The Fisherman
Traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan
The riverbank and wakefulness
From a worn appearance, ask why exile came.
The narrator describes wandering and singing before the fisherman asks about the former office and Qu Yuan explains himself.
A human recitation has not been added for this poem yet.
屈原既放，游于江潭，行吟泽畔，颜色憔悴，形容枯槁。
Banished, Qu Yuan wandered beside the river, singing along the marshes, his face worn and his body wasted.
渔父见而问之曰：“子非三闾大夫与？何故至于斯？”
The fisherman saw him and asked, 'Are you not the Minister of the Three Clans? How have you come to this?'
屈原曰：“举世皆浊我独清，众人皆醉我独醒，是以见放。”
Qu Yuan replied, 'The whole world is muddy, and I alone am clear; everyone is drunk, and I alone am awake. That is why I was banished.'
Outward damage and inward resolve establish the starting point for the disagreement.