Peng used to grow up in a marijuana field, and no one helped him. White fine sand mixed with black soil will turn black.
Don't help yourself directly in the fullness of life: it is a metaphor for living in a good environment and getting healthy growth.
White sand nirvana, which is the same as black: it means that beautiful people or things will deteriorate with the polluted environment.
This sentence comes from: Xunzi, advise to learn.
Xunzi's original excerpt on encouraging students to learn;
In the south, there is a bird named Meng Dui, whose nest is feathers, whose hair is woven and whose reed is tied. When the wind breaks, the egg broken child dies. The nest is endless, but so are the people connected with it.
There is a kind of wood in the west called Shegan. Its stem is four inches long, and it was born on a high mountain. However, in the abyss, the wooden pole can't grow out, but it stands naturally.
In the bitter fleabane bitter fleabane, I can't bear to go straight; White sand is nirvana, and it is black.
Lan Huaigen is a cheese, but he grows up, and the gentleman is not close, so he refuses to accept it. Its quality is not beautiful, but it is also gradual.
Therefore, a gentleman must choose his hometown when he is born, and he must be a scholar when he travels. Therefore, we must also guard against evil and righteousness.
Extended data
Xunzi was one of the greatest educators in ancient times. His best students were Han Feizi, a jurist, Li Si, the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, and Zhang Cang, the prime minister of Han Dynasty. It can be seen that Xunzi's learning is practical.
"Encouraging Learning" is the representative work of Xunzi and the first article in Xunzi's book.
The full text consists of two parts: the first part discusses the importance of learning; The second part discusses the steps, contents and methods of learning. And "learning can't" is the central idea that runs through the whole paper.
Several excerpts from the first part of "Encouraging Learning" have been selected into middle school Chinese textbooks since liberation, which is one of the traditional masterpieces that can stand the test of time.
Creation background
During the Warring States period, slavery further collapsed, the feudal system gradually formed, and epoch-making changes took place in history.
Many thinkers expressed different opinions on the social changes at that time from different positions and angles, and gradually formed different factions such as Mohism, Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism, which was called "a hundred schools of thought contend" in history. A hundred schools of thought contend and wrote many books, publicizing their own views and criticizing others, resulting in a situation of "a hundred schools of thought contend".
The important representatives of Confucianism in the Warring States period were Mencius and Xunzi.
Mencius advocated the idea of "those who do things govern the people, and those who do things govern the people" to defend the ruling class, while Xunzi believed that the existence of nature is independent of human will, and people can use subjective efforts to understand it, adapt to it and use it to avoid misfortune. His disciples Han Fei and Li Si became important representatives of legalists at the end of the Warring States Period.
reference data
Baidu encyclopedia-persuasion