Wash your feet and tassels(zhuó zú zhuó yīng)

Wash your feet and tassels

Zhuo Zu Zhuo Ying, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ó Z ú Zhu ó y ī ng, which means to wash the hat belt when the water is clear, and wash the feet when the water is muddy. The quality of post figurative people is decided by themselves. It's from Mencius · Li Lou Shang.

Idiom story

From Volume 7 of supplementary notes to songs of Chu to 80, Qu Yuan was released. He swam in the river pool and sang along the river bank. He was haggard in color and haggard in appearance. The fisherman saw and asked Qu Yuan. He said, "is it not doctor Sanlu and you? Why? Qu Yuan said, "the whole world is turbid, and I am only clear. All the people are drunk, and I am only awake. "The fisherman said," the sage does not cling to things, but can move on with the world. The world is turbid. Why don't we spread our waves through the mud? Everyone is drunk, why not feed it bad and protect it? Why should we think deeply and hold high and let ourselves go? Qu Yuan said, "when I hear about it, the new bather will play the crown, and the new bather will shake his clothes. Can an Neng observe things with his body? Rather to Xiang flow, buried in the belly of the river fish. Is an Neng covered with the dust of the secular world with his white? "The fisherman smiles and goes away with a drum. The song says," the clear water of the waves can wash my tassels; the muddy water of the waves can wash my feet. Then he went away and did not speak again. Qu Yuan was exiled and wandered along the Yuanjiang River. He walked along the river singing, haggard face, look thin. When the fisherman saw him, he asked him, "aren't you doctor Sanlu? Why did you fall into this field?" Qu Yuan said, "the world is turbid. Only I am clear and transparent. The world is intoxicated, but I am sober, so I am exiled. "The fisherman said," the sage does not treat things rigidly, but can change with the world. All the people in the world are dirty. Why don't they stir up muddy water and raise muddy waves? Everyone is intoxicated. Why don't they not only eat distiller's grains but also drink their wine? Why do they think so much and so conceited that they end up in exile? "Qu Yuan said," I've heard that you have to play your cap when you just wash too much, and you have to shake your clothes when you just take a bath. How can I let my innocent body come into contact with the pollution of secular dust? I would rather jump into the Xiangjiang River and bury myself in the belly of river fish. How can we let the crystal clear purity be covered with the dust of the secular world? "The fisherman listened, and with a smile, he shook up the oars and left. Sing: "the water of Canglang is clear and clear, it can be used to wash my cap and tassel; the water of Canglang is turbid and turbid, it can be used to wash my feet. "Then he went away and stopped talking to Qu Yuan. From the seventh volume of Mencius notes to the 28th volume of Mencius, Mencius said, "those who are not benevolent can speak with you? We are happy to be the one who died. If you are not benevolent and can speak with others, what is the reason for your country's subjugation? There is a song from a young man: "the clear water of the waves can wash my tassels; the turbid water of the waves can wash my feet. Confucius said, "listen to me! Qing Si Zhuo Ying, Zhuo Si Zhuo is enough, take it by yourself. His wife will be insulted by himself and then by others; his family will be destroyed by himself and then by others; his country will be destroyed by itself and then by later generations. Taijia said, "If heaven does evil, you can still disobey it; if you do evil, you can't live. "This is also called" I ". "Mencius said," can those who are not benevolent persuade them? When they are in crisis, they feel at ease. They regard the things that bring them disaster as good, and the things that destroy them as pleasure. How could a cruel man have lost his country and his family if he could take advice? A child sang, "the water of the waves is clear, it can wash my crown and tassels. The water of the waves is turbid, it can wash my feet." Confucius said, "listen up, disciples! Washing tassels with clear water and feet with turbid water all depend on the water itself. A man must insult himself before others insult him; a family must destroy itself before others destroy it; a country must fight against each other internally before others attack it. In the book of Tachia, it is said, "Heaven brings disaster, and it is possible to avoid it; if you commit iniquity, you will surely die." That's the truth. "

Idiom usage

Example: in the praise of Manjusri master written by Yin Jingren of the Southern Song Dynasty: "the body is absolutely secular, so those who wash their tassels have high marks." In Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi wrote a poem titled "gushing jade spring": "when will you come to Zhuoying under this rock?" In the poem titled YingYuan Temple written by Wei Zhuang of the former Shu Dynasty, "when Linchuan asked about Yao Yi's affairs, he was still advised to wash his Ying." The fifth part of Wuyi Jiuqu poem written by Wei Yuan of Qing Dynasty: "the dust is ashamed to wash the tassels, and the chanting goes back to Wen to buckle the list."

Chinese PinYin : zhuó zú zhuó yīng