Qu Yuan lived in a declining era of Chu State. Chu Huaiwang, the monarch at that time, attached great importance to him and appointed him as the left. His participation in discussing internal affairs and diplomacy caused his colleague, Doctor Shangguan, to be jealous of him and often spoke ill of Qu Yuan in front of Wang Huai. Over time, Qu Yuan lost the trust of Wang Huai, was demoted to a doctor, and became an idle official who only cared about religious sacrifices.

Qu Yuan strongly opposed Qin Chu's joint struggle against Qi. However, Chu Huaiwang, who was headstrong, did not listen to Qu Yuan's advice and disqualified him from participating in politics. A few years later, Qin attacked Chu with a backhand, and Chu was defeated repeatedly. In order to unite the State of Qin, Chu Huaiwang also used Qu Yuan as an envoy to the State of Qi.

However, when Qu Yuan arrived in Chu State, Zhang Yi took the opportunity to come to Chu State again and show his talents. The fatuous one, egged on by the traitors, married Qin again, and Qu Yuan's efforts were destroyed. He was deceived to the State of Qin in 299 BC and died in the State of Qin. After Xiang Wang succeeded to the throne, some traitors falsely accused Qu Yuan of wrong country and were exiled for more than ten years.

He wrote many tragic poems with the heart of worrying about the country and the people.

At the age of 62 (278 BC), I was extremely indignant when I saw that the capital Ying was attacked by the State of Qin. On the fifth day of May, he died in tears in Luojiang.