Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan
Portrait o Qu Yuan bi Chen Hongshou (17t century)
Born	c. 340 BC State o Chu, in modren Hubei, China
Dee'd	278 BC Miluo River
Thrift	Poet, govrenment meenister

Qu Yuan
"Qu Yuan" in auncient seal script (tap) an regular (bottom) Cheenese chairacters
Cheenese	屈原
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qū Yuán Wade–Giles Ch'ü1 Yüan2 IPA [tɕʰý ɥɛ̌n] Gwoyeu Romatzyh Chiu Yuan Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wat1 Jyun4 Yale Romanization Wāt Yùhn Soothren Min Tâi-lô Khut Guân Auld Cheenese Baxter-Sagart *kʰut N-ɢʷar

Qu Yuan (c. 340–278 BC) wis a Cheenese poet an meenister wha lived during the Warrin States period o auncient Cheenae. He is kent for his patriotism an contreibutions tae clessical poetry an verses, especially throu the poems o the Chu Ci anthology (an aa kent as The Sangs o the Sooth or Sangs o Chu): a volume o poems attributit tae or conseedert tae be inspired bi his verse writin. Thegither wi the Shi Jing, the Chu Ci is ane o the twa great collections o auncient Cheenese verse. He is an aa remembered as the supposed origin o the Dragon Boat Festival.