpted from Chapter 8, Volume II of The Legend of Mi Yue)

Subsequently, the envoys of the five countries left Du Ying under an excuse, and the trend of the six countries' alliance finally failed. The trust barrier between Qu Yuan and Chu Huaiwang is also disappearing bit by bit. The six-nation alliance ceased to exist, and Qu Yuan was moved to San Lv to be a doctor. He seems to be in charge of the imperial clan in a respected position, but he was promoted from the daily affairs of state affairs, and there is no possibility of promoting your Yin. The New Deal also ran aground.

Qin is very happy about this. In order to prevent the resurgence of the trend of unity, the State of Qin sent Zhang Yi to the State of Chu to lobby. Zhang Yi successfully eliminated the possibility of Qi-Chu alliance with his eloquent eloquence. (See Chapter 2, Volume 3 of The Legend of Mi Yue for details. )

Later, the king of Chu knew that he had been taken in by Zhang Yi and became angry from embarrassment. He sent his troops to attack Qin. In the battle of Danyang, Gui Liji led the troops, captured more than 70 Chu troops, beheaded eight Wan Chu troops and lost Hanzhong County. Chu Huaiwang thought of Qu Yuan and asked him to rebuild Qi and Chu. Under the provocation of Zhang Yi, the relationship between Qi and Chu broke down again.

Recall on demand

Chu gradually lost credibility among the nations, and Qin Chu became the "Yellow Thorn Alliance". Chu State was completely embraced by Qin State, and Qu Yuan was ruthlessly expelled from the capital and exiled to the Northern Han Dynasty.

In 302 BC, the King of Chu, who went to the State of Qin as a hostage, fled back to China privately under the intentional design of the State of Qin (see Chapter 13, Volume 6 of The Legend of Mi Yue for details). In the name of the private escape of the king of Chu, the State of Qin tore up the Qin Chu contract and joined forces with Qi, Han and Wei to jointly attack Chu and capture its heavy hills. The following year, Hua Yangjun led the troops to attack Chu, and then fell into Xiangcheng, where the scenery was lacking and he was beheaded by 30,000 people. After that, it captured eight cities of Chu. Chu is on the verge of a full-scale crisis.

Chu Huaiwang listened to the bewitch of his favorite concubine Zheng Xiu, Shangguan doctor Jin Shang and others. In order not to fight with Qin, he planned to go to Meng Hui of Qin again. In the book, Huang Xie, a disciple of Qu Yuan, invited Yin Zhaoyang, an old magistrate, to surrender, and even chased him to the river in person, which is beyond our reach (see Chapter 13, Volume 6 of The Legend of Mi Yue for details). Chu Huaiwang didn't listen to advice and insisted on going, only to find that he didn't come back. As soon as Wu Guan met, he was detained in Qin. When Chu was leaderless, Qin took Leitian as the left matriarch, and together with Sima Cuo, quickly launched an attack on Chu. The unprepared Chu state was completely defeated. Leitian beheaded five Wan Chu armies and took sixteen cities, and the political situation of Chu was facing collapse.

Zhaoyang finally realized that Tang Chao was controlled by a group of traitors, so he recalled the exiled Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan made a decisive decision and advocated setting up another monarch, reorganizing military forces and confronting the State of Qin. Zhaoyang was also extremely remorseful and apologized to Qu Yuan. He said: "I was too selfish and greedy for power, so I made Shanxi merchants a big shot, while Zheng Xiu was unscrupulous and pushed Qu Zi out. Unexpectedly, however, it turned out to be a tiger, which caused a great curse to Chu today! Qu Zi, I invite you back now. I'm sorry, when I face you ... "(from Chapter 15, Volume VI of The Legend of Mi Yue) At this point, Qu Yuan and Zhaoyang finally reached a political understanding, and their image was further sublimated.

In the face of the strong attack of Qin, Qu Yuan spared no expense in the internal affairs, ordered Chen Bing to cross the border and cross-link other countries, and wanted to force Qin to hand over the king of Chu, so the Qin people attacked Chu, which was unsuccessful for a while.