Allusions:

One,

In fact, as early as the Yuan Dynasty writer Wei Chu's "Farewell to Yang Jihai", there was already a poem "Be friends with parting temples, lead a totally clean life". Wei Chu, whose initial name is Elegant, is the author of five volumes of Elegant Collection. He used to be the provincial official of Zhongshu in the Yuan Dynasty, the official of supervising the imperial history and the official of Nantai. He has a clean and honest personality and a good political voice.

Second,

In addition, there is also a saying in the poem "Two Rhymes of Wujiang Road" by Chen Ji in the Yuan Dynasty: "Two sleeves are cool, and the bridge is long with the moon." However, at that time, the word was not associated with the meaning of honest and upright officials. The idiom "remain uncorrupted" written by Wu in the Ming Dynasty was once used to express the meaning of poverty: "When the time comes, it ends with remain uncorrupted. If you want to send your mother back to Chu, there is no cure. " Since then, "remain uncorrupted" (also known as "remain uncorrupted") has gradually evolved into the meaning of being honest and upright. For example, Kuang Zhong (1383 ~ 1443), another honest official in the Ming Dynasty, wrote a poem rejecting gifts from the masses when he went to Beijing for performance appraisal at the end of his term as a magistrate in Suzhou: "The breeze will fly in the air with two sleeves, without an inch of cotton in the south of the Yangtze River. Shame men and women send each other, and horses sprinkle wine like a spring. "

Third,

Throughout the ages, those who are honest and not greedy for money are often praised as "clean hands." Speaking of its origin, there is an interesting story. Du Mu's Du Gong Tan Zu in Ming Dynasty recorded such a story.

Yu Qian was a famous national hero and poet in Ming Dynasty. He served as an inspector, governor and minister of war. Yu Qian is honest and honest. In the era of Yu Qian's life, corruption prevailed in North Korea's political arena and bribery became the norm. At that time, when bureaucrats from all over the country visited the emperor in Beijing, they collected many local products, such as silk handkerchief, mushrooms and incense sticks, and gave them to the emperor and the dignitaries in the DPRK.

During the orthodox period of Ming Dynasty, eunuch Wang Zhen abused power for personal gain. Every time at the court meeting, local officials would offer more jewels and silver to please him. Governor Yu Qian never brings a gift when he goes to Beijing to play. His colleague advised him: "Although you don't offer treasures or seek dignitaries, you should also bring some famous local products such as thread incense, mushrooms and handkerchiefs to show some kindness!" Yu Qian smiled and raised his sleeves and said humorously, "There is a breeze!" To mock those flattering corrupt officials. The idiom "remain uncorrupted" has been handed down since then.

He once wrote a poem to Beijing:

Sipa mushroom and string incense,

Private capital is a disaster;

The wind and sleeves floated into the air,

So as not to talk too long.

The meaning of this poem is that silk handkerchief, mushrooms and incense sticks were originally for the people to enjoy, but they brought disasters to the people because of the search by corrupt officials. So I only took two sleeves breeze to see the son of heaven (ancient people put money and things in their sleeves) to avoid people's dissatisfaction. This poem mocks the unhealthy trend of paying tribute, showing Yu Qian's integrity as an official and unwilling to go with the flow.