“Give people roses, and the fragrance will linger in your hands” means: We give beautiful flowers to people, and they will naturally reap the lasting fragrance. It is often used to describe that giving will make you happy. When you help others succeed, you will naturally get rewards in addition to helping others.

From an ancient Indian proverb: Give someone a rose, and its fragrance will linger for a long time. The English expression is: "The roses in her hand, the flavor in mine."

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The story of "Give someone a rose, the fragrance is in your hand"

It is said that once, Wang Xi's road passed a bridge in Shanyin City. An old woman was selling a basket of hexagonal bamboo fans at the market. That kind of bamboo fan was very simple, with no decoration, and it did not attract the interest of passers-by. It seemed that it could not be sold, and the old woman was very worried.

Wang Xizhi felt sorry for the old woman when he saw this situation, so he stepped forward and said to her: "You have no paintings or words on this bamboo fan, so of course you can't sell it. How about I inscribe it for you?" ?" The old woman didn't know Wang Xizhi, so she gave him the bamboo fan to write. Wang Xizhi picked up his pen and wrote five words on each fan, then returned them to the old woman.

The old woman was illiterate and felt that his writing was very sloppy and she was very unhappy. Wang Xizhi comforted her and said, "Don't worry. You can tell the people who bought the fans that the words on them were written by Wang Youjun." As soon as Wang Xizhi left, the old woman did as he asked. When people at the market saw that it was Wang Youjun's calligraphy, they all rushed to buy it. A basket of bamboo fans was sold out immediately.

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