Interpretation: Cao Peng grew up in hemp fields and can walk upright without support. White sand mixed with black soil can no longer turn white.
2. Six Books of Confucius in the Pre-Qin Dynasty: If you are born with goodness, if you enter the room and don't smell its fragrance for a long time, you will blend with it. Living with poor people is like entering the place of abalone. If you haven't heard of it for a long time, you will melt with it.
Interpretation: Associating with virtuous people is like entering a room full of herbs. Over time, you can't smell the fragrance of herbs, because it blends with the fragrance. Associating with people with bad conduct is like entering a shop selling smelly salted fish. Over time, you can't smell the salty fish, which is also because you are integrated with the smell.
3, anonymous "Ancient and Modern Sages" Truth: You know fish near the water, and birds are heard near the mountain.
Interpretation: To understand a person or a thing, we must observe it closely.
4. Chapter 13 of Liu E's Travels of Lao Can in Qing Dynasty: The authorities are lost, but the bystanders are clear.
Interpretation: the parties to a matter often think too much about gains and losses, and their understanding is not comprehensive, but they are not as clear as the onlookers. ?
5, Song and Zhou Dunyi's "Love Lotus": Love lotus only, mud does not touch, clear but not demon.
Interpretation: I only like lotus flowers, which are muddy but not stained. It was washed in clean water, but it didn't look attractive.