harmony but not sameness

harmony but not sameness

Harmony but not sameness, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h é R B ù t ó ng, which means to live in harmony, but not casually. From the Analects of Confucius · Zilu.

Idiom explanation

Harmony: harmony; agreement: agreement. Get along well, but not casually.

The origin of Idioms

Zi Lu in the Analects of Confucius: "the gentleman is harmonious but different, and the villain is harmonious but different."

Idiom usage

In Dong Fang Shuo Hua Zan written by Xia Hou Zhan of Jin Dynasty, it is said that "the trace of dye is hidden in the morning, but the harmony is different." In Yuan Hong's preface to the famous ministers of the Three Kingdoms in Jin Dynasty: "harmony but not sameness, communication but not miscellaneous."