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Xun Yu’s lingering fragrant scent is often referenced in the Chinese poetry, usually in the form of the phrase “prefect Xun’s scent” (荀令香, xun ling xiang):

The legend says that

Xun Yu loved perfume, and when he visited a house, the place where he had sat remained fragrant for three days afterwards. (Chinese perfumes were worn on clothes: the clothes were scented by being hung over incense burners.)

This story seems to be derived from Records of the Elders of Xiangyang (襄陽耆舊記) by Jin historian Xi Zuochi (316 – 384). Xi Zuochi describes a conversation between Liu Hong, a Western Jin official, and one of his colleagues, Zhang Tan. Liu Hong loved perfume so much that he would set up incense burners even in his toilet. Zhang Tan expressed disapproval with such hobby, and Liu Hong defended it by reminding about Xun Yu’s example.