grow up from the filthy mud without being polluted

grow up from the filthy mud without being polluted

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ū ch é Nb ù R ǎ n, which means to keep pure in a dirty environment. It comes from Zhou Dunyi's collection of Zhou Lianxi · on Ailian in Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Zhou Dunyi of Song Dynasty wrote in the collection of Zhou Lianxi, the story of loving lotus: "I love lotus only when it comes out of mud, but not dyed; I wash lotus but not demon."

Idiom usage

It is the master of autumn shadow, but he sweeps in middle age. He smokes tea in the stove and sings in a bun. The flower society is bright and spotless. (Qing Dynasty, section 15 of Chen Peizhi's memories of xiangwanlou)