Confucius said, "Living in kindness is like entering Lan Zhi's room. If you don't smell it for a long time, you will melt with it. If you don't live well, if you enter the place of abalone, you won't smell it for a long time, and you will blend in with it. " What Dan hides is red, and what he paints is black. Gentlemen should be careful where they are. "
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Associating with noble people is like entering a room full of delicate orchids. Over time, you can't smell the fragrance of orchids, because you are integrated 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. The place where cinnabar is hidden is red, and the place where pigment is hidden is black, so people with moral cultivation must carefully choose their friends and environment.
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To live with good people is to associate with people with high moral character. Out of the Han Kong Anguo "Confucius family language? Six books. Confucius said, "Living in kindness is like entering Lan Zhi's room. If you don't smell its fragrance for a long time, you will blend with it. " "If you don't live well, it's like going into an abalone shop. If you don't smell it for a long time, it will melt away with it. "
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Shopping.
Room: room.
Paint: paint.
Yes: this one.
Attention:? Be careful.
Will: Of course, of course.
And: and.
Dan:? Cinnabar, mineral name, red
Change: assimilation
Family: communication
Goodman: It refers to a person of noble character.
Therefore, therefore.
Lan Zhi House: Orchid and Ganoderma, two kinds of herbs; Used to describe a good environment.
Boss of abalone: boss, shop; Abalone: that is, pickled fish, which has a foul smell; The shop selling pickled fish is called abalone shop, which is a metaphor for the place where little people gather.
Dan's hiding place is red: the place where cinnabar is put must be red, which means that you must choose carefully when making friends.
Distinguish and appreciate
This article can be summarized as an idiom:? If you live with the lame, you will learn to limp.
Warn people: we must choose friends and environment carefully and make friends carefully.
The point of this article is: Be careful when making friends.