impervious to desires and passions
Gujing wubo, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǔ J ǐ NGW ú B ō, which means to describe inner peace and emotion not affected by external things. From "to Yuan Zhen".
Notes on Idioms
Gujing: dry well.
The origin of Idioms
"There is no wave in ancient well water, but there is a bamboo pole in autumn," said Bai Juyi of Tang Dynasty
Idiom usage
It refers to inner peace. Examples Meng Jiao's Yuefu poem "lie Nu Cao": "waves vow not to have Concubine's heart in Gujing water" song Fan Chengda's poem "Mr. CI Yun Yue Wu Zhong Jian Ji's eight poems": "knowing from the righteousness, listening to the sound, Gujing no wave is more muddy."
impervious to desires and passions
The earthworm can float through the dyke - chǐ yǐn chuān dī,néng piāo yī yì
To help the past and the present - yuán gǔ cì jīn
hear readily without comprehending what is heard - ěr shí zhī tán
curry favour with those in power - yī kuàng fù mù