Ban Gu, a native of Fufeng Anling in the Eastern Han Dynasty (now northeast of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province), was named Meng Jian in AD 32-92. He was the son of the historian Ban Biao, a historian and writer, and was also known as Ban with Sima Qian. horse?. On the basis of Ban Biao's continuation of "Historical Records", "Hou Zhuan", he began to write the Book of Han, and it was basically completed by the time Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty established the junior high school. His main works are "Book of Han", and he wrote "White Tiger's Theory of Tongde". He was a guard of the Central Army when he conquered the Xiongnu, and later died in prison. He was good at poetry, including "Ode to Two Capitals" and so on.

Famous Quotes by Ban Gu:

Seeing once is worth hearing a hundred times.

Justice is established, evil and evil are blocked, and private rights are abolished.

Don’t forget danger when you are safe, and worry about decline when you are prosperous.

Safety does not come in a day, and danger does not come in a day. They all happen gradually over time.

Luxurious without restraint, it cannot be supported.

If education is not established, all people will not be upright.

If the father and brother do not teach first, then the children will be careless.

It is fair and selfless to speak openly.

Nationality is the foundation of ten generations, and a family has a century-old legacy.

When a country is about to prosper, respect your master.

How can you bend and follow the customs and seek wealth and honor?

A gentleman stays alone and remains upright.

Too much joy will benefit Yang, and too much sorrow will damage Yin.

Etiquette prevents prostitution and restrains extravagance.

If the officials are not honest and fair, the governance will decline.

The honest will prosper, the greedy will perish.

The people are weak and cannot be defeated, and they are stupid and cannot be bullied.

The car in front is overturned, and the car behind is a lesson.

Blue flies are addicted to meat juice and forget to drown, and everyone is greedy for worldly benefits and falls into sin.

Benevolence is never far away, and duty is never far away.

A slightest mistake can lead to a thousand miles of misunderstanding.

Shun had no place to establish himself, so he had the world.

Open the mouth of the world and spread the path of admonishment.

The king is based on the people, and the people are based on wealth. If the wealth is exhausted, the subordinates will rebel, and if the subordinates rebel, the superiors will perish.

He has been a general and prime minister, and he is also the pillar of the country.

Promote benefits and eliminate harm, respect the Lord and bring peace to the people.

Study ancient times well and seek truth from facts.

Zhong Ziqi died, and Boya stopped playing the harp for the rest of his life.

It is difficult to reach heaven if you are in danger of accumulating eggs.

The national ear forgets home, the public ear forgets private interests.

Thousands of people pointed out that he died without illness.

Those who govern the world should use the heart of the world as their heart.

According to the times.

The rot technique cannot be used as Gui.

My gate is like a city, my heart is like a tree.

It is not appropriate to question the fox when the wolf crosses the road.

Three are corrupt officials and five are honest officials.

The soldiers are unknown and the accidents are unsuccessful.

Be honest about rewards and punishments, be disciplined in giving, remember people's merits, and ignore minor mistakes.

Small success is like nature, habits are like nature.

Heaven does not change, and so does the Tao.

The crowds of people are floating on the mountain, and the mosquitoes are gathering into thunder.

The art of ten circles begins to grow like a tiller.

If it is too strong, it will break, if it is too soft, it will be useless.

When you listen to what is said, you must look at it based on the facts, and the speaker will not dare to speak falsely.

The wise hear in silence, the wise see invisibility.

It is difficult to achieve merit by engraving gold and stone, but it is easy to achieve by destroying decay.

Disasters are often hidden in secrets and occur when people fail to notice them.

Blessings are born with a foundation, and misfortunes are born with a fetus.

If you want others, don’t explain it; if you want others, don’t talk about it; if you want others, don’t know it, but if you want it, don’t do it.

If you want to surrender to a rat, avoid the weapon.

The family is rich and powerful, and the eyes point to the Qi.

If the road is opened by speaking outright, then all the wise men from all over the world will travel thousands of miles.

When fighting with others, if you don’t suppress their arrogance and push their backs, you will not be able to win completely.

His writing is straightforward, his work is to the point, he does not pretend to be beautiful, and he does not conceal evil.

Soldiers are based on calculation, so more calculations lead to victory.

The slip of Mount Tai cuts through the stone, and the tangle of the single pole cuts through the stem.

The door to good fortune is nothing but harmony, and the root of trouble is nothing more than inner separation.

If a general does not know how to fight, he will use his master to attack the enemy; if a king does not choose a general, he will use his country to attack the enemy.

Those who do great deeds will not record minor faults, and those who do great good deeds will not have minor flaws.

Those who accumulate hoards have great destiny in the world. If there is plenty of grain and plenty of wealth, why can't they succeed?

Cannot be compared.

Knowing one but not seeing the other, seeing the outside but not knowing the inside.

Use a tube to peer into the sky, and use a lithium to measure the sea.

The legacy of a son full of gold is not as good as once.

Patriotism is like hunger and thirst.