Yu Fu and Zepan Yin #3:
(Qu Yuan rejects) the dirt and dust of society (line 30)
(01.30 to 02.18 in the recording)

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A literal translation of the third title would be, "covered with the world's dirt and dust." Qu Yuan rejects the fisherman's advice, saying he has kept himself pure, and that he would rather throw himself into the river and be consumed by a fish than have his shining light covered with the world's dirt and dust.

View Illustration 4 (at 02.18 of the recording)

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