How can you sweep the world without sweeping a house? This comes from Xue Qin’s famous saying.

Original text: Chen Fan, courtesy name Zhongju, was from Pingyu, Runan. His ancestor was the governor of Hedong. On the fifteenth day of the year of Fan, I had a quiet time in one room, but the courtyard was dirty. Xue Qin, a friend of his father's from the same county, came to wait for him and said to Fan, "Why don't you sweep the house to welcome the guests?" Fan said, "When a man lives in the world, he should sweep the world and live in one house." Qin knew that he had ambitions to clean up the world. Strange.

Translation

Chen Fan, courtesy name Zhongju, was from Pingyu, Runan. His ancestor was the governor of Hedong. When Chen Fan was fifteen years old, he lived alone in a house with a very messy courtyard and house.

His father's friend Xue Qin from the same city came to visit him and said to him, "Son, why don't you clean the room to greet the guests?" Chen Fan said, "A man should deal with things in order to eliminate the scourge of the world. This important matter is his own responsibility. Why should he care about a house?" Xue Qin believes that he has the ambition to clarify the world and has his own opinions.

It can be seen that Xue Qin's reaction to Chen Fan's view of "wiping out the world and making peace in one room" is "odd". In connection with the previous remarks in "Qing Shi Zhi", here is "odd" Of course it doesn't mean "strange", but it should mean "surprising". It can be seen that Xue Qin has an attitude of appreciation for Chen Fan's views. How can he refute it?