Qu Yuan was a poet and politician of Chu in the Warring States Period. At that time, there was no poetic genre of five-character quatrains.

Five-character quatrains originated from Yuefu poems in the Han Dynasty and were deeply influenced by Han folk songs in the Six Dynasties. It appeared later than Qu Yuan.

Qu Yuan's Ci:

Qu Yuan is a great patriotic poet in the history of China, the founder of China's romantic literature, the founder and representative writer of "Songs of the South", who pioneered the tradition of "vanilla beauty" and was known as the "father of the Songs of the South". The famous lyricists of Chu, Song Yu, Le Tang and Jing Cha, were all influenced by Qu Yuan.

The appearance of Qu Yuan's works marks that China's poetry has entered a new era from elegant singing to romantic originality. His works include Li Sao, Tian Wen, Jiu Ge, Dong Huang Tai Yi, Jun in the Cloud, Xiang Jun, Mrs. Xiang, Priestess of Death, Shaosi Ming, Dongjun, and Xiang Jun.

The Songs of the South, with Qu Yuan's works as the main body, is one of the sources of China's romantic literature. The Songs of the South, represented by the most famous chapter Lisao, and the National Style in the Book of Songs are also called coquettish? , had a far-reaching impact on later poetry. It has become a bright pearl in the history of China literature, and it is "outstanding for a lifetime". "It's a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and I will go up and down to seek". Qu Yuan's spirit of "seeking" has become a noble spirit believed and pursued by people with lofty ideals in later generations.

Reference to the above contents: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qu Yuan (a poet of Chu State during the Warring States Period), Baidu Encyclopedia-Five-character quatrains