香燻芳潔

譯文╱晉．法炬、法立（生卒年不詳）

鄙夫染人，如近臭物，

漸迷習非，不覺成惡；

賢夫染人，如附香燻，

進智習善，行成芳潔。

──選自《法句譬喻經》

Permeating and Aromatic Incense

Translated into Chinese by

Faju and Fali (Years unknown, Jin Dynasty)

English translation: Venerable Miao Guang

The influence of unsavory people are like the presence of an odor: gradually, you go astray by being accustomed to their unwholesomeness. Unknowingly, you also become unsavory.

The influence of eminent people are like the presence of aromatic incense: gradually, your wisdom progresses by being accustomed to their wholesomeness. Gradually, you also become fragrant and fresh.

── from the Dharmapada