Region: China
Time Period: 4th century BC
References in Literature: Defined in Earliest Chinese Dictionary
Sources: Goldendawn, ChinaVista
- Chu Yuan was a servent of the Emperor in 4th century BC and wanted to be a poet. He was so troubled by the emperor’s corruption that he tied a rock around his own neck and plummeted into the Tung Tin Lake. They never found his body.