As the ancients said, a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and a friendship between villains is as sweet as ever. Refers to the friendship between gentlemen based on morality, elegant and pure, as light as water; Feelings based on interests are easily intertwined, and finally there will be quarrels and fights, which will break up in discord.
This language comes from Zhuangzi? Sam:? It is said that the friendship between sages is as plain as water, but not vain. ? The friendship between gentlemen is indifferent, and the friendship between villains is happy (L ǐ); A gentleman is indifferent to his relatives, but a villain is willing to give up. ?
The ancients were extremely wise, and this sentence was actually a spirit advocated by the ancients. In ancient times, because the material life was not so developed, the ancients paid great attention to the improvement of ideological realm, including the ideological education of literati since the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Basically, no one will say that they are willing to be villains, and they are willing to be duckweeds in ups and downs.
In fact, this sentence is also applicable in modern times. Sometimes friends don't care too much about interests when they meet. Once emotional things involve interests, then feelings are not like feelings, and they will develop into interests. In the end, feelings will be like the opposite of a gentleman's friendship as light as water, feelings will be mixed with interests, and eventually feelings will collapse in the intersection of interests.
To sum up, the ancients said that a friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, but it is actually an admiration for the friendship between friends. Advocating friendship should be pure and flawless, and should not be mixed with any interests. In fact, this is not only the case in ancient times, but also now. Once emotional things are mixed with economic interests, then this kind of emotion becomes not an emotion, but a taste.