The source of the idiom "Mencius on Li Lou": "There is a young song:' The water of the surging waves is clear, which can accommodate me; The turbid water in the rough waves can be used to drown my feet. "Confucius said,' Listen, son. Clear is enough. It's also self-inflicted. " "
The idiom explains that clean water washes the hat belt and muddy water washes the feet. The latter is a metaphor for people. Good or bad is up to you.
Allusions to feet and shoulders
The Fisherman, the seventh volume of Supplement to the Songs of the South: Qu Yuan once set free, swam in the river beach and wandered along the banks of the Yinze River, looking haggard and haggard. Qu yuan also asked because he saw it, and was blamed by the fisherman. He said, "I'm not a doctor in San Lv. Why is this happening? Qu Yuan said: "The world is cloudy and I am alone. Everyone is drunk and I am alone, so I can let it go. "The fisherman said," A saint can keep pace with the times instead of indulging in things. The world is muddy, why not spit its mud and make waves? Everyone is drunk, why not feed the bad guys and encourage them? Why do you want to be thoughtful and far-sighted, and let yourself become? Qu Yuan said, "I heard that the new bather plays the crown and the new bather shakes his clothes. Ann can observe with her own body, but what about the person who collects things? I'd rather go to Xiangliu and be buried in the belly of a river fish. Can Ann cover the dust of the secular world with vast white? The fisherman laughed and drummed away, singing, "The water in the surging waves is clear, so you can lick my tassel;" The turbid water in the rough waves can be used to drown my feet. "Then go, no longer use words.
On the translation of full-length allusions.
Qu Yuan was exiled to Yuanjiang. He walked along the river, singing and looking haggard and thin. When the fisherman saw it, he asked him, "Aren't you Dr. San Lv? Why did this happen? " Qu Yuan said: "The whole world is turbid, only I am clear and transparent, the whole world is intoxicated, but I am awake, so I am exiled." The fisherman said, "The sage is not rigid in treating things, but can change with the world. People in the world are dirty. Why not stir up muddy water and raise muddy waves? Everyone is drunk. Why not eat distiller's grains and drink their wine? Why do you think too deeply and pretend to be lofty, so that you end up in exile? " Qu Yuan said, "I heard that you have to wear a hat just after washing your hair and shake your clothes just after taking a shower. How can an innocent body be exposed to the pollution of secular dust? I'd rather jump into Xiangjiang River and be buried in the belly of a river fish. How can you let the crystal purity be covered with secular dust? " Hearing this, the fisherman smiled, shook his paddle and set off. Singing: "the water of surging waves is crystal clear and can be used to wash my hat tassels;" The water in the rough waves is muddy. It can be used to wash feet. " He left and stopped talking to Qu Yuan.