Liu Xiang was a famous writer in the Western Han Dynasty and compiled many books. His works and articles often contain some very reasonable and literary words, which have been passed down to later generations and become his famous sayings.

For example, "Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity." Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure people's stupidity. This famous saying is intended to encourage people to learn well. The text is simple but thought-provoking. This sentence is generally believed to come from Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan", but it has not been found in any of his works, so the specific author and source are unknown.

For example, "When you are young and eager to learn, you are like the rising sun; when you are strong and eager to learn, you are like the light of the sun; when you are old and eager to learn, you are like the brightness of a candle." This is also a famous saying intended to encourage learning. , meaning: When you are young, you are eager to learn as brightly as the rising sun; when you are in your prime of life, your eagerness to learn is as radiant as the sun at noon; when you are old, your eagerness to learn is as bright as a lit candle. This sentence compares a person's youth, adulthood and old age, and encourages people to study hard throughout their lives. This famous saying indeed comes from Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan".

For example, "Living with good people is like entering a house of orchids, and you will not smell their fragrance for a long time; living with evil people is like entering a house of abalones, and you will not smell their fragrance for a long time." and kind people Living together is like entering a room full of orchids. After a long time, you no longer smell the fragrance. Living with bad people is like entering a shop selling pickled fish. After a long time, you no longer smell the smell. . The inability to smell the smell is not because the smell is no longer there, but because the person and the smell have become one. It is similar to "the person who is close to vermillion is red, and the person who is close to ink is black". It aims to illustrate the principle that the environment can change people. This famous saying also comes from Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan".