Original text:
As for Qu Yuan by the river, it was published on the river bank, with a haggard color and a haggard description. When the fisherman saw this scene, he asked, "Isn't this Dr. San Lv? Why are you here? " Qu Yuan said, "The world is cloudy, and I am the only one. Everyone is drunk, I am alone, I can let go. "
The fisherman said, "A man is a saint. He can coexist with the world without clinging to things. The world is muddy, why not go with the flow and raise its waves? Everyone is drunk, why not feed them? Why did you hold Yu's hand for him to see? "
Qu Yuan said, "I heard that the new bather plays the crown and the new bather shakes his clothes. Who can observe with his own body and who can accept it? It's better to bury it in the stomach and ears of a river fish. How can it be white, how can it warm the world? "
Vernacular translation:
Qu Yuan came to the river, curled his hair, and walked along Shui Ze chanting. His face was haggard and his body looked as lifeless as a dead tree. When the fisherman saw him, he asked, "Aren't you Dr. San Lv? Why did you come here? " Qu yuan said: "the world is turbid, but I am innocent;" Everyone was drunk, and I was the only one awake. So he was exiled. "
The fisherman said, "Tessa's wise man is not bound by foreign things, but can change with the world." The whole world is overcast, why not follow the crowd and add fuel to the fire? Everyone is drunk, why not eat some distiller's grains and drink some thin wine? Why do you want to embrace the quality of Meiyu, but you are exiled? "
Qu Yuan said, "I heard that people who have just washed their hair must shake the dust off their hats, and people who have just taken a shower must shake the dust off their clothes. Who can let his innocent body be polluted by foreign objects? I'd rather throw myself into a flowing river and bury myself in the belly of a river fish. How can I let my noble quality suffer from worldly dirt? "
Extended data:
Biography of Qu Yuan is an excerpt from Biography of Qu Yuan in Historical Records by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. It is a biography with a unique style. This is the earliest complete historical data about Qu Yuan and an important basis for studying Qu Yuan's life.
Biography of Qu Yuan mainly tells the life story of Qu Yuan, enthusiastically praises Qu Yuan's patriotic spirit, political talent and noble character by combining narration and discussion, and severely condemns his ignorance and the insidiousness of Shangguan doctor and Ling. The life story of Qu Yuan described in this paper, especially the tragic political experience, shows that Qu Yuan's life is closely related to the rise and fall of Chu State.
About the author:
Sima Qian (before 145-unable to take the exam). Historians and essayists in the Western Han Dynasty. Sima Tan's son, Ren Taishiling, was imprisoned for defending Li Ling's defeat and surrender, and later served as the secretariat. He worked hard to complete the historical records he wrote, and was called Shi Qian, Tai Shigong and the father of history by the later Buddha. Representative works include Historical Records and Ren Shu.