屈原

Traditional form:

屈原

Pinyin (reading):

Qū Yuán

Definitions:

• Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷／离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭／楚辞

Characters:

• 屈 - to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
• 原 - source, origin, beginning

Traditional characters:

• 屈 - to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
• 原 - source, origin, beginning