薰莸异器薰莸不同器xūn yóu yì qìfragrant herbs and stinking weeds cannot be put in the same vessel-good people must stay away from bad
❍ 薰莸不同器而藏，尧桀不共国而治，以其类异也。(《孔子家语·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. 薰莸异器xūn yóu yì qì薰：香草；莸：臭草；异：不同。香草和臭草不能放在同一种器物中。比喻好人不能与坏人一起共事。the difference between good and evil, good people must stay away from bad |