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http://blog.hjenglish.com/suming1101/articles/667067.htmlTHE
BIOGRAPHY OF QU YUAN AND JIA SHENG
屈原者，名平，楚之同姓也。为楚怀王左徒。博闻强志，明于治乱，娴于辞令。入则与王图议国事，以出号令；出则接遇宾客，应对诸侯。王甚任之。
上官大夫与之同列，争宠而心害其能。怀王使屈原造为宪令，屈平属草稿未定。上官大夫见而欲夺之，屈平不与，因谗之曰：“王使屈平为令，众莫不知，每一令出，平伐其功，（曰）以为‘非我莫能为’也。”王怒而疏屈平。
The name of Qu Yuan was Ping. He shared the same surname with the
ruler of the kingdom Chu and was an assistant to Emperor Chu Huai.
He was knowledgeable and wise, and had a retentive memory. He was
prudent in administrating the people, and was skillful in
composition. He discussed major issues of the empire with the
emperor and issued orders; he received guests and invitees, and
coordinated with ministers and officials. The emperor trusted him
very much, but a senior official who was in the same level with him
and who witnessed the trust of the emperor in him envied his
abilities. Once Emperor Huai asked Qu Yuan to compose an order for
him. When Qu Yuan was working on the draft, the senior official saw
it and intended to rob it. Qu Ping refused to give it to him,
therefore the senior official defamed him before the Emperor: “Your
Majesty have asked Qu Ping to compose an order for you. Everyone
knows that once each order is issued, Ping will brag it as one of
his achievements, and says ‘who else can do this but me?’” The
Emperor was infuriated, and snubbed Qu Ping.
屈平疾王听之不聪也，馋谄之蔽明也，邪曲之害公也，方正之不容也，故忧愁幽思而作《离骚》。离骚者，犹离忧也。夫天者，人之始也；父母者，人之本也。人穷则反本，故劳苦倦极，未尝不呼天也；疾痛惨怛，未尝不呼父母也。屈平正道直行，竭忠尽智以事其君，谗人间之，可谓穷矣。信而见疑，忠而被谤，能无怨乎？屈平之作《离骚》，盖自怨生也。《国风》好色而不淫，《小雅》怨诽而不乱，若《离骚》者，可谓兼之矣。上称帝喾，下道齐桓，中述汤武，以刺世事。明道德之广崇，治乱之条贯，靡不毕见。其文约，其辞微 |
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