Qū Yuán zài 《 Shèjiāng 》 lǐ xiě le zìjǐ liúfàng túzhōng de jīnglì.
In 'Crossing the River', Qu Yuan writes about what he went through on his way into exile.
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It opens 余幼好此奇服兮 'from youth I have loved this strange attire', the root of 奇装异服, and follows the poet up the Yuan River to 溆浦 in western Hunan. Not to be confused with 涉江采芙蓉 'Crossing the River to Pick Lotus', one of the 古诗十九首.
