That's not the language we are using now. It's some kinds of language we used in ancient times. But we can still understand that. It was from a great great book called "Fisherman" by Qu Yuan. It tells a story. The government wasn't accounted of him at that time and he was sent to exile. Then he met a fisherman. The Fisherman said " you were one of the leaders of the country, why are you here now?"
Then Qu Yuan said that sentence: "The whole world is dirty but I am clean, Everyone is drunk expect me." Then the fisherman said "if the government is dirty, all the people are drunk, why didn't you join them? That's the only way to make yourself fit to this world." Qu Yuan answered:" No, I heard that you should clean your hat after you wash you hair, you should clean your clothes after you wash your body. That just said you should keep yourself clean, even if the whole world is dirty. I will never make my body dirty even if I am eaten by the fish in a clean river( another Chinese Saying, means I won't do one thing ever ). How can you agree with such a mess?" And at last, Qu Yuan jumped into a river to take his own life because his country was taken by others and he didn't want to work with others. Such a man
Jason, that is an amazing story. Thank you so much for sharing it with me!
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