‌The Oleander Tales/夹竹桃传奇

"Life resembles theater, theater mirrors life-a small troupe embodying the myriad flavors of human existence.

人生如戏，戏如人生，小小剧团，人间百味。

Outside the Peking Opera Theater lies a garden of oleanders. Their red and white hues mirror each other in stunning, captivating beauty, yet their sap is lethally toxic.

As common ornamental plants, they are familiar to many, yet few recognize their ""beautiful yet poisonous"" nature. Only the theater's director grasped its profound symbolism.

During a seemingly impromptu gathering, he led the troupe through the floral sea. Taking oleanders as a metaphor, he expounded on ""two-aspect theory"": intoxicating fragrance may camouflage superficial vulgarity, while plain appearances might conceal inner turbulence...

Thus, the theater further refined this garden into a renowned Jiangnan-style landscape in the city. The director also adopted ""two-aspect theory"" as guiding methodology for their work. The ""Oleander Dialectics"" remains an enduring methodology at the Peking Opera Theater to this day.

京剧院外的花园里，有一片夹竹桃。红白辉映的花朵，色泽美艳且迷人，其汁液却有剧毒。

作为常见的观赏植物，人们对它并不陌生，而它"美而毒"的特性却鲜有人了解，唯有剧院院长从中悟出了深刻的哲理。

一次看似偶然的机会，院长组织大家在花海里徜徉，以夹竹桃为切入点，谈及"两点论"的思考：花香四溢，可能是为矫饰肤浅的鄙俗；平平无奇，或许是为掩盖内里的波澜......

由此，京剧院进一步修饰该花园，将其打造为城内一处知名的江南园林；院长也以"两点论"循循善诱，指导工作。"夹竹桃两点论"则成为京剧院的重要方法依据流传至今。