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Ch'u Yuan and the Boat Races of China
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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.

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