Yang Zhu went to Song State and stayed in an inn. The shopkeeper warmly received Yang Zhu and introduced his family to him. Yang Zhu found that his master had two concubines. One is elegant and lovely, and the other is ugly. It is incomprehensible that shopkeepers love ugliness and despise beauty.
Yang Zhu was curious, wanted to find out, and asked why.
"This beautiful and self-reliant beauty looks down on others and is arrogant. The more I look at her, the more I feel ugly; This seemingly ugly person, kind-hearted, polite and reasonable, makes me feel better and better. I don't think she is not beautiful at all. " Speaking of which, the beautiful concubine swaggered over. The host didn't even look at her, so he said to Yang Zhu, "Look at this virtue, this appearance is really annoying. She doesn't know what is beautiful and what is ugly! "
Yang Zhu is very cultured under the inspiration of the shopkeeper. He thinks appearance is very important, but character is a more important criterion. If a person is beautiful and noble, he will be loved by people. If your appearance is not ideal but your soul is beautiful, you will also be respected.
Beauty and ugliness have always had two standards: the pursuit of external beauty is superficial; Advocating inner beauty is very important and rich in connotation.
It is superficial ugliness to show off the superficial beauty and be proud of it; Self-esteem, self-love and humility are the realm of beauty. Surface beauty is temporary, while inner beauty is eternal.