薰蕕異器薰蕕不同器xūn yóu yì qìfragrant herbs and stinking weeds cannot be put in the same vessel-good people must stay away from bad
? 薰蕕不同器而藏，堯桀不共國而治，以其類異也。(《孔子家語·致思》) Fragrant herbs and stinking weeds cannot be kept in the same vessel,and the good king Yao and the tyrant Jie could not rule the same country,for they are not of the same kind. 薰蕕異器xūn yóu yì qì薰：香草；蕕：臭草；異：不同。香草和臭草不能放在同一種器物中。比喻好人不能與壞人一起共事。the difference between good and evil, good people must stay away from bad |