1. "Faith leads to doubt, loyalty leads to slander", from Sima Qian's Historical Records, Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Sheng.
 2. The Biographies of Qu Yuan Jia Sheng is from the 24th Biographies of Qu Yuan Jia Sheng, Volume 84 of Historical Records, written by Sima Qian.
 3. This is the biography of Qu Yuan and Jia Yi. Although they are not contemporaries, their experiences have much in common.
 4. They are all talented, ambitious, and demoted for their loyalty. They are not successful in politics, and they are outstanding in literature.
 5. Therefore, Sima Qian listed them together.
 6. The original text said, "Qu Ping is upright, loyal and wise to serve his king, and slanders the world. He is poor! If you believe, you will see doubts, and if you are loyal, you will be slandered. What can you do without resentment? Qu Ping's" Li Sao "covers his own resentment.
 7. "It means that honesty towards the monarch is suspected, but loyalty is slandered by treacherous ministers.