蓬生麻中

蓬生麻中

péng shēng má zhōng

The fleabane growing in the field of hemp becomes straight itself without support.; a raspberry grows among the hemp -- influence of good friends; One can become a virtuous man if living among the virtuous.:

蓬生麻中，不扶自直。 When one is surrounded by the virtuous, he'll become upright himself.