This painting depicts some houseflies being attracted to the rotten remains covered by used newspapers.

Moral lesson :

Interpretation of the Chinese characters : "The presence of houseflies is traced to the existence of a corpse."

We should take cue from the above painting that houseflies are attracted to rotten stuff. Hence when we spotted such unwanted pest in any organization/establishment, it is a warning sign of "rotten" internal controls and management. One must be quick and sharp to identify such pest and exterminate it at once otherwise it will create a colony of houseflies in no time, to "feed on fraudulent gains".

From the above painting, we also noticed that only the bigger and arrogant ones are flying above the newspaper showing off their "triumph over the helpless corpse".

Thoughts to ponder :

Do you think that the houseflies will go scot-free forever?

Word of advice :

Believe it or not, I reckon when their time is up, they will be exterminated.