his court post. With Qu Yuan away, the king of Qin tricked King Huai into coming under the ruse of peace talks. Once there, King Huai was imprisoned in the Qin court and died three years. Qu Yuan went on to wander around aimlessly through life, moving from place to place, watching helplessly as the Qin began to take over his home. To see his people suffering made him so distraught that over time he withered away becoming frail and old. Left with nowhere to turn, Qu Yuan ended his own life by jumping in the Mi Luo River. Once news of his death spread, the people began an exhaustive, but unsuccessful, search for his body in the river. Realizing that they would not find it, they threw rice wrapped in leaves into the river so that the fish would not disturb him. Today, on the fifth of May in the Lunar month, people make rice wrapped in leaves and race boats to honor Qu Yuan. Despite the celebration of lavish festivals, however, it is believed that Confucianism will never again be formally practiced in China. It has succumbed to a communist government that has no place for it. Sources Religions of the World CD-ROM- Mentorom Multimedia - 1995 The World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia 1997 http://www.religioustolerance.org/confuciu.htm http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/2jeasia.htm http://www.wam.umd.edu/~tkang/ideal.html http://www.fresian.com/confuci.htm http://www.albany.net/~geenius/knogfuzi Attachment: quyuan.html ...
