Qu Yuan (about 340 BC - 278 BC), a poet and politician of the Chu State during the Warring States Period. Born in Danyang, the country of Chu (now Yichang, Hubei).?
屈原（約公元前340—公元前278年），中國戰國時期楚國詩人、政治家。出生於楚國丹陽秭歸（今湖北宜昌）。
The descendants of Qu Wu Wang Xiongtong's son. When I was a teenager, I was well educated. In the early years, he was trusted by Chu Huaiwang, and he served as a left-winger and a three-time doctor. He also took charge of internal affairs and diplomacy.?楚武王熊通之子屈瑕的後代。少年時受過良好的教育，博聞強識，誌向遠大。早年受楚懷王信任，任左徒、三閭大夫，兼管內政外交大事。
Advocating "American politics", advocating for the internal ethics, cultivating the law, and external forces to fight against Qin. Due to the exclusion of the nobility, it was exiled to the Hanbei and Xiaoxiang river basins. After being attacked by the Qin army, the Chu State was self-sinking in the Luo River and taking advantage of the country. 提倡“美政”，主張對內舉賢任能，修明法度，對外力主聯齊抗秦。因遭貴族排擠誹謗，被先後流放至漢北和沅湘流域。楚國郢都被秦軍攻破後，自沈於汨羅江，以身殉國。擴展資料：
屈原是中國歷史上第壹位偉大的愛國詩人，中國浪漫主義文學的奠基人，“楚辭”的創立者和代表作家，開辟了“香草美人”的傳統，被譽為“辭賦之祖”“中華詩祖”。屈原作品的出現，標誌著中國詩歌進入了壹個由集體歌唱到個人獨創的新時代。
其主要作品有《離騷》《九歌》《九章》《天問》等。以屈原作品為主體的《楚辭》是中國浪漫主義文學的源頭之壹，與《詩經》並稱“風騷”，對後世詩歌產生了深遠影響。
屈原創立了“楚辭”這種文體（也稱“騷體”），被譽為“衣被詞人，非壹代也”。