Where did the saying "what you believe is what you see" come from? Which book?

Battle Through the Heavens Chapter 1210 was the first chapter of Battle Through the Heavens.

This sentence came from the Chinese web novel " Lord Snow Eagle ".

This sentence came from an online martial arts novel called Sword Snow Stride ". The original text read: " If you don't hate it, you like it. If you like it, you love it. If you love it, you love it to the point of death." The novel was a story about the growth of a young swordsman in Jianghu.

From Ming Shi Nai 'an's "Water Margins."

"He is an official for money." This sentence comes from the 19th chapter of the Ming Dynasty novel Water Margins. The original text reads: "He refused to yield to his official position, refused to lower his eyebrows and look pleasing to the eye, only asked for wealth, money, gold, real estate, cars, and only money. Therefore, he was an official for money." This sentence expressed the protagonist Lin Chong's pursuit of wealth. He was unwilling to submit to the official position and only asked for money. Although this sentence was described as a negative image in the novel, it also reflected the social reality that many officials would go against morality and the law to pursue power and money. Whether this sentence made sense or not required specific analysis. From a literary and artistic point of view, this sentence expressed the character's character and values, and it had a certain degree of expressiveness and appeal. However, from the perspective of social reality, it may not be completely accurate or comprehensive. Some officials may not be in pursuit of money but to better serve the people and promote social progress.

This sentence came from a poem in the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's "Fu De Gu Yuan Cao Farewell":"The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop. The cuckoo cries, but the new rain is startled." The poem described the natural landscape and animal scenes on the grassland, expressing the importance of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.

This sentence came from a poem in the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's "Fu De Gu Yuan Cao Farewell":"The tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop. The cuckoo cries, but the new rain is startled." The trees want to be still, but the wind keeps blowing. The chirping of the birds makes the new rain disturbed. This sentence expressed that in a turbulent world, any stable thing would inevitably be destroyed. It was the same for life.

This sentence came from the contemporary Chinese poem " The Sun Shines on the Sanggan River." The plot of the novel was that in the 1930s, a young woman was sailing on the Sanggan River when she saw the starry sky and was attracted by the ideals and romance within. She wrote down her feelings and made it a classic quote in the novel.

This sentence came from a poem in the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's "Wine to Drink":"Don't you see that the water of the Yellow River flows from the sky to the sea and never returns?" Can't you see the bright mirror in the high hall sad, white hair in the morning like black silk, turning into snow in the evening? Life is full of joy, don't let the golden cup empty to the moon." Among them," A stranger is like a jade gentleman, unparalleled in the world " was a continuation of this poem by later generations to describe the beauty and noble temperament of the protagonist.