“出淤泥而不染”,人们常用这句话赞颂荷花芳洁、高贵的品质。可我以为这句话有些贬低了淤泥。在人们赞美荷花时,为什么偏要认定淤泥在荷花下面就是要污染荷花呢?有这样一则寓言:池溏里开满了美丽的荷花,岸边赏花的人们赞叹道:“荷花出 “Sludge does not stain,” and people often use this phrase to extol the quality of lotus fragrance and nobleness. But I think this sentence somewhat devalued the silt. When people praise the lotus, why do you have to decide that the silt under the lotus is to contaminate the lotus? There is a parable: The pond is full of beautiful lotuses, and people on the shore admire the flowers: “The lotus flower