Canon "Chu Ci Fisherman".

Qu Yuan, a native of Chu during the Warring States Period, was a famous poet. He was demoted to the south of the Yangtze River because of greed, wandering in Xiangjiang River of Yuanjiang River. One day, the haggard Qu Yuan was reciting poems by the river. An old fisherman saw him and asked:

"You are not a doctor San Lv? How did this happen? "

Qu replied: "I was exiled because the world is dirty and only I am innocent." Everyone is drunk, only I am awake. "

The fisherman said, "a saint should not stick to one thing, but should change with the change of things." Since the world is dirty, why not also make waves and bring up sediment? Since everyone is drunk, why don't you get drunk too? Why bother to meditate and pretend to be lofty, so as to fall into this field today? "

Qu Yuan replied: "I heard that people who have just washed their hair will definitely bounce the dust off their hats before putting them on;" People who have just taken a shower will definitely shake their clothes. How can I make my clean body contaminated with earthly dust? I would rather throw myself into the river to feed the fish than do that. "

The fisherman rowed away with a smile. While rowing, he sang: "Canglang River is clear, you can wash my hat tassels;" Canglang River is very muddy. You can wash my feet. "

The fisherman's meaning is to persuade Qu Yuan not to be too lofty, and people should go with the flow and adapt to worldly life. But Qu Yuan didn't listen and soon threw himself into the river.

Later, the allusion "Canglang" was used to describe maintaining a high degree of moral integrity or avoiding the world; It is also used to mean to go with the flow and confuse the world.