ate as a way to ensure chu's safety.

　　but the king of chu was surrounded by self-seekers, who were jealous of qu yuan. they accepted bribes from the qin's envoy, dissuaded the king from taking qu yuan's advice and brought about the poet's estrangement from the king. qu yuan was finally sent into exile for 20 years.

　　during those desperate years, qu yuan helplessly watched his beloved country become weaker every day. in the year 278 bc, the capital of chu was stormed by troops from qin. in great pain, qu yuan wrote “lisao” or “the lament”, the greatest of all his poems. on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, he drowned himself in the milo river, because he was hopeless about his country's future. 字串9

　　qu yuan died thousands of years ago, but he is remembered every year for his love of and loyalty to his country and his people. in his poems, he wrote:

　　long did i sigh a

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