Qu Yuan (340-278 BC) was a poet and politician 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 about 340 BC in Danyang, Chu (now Zigui, Hubei), he is a descendant of Qu Xian, the son of Xiong Tong. 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.

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.

His main works are Li Sao, Nine Songs, Nine Chapters and Tian Wen. The Songs of the South written by him is the source of China's romantic literature, and it is also called "Sao" with the Book of Songs, which has a far-reaching influence on later poetry.