Qu Fu made it very clear why Qu Yuan committed suicide in order to follow his own aspirations.

"Li Sao" wrote: "Fu Qingbai is upright to the point of death, and he is solid in the past saints!" It is Fu Fu's insistence on the "innocence" and "uprightness" of his personality, and his unwillingness to compromise and conform to the secular world. Main theme.

In works such as "Li Sao", the poet borrows images such as "fragrant grass", "beauty", "easy to cultivate", "honest and clean" to repeatedly emphasize the preciousness and loveliness of personality beauty, and repeatedly emphasize the importance of it. Have unwavering chastity.

Qu Yuan’s fatal poem "Huaisha" showed no sign of being forced by the situation of national subjugation and no sign of martyrdom for the country. "Huaisha" states that he has the intention to die. The reason for dying is not to sacrifice his country, but to sacrifice his own noble aspirations.

There is no content about Qu Yuan’s martyrdom for his country in the Fu, and there is no saying about Qu Yuan’s martyrdom for his country in the Han Dynasty. The praises of Qu Yuan by people in the Han Dynasty focused on his noble personality.

Liu An praised Qu Yuan for his "purity" and "honest conduct". Jia Yi's "Ode in Tribute to Qu Yuan" also praised Qu Yuan's "high ambition". Sima Qian's "Biography of Qu Yuan" said that what moved him was Qu Yuan's "his ambition" and "his ambition". "As a human being", Wang Chong praised Qu Yuan's "innocence", and Wang Yi praised Qu Yuan's "innocence".

As for the reason why Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, Wang Yi made it very clear: "I couldn't bear to live in troubled times with my innocence for a long time, so I went to Miyuan and drowned myself to death."

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Qu Yuan's literary achievements

The style of Qu Yuan's works is obviously different from that of "The Book of Songs". This is related to the difference between the folk customs in the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin. At that time, the north had already entered a patriarchal society, but the Chu region still had the legacy of a clan society. The people were strong in character, lively in thought, and not bound by etiquette and law.

Therefore, the expressions of love between men and women and the patriotism of patriots are so direct, and the materials used are so rich that everything can be written into the pen. They write about the love between humans and gods, about crazy people, about ancient history and legends, and about traveling with gods and ghosts. All gods have ordinary human nature among the people, and gods are just people who are beyond ordinary people.

They make the works appear bright in color, full of emotion and unrestrained momentum. Such works show different characteristics from northern literature. From an institutional point of view, most of Qu Yuan's previous poems, whether they were "The Book of Songs" or southern folk songs, were short stories, while Qu Yuan developed them into full-length poems. "Li Sao" has more than 2,400 words in one chapter.

In terms of expression techniques, Qu Yuan cleverly integrated fu, bi and xing into one, and made extensive use of the "vanilla beauty" bi-xing technique to vividly and vividly portray abstract moral character, consciousness and complex realistic relationships. Show it.

In terms of language form, Qu Yuan’s works break through the pattern of four-character sentences in the Book of Songs, with each sentence ranging from five, six, seven, eight, or nine characters. There are also three-character and cross sentences. It is uneven and flexible;

The word "xi" is often used at the end of the sentence, as well as empty words such as "zhi", "yu", "hu", "hu" and "er" to coordinate the syllables and cause ups and downs The rhythm of lingering, singing and sighing three times. In short, his works have great creativity from content to form.

Reference material: People's Daily Online - Qu Yuan did not "sacrifice his country" by drowning himself in the river, but sacrificed his own will