Chu Ci (Songs of Chu)
When the whole world is tainted, is it foolish to remain pure alone?
📝ONGO's Reflection
Reading the blood-wrung lament of Qu Yuan, who pours out a burning loyalty anxious for the safety of his country and the sorrow of being unjustly cast aside, my own heart ached along with his. His solitary soul, who alone sought to keep the noble fragrance of the orchid while everyone else compromised comfortably in the mire, comes vividly across thousands of years. It is a body of verse that engraved deep in my bones how lonely and yet how majestic it is never to bend one's convictions in an absurd world.
"The whole world is muddy; I alone am clear. All men are drunk; I alone am sober."Qu Yuan, Chu Ci (Songs of Chu)
"온 세상이 다 흐려도 나 홀로 맑고, 뭇 사람이 다 취해 있어도 나 홀로 깨어 있노라."
🌱Apply It Today
When everyone tempts you to compromise with the world's shortcuts and take the easy road, walk quietly down the honest path, the one that lets you face yourself without shame.
