This entry explains idiom “Jun zi zhi jiao dan ru shui”, from both Liji and Zhuangzi. It means noble‑character people’s sincere, value‑based friendship is plain yet enduring, unlike interest‑driven fleeting bonds.
In traditional Chinese culture, the conflict and fusion between Buddhism and Taoism underwent a prolonged historical process, a phenomenon vividly expressed and embodied in Journey to the West.