Clear water means no fish.

"Clear water means no fish" means that fish can't survive if the river is too clear. This sentence is usually used to mean not to ask too much of people or things. "Clear water means no fish" is recorded in the ancient books "Li Ji in the Great Generation" and "Han Shu". The original text is: clear water means no fish, and people have no disciples. Fish can't live if the water is too clear. If you are too strict with others, you won't have a partner.

Yuantouyi

Therefore, a gentleman must be ignorant of the people's nature and reach the people's feelings; We can see that he learned a lesson from life, and then the people obeyed. Since ancient times, people have been close to each other and politics have been peaceful. The people have no complaints. Therefore, a gentleman reaches out to the people, not seeking high, not seeking far, and not complaining that the people can't do it. The success of the Ming king in the present, but the people are strict but not up to it; After several years of industry, the people are in poverty and have medical treatment. Therefore, the ancients looked at it with a crown, so they covered the Ming Dynasty; It's all about the ears, so it's smart. Therefore, there is no fish in clear water, and there is no disciple in human view. Therefore, it is vain and straightforward, making it complacent; Flexibility, self-seeking; Slap it and make it self-sufficient; If a person has a small sin, he will forgive it with kindness. If death keeps them alive, their goodness is close to each other. Therefore, at the beginning of the policy of benefiting the people, it is impossible to teach if the policy is not standardized, and it is impossible for ordinary people to formulate it.

Source 2

Although, Ann can't practice herself! The poem says,' drums and bells are heard in the palace.' He Ming nine high, the sound of nature. If you can cultivate self-cultivation, why not! Taigong practices benevolence and righteousness, and there are two out of seventy, which are used in civil and military affairs, so you can trust them. Sealed in qi, 700 years without stopping. So this scholar bred day and night, learned to be sensitive and didn't dare to be lazy. For example, you can fly and sing.

Heaven doesn't stop its winter because people hate cold, and the land doesn't stop its width because people hate danger. A gentleman will not do this because of a villain's Hungary. "There is constancy in the sky, constancy in the earth, and constancy in the gentleman; A gentleman is the norm, and a villain counts his merits. "As a poem says:' If people are impolite, what kind of words do they have? There is no fish when the water is clear, and there is no disciple when people look at it; Crown in front, so cover it; I am deaf, so I am listening. I didn't see it clearly, but I didn't hear it skillfully. The big one is virtue, and the small one is forgiveness. There is no need to prepare for the righteousness of one person. Being vain and straightforward makes him complacent; Flexibility, self-seeking; If you photograph it, you will find it. Cover the teachings of saints and make them want to be complacent; If you are complacent, you will be sensitive and broad.