Dragon boat racing is said to have begun on the eastern shores of Dongting lake as a search for the body of Qu Yuan, the Chu patriotic poet.

据说龙舟赛始于洞庭湖东岸，为的是搜寻楚国爱国诗人屈原的遗体。

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In 278 BC, the capital of Chu Ying (now Hubei Jiangling County) was defeated Qin, Qu Yuan was no hope to save the country, the Miluo River to die.

公元前278年，楚国都城郢（今湖北江陵县）被秦军攻破，屈原感到救国无望，投汨罗江而死。

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Qu Yuans ideal society could only be realized by a wise king of Chu Kingdom.

屈原的“美政”理想只有依赖楚贤君才能实现。

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