Being an apprentice is better than being a master. ........................................................................................................................................................................ Shine on you is better than blue, and disciples are better than master-from Qionglin, a study tour.

So disciples don't have to be inferior to teachers, and teachers don't have to be superior to disciples. Their Taoism is profound, and their skills are specialized-from Han Yu's Shi Shuo.

Green is taken from blue, and green is blue; Ice, water for it, but colder than water-from Xunzi