Qu Yuan's famous sayings are introduced as follows:
1. Take a long breath to cover your tears, mourning the hardships of people's lives.
2. A ruler is shorter; an inch is longer. Things are lacking; wisdom is unclear.
3. The general Dong Dao did not hesitate, but he will fall into coma for the rest of his life.
4. If I have an upright heart, it will not hurt me even if I am far away.
5. The road to cultivation is long and long, and I will search up and down.
6. The whole world is turbid and I am alone in my purity. Everyone is drunk and I am alone in my sobriety.
7. You are flying back and forth, and below you are flying across the sky, and the mulberry leaves are coming from your daughter.
8. I have a good heart, and even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets.
9. A hundred gold can buy a fine horse, a thousand gold can buy a beauty; ten thousand gold can buy a high noble, but where can you buy youth.
10. I cannot change my mind and follow the world, so I will be miserable and end up poor.
11. I still have good intentions, and even though I died nine times, I still have no regrets.
Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan (about 340 BC - 278 BC), surnamed Mi, Qu, given name Ping, courtesy name Yuan, also named Zhengze from the cloud, courtesy name Lingjun , born in Zigui, Danyang, Chu State (now Yichang, Hubei Province), was a poet and politician of Chu State during the Warring States Period. ? Descendants of Qu Xia, son of Xiong Tong, King of Chu Wu. When he was young, he received a good education, was knowledgeable and had great ambitions.
In his early years, he was trusted by King Huai of Chu and served as Zuotu and Sanlu officials, and was also in charge of domestic and foreign affairs. He advocated "beautiful government", advocated appointing talents internally, amending laws and regulations, and advocating to unite Qi to resist Qin externally. Because he was excluded and slandered by the nobles, he was exiled to northern Han Dynasty and Yuanxiang River Basin. After the Chu State's Yingdu was conquered by the Qin army, he sank into the Miluo River and died for the Chu State.