Zhēnzhèng de zhīshi fènzi yīng zuò míngyángfèng, ér bùshì fùshēngchóng.
A real intellectual should be a phoenix calling to the sun, not a parrot-worm echoing others.
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From 《诗经·大雅·卷阿》: 凤凰鸣矣，于彼高冈；梧桐生矣，于彼朝阳 - the phoenix calls from a high ridge, facing the morning sun. The image became shorthand for a virtuous voice willing to speak truth to power.
