Chapter 261: 352 pieces, how beautiful

352 pieces, how beautiful.....

352 pieces, how beautiful..........

I don't know whether Master Quyuan intentionally or unintentionally, in front of the old fisherman, put on pedantic literary airs and uttered a sour-sounding sentence: "All the world is muddy, I alone am clear; all the people are drunk, I alone am awake."

These words have a hint of sourness, though also a bit bitter and astringent.

In short, it has all sorts of unpleasant flavors.

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Old fisherman said: "Even if you were purer, you wouldn't be as clear as this river water. Look, I spend all day dragging my net, steering my small boat. 'If a single leaf can follow its course, towering over myriad tendencies in bewilderment. Vast and vast, like riding the wind through the void, drifting like one who has left the world to stand alone, feathered and becoming an immortal.'"

How beautiful_______

All day he drifts on the river surface or along the banks. He takes fish and shrimp as friends, small birds as companions. When thirsty, he drinks the clear spring flowing down from the mountains beside the river; when hungry, he eats the wild fruits on the mountains beside the river________

How carefree!

Look at you, Great Poet Quyuan, nitpicking over principle, single‑minded, unwilling to bend............

Great Poet Quyuan didn't expect that in these remote mountains and wilds, an old fisherman's words would still carry a literary flavor. Moreover, there's all this 'also thus, also thus'.

Think about it, the old fisherman's words also make some sense. Yes, back when King Huai of Chu married the daughter of King Zhao of Qin as a concubine, what does that have to do with me, Quyuan? What good would my opposition do? You walk your sunny road, I walk the narrow plank bridge.

If the mind can let go like this, then Quyuan could 'Depart' without being 'Entangled'.

Seeing that Master Quyuan showed a hint of remorse, the fisherman seized the moment to start working on Quyuan's thinking: 'A worthy sage does not bring disgrace upon himself.'

The old fisherman's words also have a bit of affected literary airs, awkward.

Better yet, just say it plainly: 'Unmoved by favor or disgrace, straightforward, easy to understand.' The old fisherman, this old thing, is actually pleased. As for Quyuan, his black gauze cap was taken by King Huai of Chu, he lost his office—does he feel good? Why are you still putting on literary airs――

'A worthy sage does not bring disgrace upon himself, yet can adapt to customs, square and round, follow the times to preserve himself. Everyone in the world is greedy and pushes forward; you might as well go with the flow and join the current—how about that?'

Go with the flow and mingle with the filth, huh? My poet!!

Why bother with ordinary people's worries? Seeking trouble, seeking bitterness?

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