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The source of this sentence is Liu Ji's The Orangeman's Words.
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Watching him ride a horse in a high hall, who is drunk, fat and fresh, and who is not awesome and imposing? Why not surpass Jin Yu? Where is the defeat?
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Look at those people sitting in the high hall, riding big horses, drinking wine and eating rich food. Who is not awesome and radiant? But they are like losers at heart, flashy.
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What this article mainly wants to tell us is that we can't just look at the surface. People or things with shiny surfaces are not necessarily valuable, but the inner quality is the most important. This idiom is a commendatory term, which emphasizes that matter is more important than appearance.
Creation background
Liu Ji was a famous person in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. This sentence comes from his Orangeman's Words, which was intended to satirize some seemingly rich and powerful people at that time, but they lacked real cultivation and quality in their hearts.
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Gaotang: the attic above;
Fat and fresh: refers to delicious food.
Enlightenment of life
This idiom tells us that we can't judge a person or a thing just by his appearance. The beauty of appearance may only be the appearance, and the quality of actual connotation is the most important. In life, we should be good at distinguishing the truth of people and things, and don't be confused by the glamour on the surface. At the same time, we should also pay attention to self-cultivation and the cultivation of internal quality, and don't just pay attention to external performance and ignore the internal importance.
I once met a man who looked rich and dressed in fashion, but in the process of contact with him, I found that his heart was empty and lonely, lacking real emotional communication and inner satisfaction. On the contrary, I once met a person who looks ordinary and dresses simply, but has a rich heart, profound cultural background and emotional wisdom, which makes people respect and admire him.
Therefore, we should shape ourselves from the inside out and pay attention to inner cultivation and growth, rather than simply pursuing the beauty of appearance and vanity of the surface. At the same time, when facing others, we should also respect their inner world, and don't judge a person's value and quality only from the surface. Only in this way can we truly realize personal all-round development and good interpersonal communication.