Classical Chinese texts are not immune to vulgar translation

1. What does it mean to be unable to avoid customs

To be unable to avoid customs [wèi néng miǎn sú]

Definition

To be unable to get rid of customs that one does not agree with Habit.

Source

Liu Yiqing of the Southern Dynasties and Song Dynasty, "Shishuo Xinyu·Ren Dan": "It is impossible to avoid the vulgarity, and it is easy to talk about it."

Example sentences

If this mystery is revealed, it is the so-called "killing the scenery", that is, the vulgar people, and it will burden the elegant people and make them unable to continue to be elegant, "~".

Allusions

There were seven celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. They were Ji (jī) Kang, Ruan Ji (ruǎn jí), Ruan Xian, Shan Tao, Xiang Xiu, and Wang Rong (róng). and Liu Jian. These seven people often played and drank in a large bamboo forest near Ji Kang's home, so they were called the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest". These "seven sages" all have some strange temperaments in life: they are carefree and pay no attention to appearance and identity. Take Ruan Ji among them. He would lie down on the ground when he was drunk, regardless of whether the ground was clean or not, and would often stay awake for several days. He heard that the Infantry Colonel's Yamen could brew fine wine, so he asked to work there so that he could drink to his heart's content. So people also called him "Ruan Infantry" based on his official position. Ruan Xian is Ruan Ji's nephew. My uncle and nephew are also fond of music. Jiji can both play the piano and sing. Ruan Xian plays the pipa very well and is proficient in music. He was particularly fond of a plucked string instrument that resembled a yueqin. This instrument is said to have been invented by him, so it was later called "Ruan Xian" or simply "Ruan". The Nguyen family lives on the same street. Ruan Ji and Ruan Xian's uncle and nephew live on the south side of the street, while the other Ruan brothers live on the north side of the street. The uncle and nephew come from a poor family, but most of the Ruan brothers on the north side of the street are wealthy. However, Ruan Ji and Ruan Xian did not have short ambitions because they were poor. According to local custom, every July and June, every household must rummage through boxes and baskets and take out all the clothes to dry them to prevent mold and insects. The Ruan brothers in the north of the street were rich and wore silk and satin, so the clothes they wore were dazzling and dazzling. Ruan Xian saw the clothes hanging in the courtyard opposite, so he said to his uncle: "Let's get some clothes to dry too!" However, they looked around and couldn't find any clothes to dry, so they put a piece of coarse cloth on the cow's nose. The trousers were strung on bamboo poles and hung high in the courtyard. When the neighbor saw it, he said to Ruan Xian: "You'd better not dry it. It's too shabby to expose such clothes!" Ruan Xian replied: "This is a custom, and we have to do it! Let it be exposed like this." Go! ”