"The Miluo River (traditional Chinese: \u6C68\u7F85\u6C5F; simplified Chinese: \u6C68\u7F57\u6C5F; pinyin: M\u00EClu\u00F3ji\u0101ng, and with modified Wade\u2013Giles using the form Mi-lo) is an important river in the Dongting Lake watershed. It is famous as the location of the ritual suicide in 278 BC of Qu Yuan, a poet of Chu state during the Warring States period, in protest against the corruption of the era.Originating in Xiushui County of Jiangxi province, the Miluo river is about 400 kilometres (250 mi) long."@en . . .