Great Confucian Fa Zhen taught hundreds of disciples yet shunned officialdom. He turned down repeated imperial summons, citing Xu You’s tale of washing ears to guard his purity. Honored as Master of Mysterious Virtue, he lived to eighty-nine in seclusion.
Herbalist Han Kang stuck to fixed prices for thirty years. Once recognized by a customer, he fled to mountains to shun fame. Summoned by the emperor, he took a plain ox cart, then escaped midway and lived out his days in seclusion.