胡越

胡越

1. (historical) non-Han peoples living separately to China's north and south
2. (literary, figurative) indifferent people; unrelated persons

   • 平生無斯須之舊，一見握手，動稱肺腑，掉臂去之，轉盼胡越。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     平生无斯须之旧，一见握手，动称肺腑，掉臂去之，转盼胡越。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. late 16^th century, Tu Long,《冥寥子游》(The Travels of Mingliaozi), rendered into English by Lin Yutang

     Píngshēng wú sīxū zhī jiù, yījiàn wòshǒu, dòng chēng fèifǔ, diàobì qù zhī, zhuǎnpàn húyuè. [Pinyin]

     People we have met for the first time shake hands with us and insist they are our bosom friends, but after they have parted from us, we are totally indifferent to each other.

胡越

1. (literary, figurative) to be far apart; to be distantly separated

   • 一身之中，神之分離剖判，六合之內，一舉而千萬里，是故自其異者視之，肝膽胡越，自其同者視之，萬物一圈也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     一身之中，神之分离剖判，六合之内，一举而千万里，是故自其异者视之，肝胆胡越，自其同者视之，万物一圈也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Huainanzi, 2^nd century BCE

     Yī shēn zhī zhōng, shén zhī fēnlí pōupàn, liùhé zhī nèi, yī jǔ ér qiānwàn lǐ, shìgù zì qí yì zhě shì zhī, gāndǎn húyuè, zì qí tóng zhě shì zhī, wànwù yī quān yě. [Pinyin]

     If the spirit deviates from the body to soar in the Six Directions, it can cover up to a thousand or even ten thousand li with one jump. Hence, judging the myriad things from their different aspects, the differences between them are as apparent as that between the liver and the gall, or between the Hu and the Yue people; judging the myriad things from their similar aspects, tens of thousands of things are all the same.