A form can be remolded or reshaped again. However, the splendor of the flower will remain as it is.
This couplet beautifully conveys that even if something is melted down and reshaped into a new form, its fundamental essence or original grandeur remains intact. Think of gold: you can melt a gold ornament and craft it into a different design, but it's still pure gold. The core quality, the inherent value, doesn't change with its external appearance. It teaches us that true character and intrinsic worth are unalterable, no matter how much circumstances or outer forms might change. What's truly valuable on the inside always retains its original splendor.
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