like bullrushes growing beside a jade tree—[of people]be entirely different in character and looks ❍ 魏明帝使后弟毛曾与夏侯玄共坐,时人谓蒹葭倚玉树。(刘义庆《世说新语·容止》) Emperor Ming of Wei had the empress’s younger brother,Mao Zeng,and Xiahou Xuan sit together. Contemporaries referred to them as “bullrushes growing beside a jade tree. ”