"Although there is a concept of honor, Yan Chaoran" means that people's spirit can be obtained without relying on external things. People with outstanding talents and fame are not tired of external things such as fame and fortune. Although they have a sense of honor, it is not against human nature that a leopard cannot change his spots. From chapter 26 of Tao Te Ching.

Original sentence: light roots are important, and quietness is dry. Therefore, a gentleman can't leave the trench all day. Although there is a concept of honor, Yan Chaoran. Why do you despise the world as the Lord of all things? If you are light, you will lose your roots, and if you do, you will lose your gentleman.

The text of Tao Te Ching takes "morality" in the philosophical sense as the main line, and discusses the ways of self-cultivation, governing the country, using troops and keeping in good health, but most of them aim at politics. It is the so-called "inner sage and outer king", known as the king of all classics, with profound meaning and wide tolerance.