Portrait of Qu Yuan by Chen Hongshou (17th century)
Born
c. 339BC State of Chu, in modern-day Zigui County, Hubei, China
Died
278 BC (aged 62) Miluo River
Occupation
Poet, politician
Chinese name
Chinese
屈原
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Qū Yuán
Wade–Giles
Ch'ü1 Yüan2
IPA
[tɕʰý ɥɛ̌n]
Wu
Suzhounese
Chiueh Nyœ́
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Wāt Yùhn
Jyutping
Wat1 Jyun4
IPA
[wɐt̚˥ jyːn˩]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Khut Goân
Tâi-lô
Khut Guân
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*kʰut N-ɢʷar
Qu Yuan (c. 340 BC – 278 BC)[1][2][3] was a Chinese poet and aristocrat in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He is known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry and verses, especially through the poems of the Chu Ci anthology (also known as The Songs of the South or Songs of Chu): a volume of poems attributed to or considered to be inspired by his verse writing. Together with the Shi Jing, the Chu Ci is one of the two greatest collections of ancient Chinese verse. He is also remembered in connection to the supposed origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Historical details about Qu Yuan's life are few, and his authorship of many Chu Ci poems has been questioned at length.[4] However, he is widely accepted to have written "The Lament," a Chu Ci poem. The first known reference to Qu Yuan appears in a poem written in 174 BC by Jia Yi, an official from Luoyang who was slandered by jealous officials and banished to Changsha by Emperor Wen of Han. While traveling, he wrote a poem describing the similar fate of a previous "Qu Yuan."[5] Eighty years later, the first known biography of Qu Yuan's life appeared in Han dynasty historian Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, though it contains a number of contradictory details.[6]
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QuYuan (c. 340 BC – 278 BC) was a Chinese poet and aristocrat in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He is known for his patriotism and...
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the death of QuYuan, a famous poet from the kingdom of Chu who lived during the Warring States period. Known for his patriotism, QuYuan tried to counsel...
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ancient Chinese poem from the anthology Chuci traditionally attributed to QuYuan. Li Sao dates from the 3rd century BCE, during the Chinese Warring States...
in QuYuan's life, mostly in prose, but with a short, incidental verse ascribed to be a quote from QuYuan. The anecdotal story tells of how QuYuan visited...
of Chu. King Huai's historical fame is especially due to the poetry of QuYuan, and other early Classical Chinese poetry, as preserved in the Chu ci:...
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to various places on earth and in heaven. Traditionally attributed to QuYuan, there is little likelihood that he is the actual author, and the imagery...
especially the area of the ancient state of Chu. Of all the poems attributed to QuYuan, "Tianwen" contains more myths than any of the other pieces which may be...
works, the authorship of these 11 poems has been attributed to the poet QuYuan, who lived over two-thousand years ago. Sinologist David Hawkes finds evidence...
[1985]: 222) The authorship of "Summons of the Soul" has been attributed to QuYuan, but Song Yu is more likely. (Hawkes, 2011 [1985]: 223) The "Summons of...
sometimes called The Songs of the South. Traditionally attributed to QuYuan, there is little likelihood that he is the actual author (Hawkes 2011 [1985]:...
Chu in 277 BCE. QuYuan committed suicide in 278 BCE after he was disappointed and could not bear the defeat. The poems from QuYuan are probably derived...
mentioned in the Classic of Mountains and Seas and is a location mentioned by QuYuan in his classic poem Li Sao, one of the Songs of Chu (line 355), which the...
a real event. Song's name has long been put together with QuYuan's as "Qu-Song". QuYuan is known for writing poems with a strong personal voice. Song...
Hawkes as the initiator of the cult of QuYuan as "China's first patriotic poet", writing that, "although QuYuan did not write about the life of the people...
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Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting. Famous poets in this genre include QuYuan, Song Yu, Jia Yi, Wang Yi, Yu Xin, Shen Quanqi, Zhang Yue, Li Bai, Du Fu...
and introduction (2011 [1985]). QuYuan et al., The Songs of the South: An Ancient Chinese Anthology of Poems by QuYuan and Other Poets. London: Penguin...
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