有個身上發臭味的人，以致他的親戚、兄弟、妻妾、相識的人，都不願和他壹起生活和交往 。他自己苦惱已極，遠離親友，遷到海濱居住。海濱卻有壹個人非常喜歡他身上的臭味，晝夜跟隨著他，壹步也舍不得離開。
喻義：壹般用來比喻：癖好與眾不同的人。
舉例：三國魏·曹植《與楊德祖書》：“人各有好尚，蘭蓀蕙之芳，眾人之好好，而海畔有逐臭之夫。”
CHASING AFTER THE SMELL
There was a very foul-smelling person. Not one of his paternal or maternal relatives by blood or marriage，his elder or younger brothers， his principal wife，concubines，or acquaintances was able to live together with him. He himself was distressed by this and so went to live by the seashore. There were people at the seashore who liked his smell； they followed him day and night.