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Bu Ju
Pre-Qin: Qu Yuan
Qu Yuan was released, three years later Not to be seen again. He knows how to be loyal but is blocked by slander. Feeling upset and confused, not knowing what to do. Then he went to see Zheng Zhanyin, the Taibu, and said, "I have some doubts, and I hope Mr. Yin will resolve it." Zhan Yin then gave instructions on how to brush the turtle and said, "How can you teach me?"
Qu Yuan said, "I Is it better to be prudent, simple and loyal, and will be sent to work, is this infinite?
"Is it better to hoe weeds and cultivate with strength, or to travel to the master to become famous? Is it better to speak out and endanger one's life, or to make a living by being rich and noble? Would you rather be detached and exalted to keep the truth? Would you rather be like a scholar to serve a woman? Is it better to be honest and upright in order to clean oneself, or to make the protruding ladder funny, as fat as Wei, in order to clean the couplets?
"Is it better to be as high as a horse thousands of miles away, or to be like a cattail in the water, up and down with the waves, steal my body? I would rather be with the yoke of the horse, or to follow the traces of the slave horse?" If you compete with the yellow swans, will you compete with the chickens and swans for food?
"Which one is good or bad?" Where to go?
"The world is turbid and unclear: a cicada's wing is heavy and a thousand junctures are light; the yellow bell is destroyed and the tile cauldron thunders; the slanderer is high and the wise man is nameless. I sigh silently, who knows what I am doing Honest and honest!" Zhan Yin explained his policy and thanked him, saying: "The ruler is short, the inch is long; the things are insufficient, the wisdom is unclear; the numbers are not grasped, and the mind is not clear. Use your heart and do your will. Gui Cecheng cannot know this.
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