屈原生年辨惑

ON YEAR OF BIRTH OF QUAN YUAN

《离骚》首段自叙是我们推断屈原生年的重要根据。"摄提"应是指岁星,"孟陬"指孟春陬月,日在营室陬訾,为夏历正月。通过对有关问题的辨析,屈原当是生于公元前351年夏历正月初四(或初五)。

The first section of Lisao is the important foundation that we conjecture the year of birth of Qu Yuan . ＂Ti Nie＂ should refer to planet Jupiter, and Meng Zou, the first month of spring, Sun on the corner of camp room, is the first month of the lunar year of lunar calendar, Through differentiating and analysing relevant questions, Qu Yuan should be born in the forth day of the first month of the lunar year of lunar calendar of 351 B.C.