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 modest life, political affairs are corrupt and corrupt. 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 "Poem of Entering Beijing": Spa mushrooms and incense sticks harm the people; The wind blows the sleeves to the sky, so as not to talk short. 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 didn't bring anything, but I went to see the emperor in a clean manner (ancient people put money and things in their sleeves) to avoid the dissatisfaction of the people. This poem mocks the unhealthy trend of paying tribute, showing Yu Qian's integrity as an official and unwilling to go with the flow. "Clean hands" is a metaphor for honesty or poverty, and there is no deposit at hand. Spaghetti, mushrooms and incense are all specialties of his place of employment. Yu Qian said in his poem that such things were originally for the people to enjoy. Just because officials searched and searched, it became a disaster for the people. He expressed his attitude in his poem: I have brought nothing to Beijing, but I have nothing to show myself to the sky. Yan Lu in the poem refers to Hutong and Hutong, which is extended to the people and the common people.

Edit this passage of Yu Qian's ancient poem "Clean Hands"

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Clean hands (money) [1] Handkerchiefs, mushrooms and thread incense are harmful to people. The wind blows the sleeves to the sky, so don't talk short and long.