True words are hard to hear, but sweet words are easy to hear.
Explanation of famous quotes:
Chapter 2 of "Yuan Ren" by Zhang Jiuling of the Tang Dynasty.
Guerr: Not pleasing to the ear, unable to listen. Sweet words: sweet words. The general idea of ??these two sentences is: sincere and straightforward criticism is hard to hear, but sweet flattery is easy to hear.
Due to people's face-saving psychology and self-esteem, they often cannot listen to blunt advice or criticism, but they are happy to hear flattery words that cater to their own psychology. But loyal words that are harsh to the ears can cure illnesses, but sweet words can easily lead to many bad things. These two sentences can be used to warn people to be good at listening to loyal and straightforward advice and to be wary of sweet-talking flattery.