The Creation of the Image of Qu Yuan and the Romantic Tradition in the Classic Period

At the early period of the Western Han dynasty,the cultural trend of Worshiping the voice of Chu had very clear political implications,so Qu Yuan didn't draw people's attention.Form Jia Yi,the scholars in the Western Han dynasty began to introduce different ideas to recreate the image of Qu Yuan and Dong Zhongshu who developed the theme that scholars could not meet a wise emperor.In this process,Qu's political experience was just that reflection in the early Western Han dynasty.Sima Qian completed the construction of the Chinese romantic tradition by first resuming the authenticity of the Qu Yuan's biography and then by having a spirit dialogue with Qu Yuan.