Ancient Hermit Xu You

　　By the age of Yao and Shun is sage. When the reign of Emperor Yao, he led the tribe in today surnamed Xu Ying River Basin Dengfeng, Xuchang, Yuzhou, Ruzhou, Changge, Yanling area, this area later became the country a fief, which has become the father surnamed Xu he. It is said that the emperor had to consult him, then to put the king who came to him by his rebuff. He fled to Dengfeng's winding hill and was no longer willing to associate with secular society. Emperor Yao sent to find him, want to ask him to be in charge of Kyushu, he ran to the waterside water wash ears, said not willing to listen to this kind of words. By a lofty integrity their own fame to win the respect of later generations, which is regarded as the originator of the hermit. The Warring States era thinker Xunzi once praised said: "by the light line that Shanjuan."