Ancient China · Poet and Official

Qu Yuan 屈原

Qū Yuán

Attested BC 340 - BC 278

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qu Yuan was a Poet and Official.

Life and dates

Death

Drowned though guiltless · Mode allusion
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 68

Attested activity

BC 340 to BC 278 屈原以非辜沈身
Strongly inferred · Book of Later Han 39, passage 68

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 68

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 39Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong · 1 passage

既徂南土，歷江、湖，濟沅、湘，感悼子胥、屈原以非辜沈身，乃作《悼騷賦》，系玄石而沈之。 Southward he crossed the great rivers and grieved for Wu Zixu and Qu Yuan, who drowned though guiltless; he wrote the 'Mourning Sao' and sank it sealed to a stone.