nd wipe away my tears,

　　to see my people bowed by grieves and fears.

　　......

　　the people's sufferings move my heart,

　　our land i cannot leave.

　　people grieve for those who have grieved for them. each year, during the duanwu festival, the day of qu yuan's death, people race dragon boats to commemorate him. this is believed to be a representation of how the people of chu tried, at the time, to recover qu yuan's body from the milo river. pyramid-shaped dumplings by the name of zongzi were thrown in the river to feed the fish, so they would stay away from qu yuan's body.

　　qu yuan's life was tragic but, as a poet, he achieved great success. in fact, he is considered to be the first poet in chinese literature. before his time, there were only folk songs. qu yuan created a new style of poetry, which became known as chu ci.
 

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