As the saying goes, the words are simple but the truth is deep. Supplements and extensions are made, and the text is integrated. Nothing is difficult in the world, I'm just afraid of not concentrating. If an adult is not at ease, he will not be an adult if he is at ease. Only when gold is refined by fire can one know its color, and by exchanging money with others, one can know one's heart. A beggar has no food and is caused by laziness. Diligence and frugality are priceless treasures, and saving food is the gateway to all wonders. Save time and money so as not to ask for help.
No matter how great the calamity is, the calamity will also be great if the machine is deep. Use kindness deeply as a treasure, and cultivate fertile land with your heart for generations to come. Live in groups and guard your mouth, sit alone and guard your heart. A healthy body means wealth, and a healthy body means don't complain about poverty. Children from prodigal families spend money like dirt, while children from poor families accumulate soil and turn it into gold. Wealth and honor are not related to heaven and earth, and misfortunes and blessings are not related to ghosts and gods. You may be poor for a while, but your duty will never be poor. They do not worship their parents, they do not worship their relatives, and brothers do not make friends with outsiders.
People leave their names when they pass by, and geese leave their voices when they pass by. Choose a son over a father, a relative over a neighbor. The love for your wife is the Lord, the love for your son is the love. Things start from the root, and the lotus root and leaves connect to the heart. Disaster and blessing belong to the same family, benefit and harm belong to the same city. Sake makes people's faces red, and wealth and silk touch people's hearts! It is better to recite the Buddha's name in vain than to curse others. If you have money, you can speak; if you don't have money, your words won't work.
How can it be as satisfactory as one wishes? But please be worthy of my heart. Instead of saying that the rope in one's well is short, one says that others have a deep rope in the well. Love often makes you sick, and you feel poor when you don't have money. Just learn how to pour wine, don’t learn how to play chess. Don't pretend to be filial, you will become a parent in a blink of an eye. Don't look forward to retribution. Look back only at your children and grandchildren! The mouth is open, the spirit is scattered, the tongue is talking about disputes and troubles! Playing the piano takes up your nails, talking takes up your energy.
Thousands of dollars buy fields, thousands of dollars make neighbors. People may not always finish what they say, but only listen to three points of what they are told. Are there no ears next door, and no one outside the window? Wealth can nourish one's health and requires attention, and it has nothing to do with oneself and one's mind. Wine does not protect the wise, sex does not protect the sick; wealth does not protect the relatives, and anger does not protect the life! If you don't have constant karma in one day, you will easily have evil intentions! In the hot and cold world, wealth is more important than poverty;
Jealous people are more jealous of their own flesh and blood than outsiders! When the melon is ripe and the stem falls, it will happen naturally. A favor gives a horse, but a trade does not spare a needle! Overdone food is delicious, but overdone words are unpleasant! Too many things make you tired, but too many fields support everyone. If you are afraid of trouble, endure it and don't cause trouble, then nothing will happen. How reassuring it is to be calm and not deceived! The Supreme Son of Heaven is no more than a man of reason, and principles prevail in the world.
Don’t say too many good things, don’t speak too loudly if you are right! Once the power is in hand, the order will be carried out. Licorice is sweet and can be eaten, but lies cannot be listened to. Ignoring it on the spot will be in vain later. The poor should not fight with the rich, and the rich should not fight with the officials! It is hard for an upright official to escape the hands of cunning officials, and there are few people who recite Buddha's name in the yamen! There are thousands of people in a family, but only one person is in charge. Father and son work hard to turn mountains into jade, and brothers work together to turn soil into gold. Those involved are confused, but onlookers are clear. Weird people don't understand things, but people who understand things don't blame people. If you are not rich, you will be rich first and you will not be rich. If you are not poor, you will be poor and you will not be poor. Win less when you lose less, win less when you lose less!
When you are full and warm, you think about lust, when you are hungry and cold, you have a stealing heart! Mosquitoes are slapped because their mouths hurt people! Too much desire hurts the mind, and too much wealth makes the heart tired! It is a blessing to have warm clothes, and a safe life is spring. A poor family produces filial sons, and a country in chaos reveals loyal ministers! It's better to be a peace dog than a liar! There are several grades of people, and there are several grades of officials. If one does not protect one's relatives, the law does not serve the people.
Those who respect themselves will be respected by others, and those who underestimate others will underestimate themselves. If you are not careful, you will disturb your neighbors. What you want to do is not what you want, and your reputation has been ruined since ancient times. Don't do anything that hurts your body, don't say anything that hurts you. A villain has a fat mouth, a gentleman has a fat body. The earth does not give birth to nameless people, and the sky does not give birth to people without paths. A sapling of dew and a sapling of grass are like the emperor and his courtiers. Reading an unseen book is like finding a good friend; seeing an already read book is like meeting an old friend.
When you are full of blessings, you must be on guard against misfortunes, and when there are many bad things, you must be careful. I am not afraid of dying at thirty, I am just afraid of being unknown after death. But those who know the world are poor people. I am not afraid of killing people in Fangzhong, I just know that there are no good people in Fangzhong. To talk long and short, it is better to talk about a person's advantages than to talk about his shortcomings; to show favors rather than blame others, it is better to extend favors to others than to blame others. Cultivate forests and raise tigers, but tigers can cause serious harm to people. Enemies die holding each other's hands, but things need to be solved by handing over people.
The rolling curtain returns to the swallow, and the fan opens to release the flies. Love the rat and always leave food, pity the moth and shade the lampshade. The fate of human beings lies in heaven, and the fate of things lies in humans. An adulterer cannot cooperate with his parents, and a thief cannot cooperate with his neighbors. Thieves often lead to gambling, and human lives often lead to adultery. If you believe in slander in governing a country, you will kill your loyal ministers; if you believe in slander in governing a family, you will alienate your relatives. There is no need for sycophants to govern a country, and there is no need for sycophants to govern a family. A good minister is the treasure of a country, and a good wife is the treasure of a family. What is stable is not rolling, but what is rolling is unstable. The son does not think the mother is ugly, the dog does not think the family is poor. A gentleman doesn't care about a thousand dollars, but a villain is annoying when he spends a thousand dollars. Being a dignified person in front of others makes people fight for each other.
You must know that the rivers and lakes are deep and no one is silent. To know how to stop yourself is to avoid delusions, and to stay in poverty you must have a mind that prohibits extravagance. The first time you enter the industry, you will achieve success in three years; the first time you eat steamed buns, you will have success in three years. The family has no livelihood, sitting and eating is like a landslide. A family with thousands of hectares of fertile land is not as good as a person with few skills. If you have too many skills, you will not be able to support your family, and you will eat more than you can chew. If your fortune is only eight meters high, you can travel all over the world and not be satisfied with it. Use your heart with your heart, and it will harm yourself. There is no vacant land in the country, and there are no idle people in the world. Miraculous medicine is difficult to cure, and it is hard to cure evil diseases, and it will make people poor if they are not rich but poor. One year of delayed spring will take ten years to make up for it;
People can do things everywhere, and grass can grow everywhere. It takes a few people to play three drums. People can't get close to each other until they leave, and water can't be muddy unless it's beaten. Three poor and three rich before they get old, how many people will rise and fall in ten years! When you buy something genuine, the discount will be light; don’t be afraid of being asked, just be afraid of asking. People are not as strong as goods, and high prices are not as good as words. If you know how to buy, you will be afraid of others; if you know how to sell, you will be afraid of others. There is only Shao Gong on the boat, and there are poor relatives under the emperor's feet. Knowing nothing to hope for, knowing nothing to do. In one line of work, practice one line of work; if you are poor, don't lose your ambition; if you are rich, don't be crazy.
If God wants to destroy it, it must first make it crazy. People with long tips are bold, but people with short tips are panicked. Don't be greedy for profit in every line of work. If you refine it for a long time, it will become steel. Although the flowers in the vase are so beautiful, they don’t last long. Get up early and get three lights, get up late and get three panic. Don't count on the future, don't think about the past; you will meet good friends every now and then, and you will find a cure when you are sick. The spring breeze brings summer rain, and the autumn breeze makes everyone cool. Bring an umbrella when it's sunny, bring food when you're hungry. A full pot does not make any sound, but a half pot makes a tinkling sound. Don't do anything that is of immediate benefit, and don't go to the place where everyone is fighting for it.
The old doctor is obsessed with the old disease, and the rotten medicine misses the good prescription;
You should die in the water, not on the shore. It is better to take less than to give up money, and it is better to spread prescriptions than to give medicine. Tear down the city wall and make the county magistrate ugly, beat Mei Xiang and make the girl ugly. Swallows do not enter the gate of sorrow, and mice do not exploit short positions. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, and rumors don't attract prudent people. One person sacrifices his life, but ten thousand people cannot bear it. People compete for a breath, Buddha competes for a stick of incense. Doors are for villains, locks are for gentlemen.
Biting the tongue is just for rubbing, and teeth fall out because of the orbit. The hard crossbow string breaks first, and the steel blade injures itself. The name of a thief is hard to bear, and the name of a turtle is hard to bear. The good deeds are not told by others, but the faults are told at length. A man without ambition is pure iron without steel, and a woman without ambition is nothing but grass and flesh. If a boy wants to become a dragon, he is afraid of becoming a deer; if a girl wants to become a phoenix, she is afraid of becoming a tiger. When raising a son, don’t listen to arrogant words, and when raising a daughter, don’t ask her to leave her mother. If a man loses his education, he will be stupid and stubborn, and if a woman loses his education, she will be rude.
Don’t teach bows and crossbows to boys, and don’t teach singing and dancing to girls. She learned how to use bows and crossbows, but she was a disaster on the battlefield, and she learned how to sing and dance to become a concubine. Those who have wealth are closely connected, and those who have exhausted their wealth are sparse. Marriage is about wealth and the way of husband and wife. Those with charming looks will be close to each other, while those with weak looks will be distant. Less reality is worse than emptiness, and skill is worse than clumsiness. A hundred battles are worse than no battles, and a thousand words are worse than a word of silence. If you have money, don't hold grudges and go against the grain. It's better to resolve enemies than to end them.
The one who is close to vermilion is red, and the one who is close to ink is black. There is a tiger on the top of a mountain, and it is difficult for a dragon to fight against a local snake. Look at the sky when you go out, and look at your face when you come in. A merchant's business is like giving alms, and fairness in business is like accumulating virtue. One person is born, and one hole is born on the earth. A family cannot build a family without three years' accumulation, and a country cannot build a country without nine years' accumulation. If a man is virtuous, he is talented; if a woman is devoid of talent, she is virtuous. It's hard to buy a son or daughter if you have money, and your daughter won't have any visitors.
Men should get married when they are older, and women should get married when they are older. Not getting married is a joke. Modesty is a virtue; being too modest is cheating. Falling by yourself, climbing by yourself, and looking to others for support are all false. A man does not know his faults, and an ox does not know its strength. One family is well fed and thousands of families are grieving, but nothing is missing and thousands of families are unhappy. Talking about people face to face is the most annoying, so let him tell you whether it is right or not!
Whoever has been the master for thousands of years will be spread among eight hundred families in an instant. The full load of sesame seeds has leaked out, and I am still fishing for oily flowers in the water! The emperor sat in Beijing and ruled the world with his principles. Five hundred years ago, we were one family, with different ancestors but the same origin! The school is as big as the official hall, and the human relationship is greater than the king's law. Looking for money is like a needle picking up dirt, using money is like water pushing away sand! You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others! Don’t worry about not having a way out, just be afraid of not doing it.
You must look for a living at the root, not from the face! Disaster comes from the mouth, and disease enters from the mouth. Medicinal supplements are not as good as meat supplements, and meat supplements are not as good as nutritional supplements. Thoughts are more harmful than wine and sex, and you go to bed crying after working hard every day. Being afraid is not a blessing, being bullied is not a humiliation. He who can speak well is not a true gentleman, but he who is good at prescription is a man! Don't break the law as a human being. If you break the law, you will have no owner. Sisters share the same liver and gallbladder, and brothers share the same flesh and blood. A loving mother makes many mistakes, and a fierce woman will bully her husband! Gentlemen are in the same boat thousands of miles apart, but villains are separated by walls. Wen money drives a hero to death, and it means he has no wealth if he doesn't return to his body. A wife is like clothing, and brothers are like brothers.
Clothes are easy to mend, but broken limbs are difficult to replace. A thief blames his lost owner, a thief blames his parents for being unfilial. For a time, you can persuade people with your words, but for a hundred generations, you can persuade people with your writings. If I am not as good as others, I will not be blessed; if others are not as good as me, I will always be content! When picking up gold, don’t forget the gold man. Three ounces of brass and four ounces of gold will be a blessing. A blessing in disguise, a bet is bound to lose. One word can bring disaster to others, and one anger can ruin a life's blessings. The sky has unpredictable events, and people have misfortunes and blessings. If you are not sexually immoral, you should be a vegetarian; if you are light and full, you should be meat. A slow pace is like a carriage, and no misfortunes are like blessings. A man who has no good friends does not know his faults, and a woman who does not have a clear mirror does not know the essence of her face. If you don't do it yourself, you won't know the difficulties.
It’s easy to read in ten years, but it’s hard to find the world in a hundred years! It is better to accumulate money than to accumulate virtue, and it is better to read a book than to sit idle. Thinking about taking on the burden is a blessing, but doing it with nothing is a blessing. It's easy to borrow a thousand taels of silver when it comes, but it's hard to borrow half a jug of wine when it's shipped out. The sunny weather has hit Luoyupu, and I have enjoyed the blessings of old age when I was young. It's convenient for others and it's convenient for yourself. One family can build a wall and two families look good. Leave a line in front of each other so that we can meet again later. It's easy to get started and plunder a tiger, but it's hard to tell someone. The fingers should be turned inward, and the family scandal should not be spread outside. A prodigal son comes from his ancestors' lack of virtue, and a filial son comes from their virtuous predecessors. Goods are expensive when they leave their hometown, but people are cheap when they leave their hometown. When the tree dies, people move it to life.
It is good to stay at home for a thousand days, but it is difficult to go out. The elders of the three members should be officials, and how many wise people should be county magistrates? A wise man makes his own judgment, but a fool makes his own judgment. People are afraid of three encounters, and trees are afraid of one ink line. A village man is as hard as iron, a bachelor is as soft as cotton. If you are not a punter, how dare you hold a pole! There are endless etiquette in the world, but one person's knowledge is limited. It is difficult for one person to make a plan for two people, and it is difficult for Song Jiang to make friends with thousands of people.
My family has three acres of farmland, which is always in front of the government office. If there are no strong men in the countryside, the government office will be hungry. Everyone follows etiquette, and there are no officials in the world. Yamen money is money for eyes; money for field crops is money for tens of millions of years. Poems and books must be read, but officials are not allowed. As a human being, don't be an official. Officials are just mediocre. If it were you and me, I would probably be more greedy than him. An official's integrity is like practicing cultivation, and a clerk's convenience is like doing good deeds.
If you rely on the mountains, you will eat the mountains; if you farm, you will eat the fields. When you eat all the delicacies, you still have salt; when you wear all the silk, you still still have cotton. If a man doesn't plow, the whole family will go hungry; if a woman doesn't weave, the whole family will suffer from cold. Gold and silver are not easy to come by. Only when you use them will you know how hard they come. Let’s break it down first, then not mess it up, so as not to keep the threads broken. Listen to others and get half of it. Don't be afraid of being slow, just be afraid of standing still. Don't rush when things are going fast, and don't be lazy when things are going bad. The planning is up to man, the success is up to heaven! Those who take the long road shoulder the burden, and those who take the short road make money. It's better to sell two in cash than three on credit.
Profits are calculated forward and losses are calculated backward. Make a lot of money with a small business, and get the top prize in the 72nd line. I have no luck, but I blame the world for its difficulties. It is better to be bold than to be timid, and to be broad-minded is to be as wide as the room. Why should a virtuous wife worry that her family is not rich? Why should her descendants inherit the ancestral land? The son will not die, and the wealth will not be scattered. It is easy for me to have money when it comes, but difficult for me to have money when I leave. Sitting on the beach in October, I went to nine beaches in one day. It's hard to make friends with someone, but it takes a while to offend someone. If you borrow money to do business, you can sell your land to repay the debt; if you build a house on credit, you can sell the house to repay the money. When a temple is built, ghosts grow old, and when a scale is found, ginger is sold out. If you don’t want to go whore, don’t turn around. If you don’t want to gamble, don’t watch. Eat a diet to get rid of diseases, eat less to prolong life. If there is too much tofu, it will be filled with water; if there are too many squid, the boat will be broken.
No mouth to blame, no eyes to blame.
Nothing is easy for the body, no trouble for the mind. I don’t know how to complain about rivers and bends, and I don’t know how to plow fields and complain about shackles. Don't ride his horse, don't draw his bow. It is better to be incompetent in front of others than to be incompetent in front of others. Don't talk nonsense unless you have seen it with your own eyes. Don't hit people in the face, don't curse people with short names. A good word will keep you warm in winter, but a good word will keep you warm in June. It's hard to pay for ten people, and it's hard to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in accounts. Lending money is like giving, collecting debt is like asking for money. Complaining to ask for money is like touching the bottom of the sea for salt. The yamen is as deep as the sea, and its ills are as big as the sky. Don't deceive money; cattle and horses don't change easily.
A good man must never be seen through. It is not worth half a penny to see through someone. The dog bites the enemy, and the thunder strikes three generations of injustice. If you don’t sell incense, there will be no money left, and if you don’t fill the well with water, it won’t reach its brim. If things are wide, the garden will be harmonious; if they are too long, they will be biased. A superior person seeks the easy and the inferior seeks the high and the difficult. If you have money, you are a man; if you don't have money, you are a man. There are a hundred people and all the skills are available. Those who are difficult don’t know how to do it, and those who know how to do it are not difficult.
A boat is built out of wood, but it is not as round as a chariot when it is chopped. If the heart is not full, everything will not be complete. The birds can't fly enough, and the words can't be finished. Don't open a shop if you are not happy. Don't blame God if things don't go your way. When choosing a son-in-law, don’t choose a farmland; when choosing a daughter, don’t choose a dowry. Beautiful women are often unlucky, and good things happen to ugly people. People put propriety and righteousness first, and trees put flowers and fruits into gardens. You may do good deeds in times of crisis, but then your heart may change. People can be saved if God's will is violated, but fate can be saved if it is determined in advance.
The robber has a letter of pardon from his mouth, but the gentleman has no joke. The noble talk less, the poor talk more. You must think carefully when you are ready, don't delay the spring. After reading about ancient Hua Tuo, it is better to see more symptoms. The east house was not repaired and the west house was broken, and the front account was not paid and then delayed. This year means that you will get rich again, and you will stay until next year. If you have different aspirations, you don’t have to force yourself to join forces. Don't worry, there will be little peace and happiness in sitting there. You should know that there is a lot of suffering in the world. The capital is small and the profit is weak, but the eaves are dripping with water. Those who are diligent and frugal manage their wealth, and those who are humble will benefit a lot. The fine parts are continuous and the thick parts are broken, the yellow plums do not fall and the green plums fall.
A thief is a thief when he sees money, and a thief takes advantage of a sheep. To be a happy person, don't look for trouble. If you want to live a long life, don't do short-lived things. If you want to have descendants, don't do nothing. If you don't experience anything, you won't gain a piece of wisdom. It is better to have no money than to have no action. To plant trees, plant pine and cypress trees; to make friends, make friends with gentlemen. A scholar can know the affairs of the world without going out. Too much money cannot be used, and too many children cannot bear to die. Brothers fight for wealth and the family is constantly poor, and wives and concubines fight for love and husband. Men are ambitious, women are powerful.
The death of the lady is imminent, but the death of the general is imminent. Drought misses a year, and poverty misses a person's tongue. A hundred years old is not many days, how long can time last? Parents support their bodies, and they set their own aspirations. If you have time to help others, you will never have time to help others; if you have time to study, you will have no time to study. This book will be passed down to future generations, and every sentence must be read carefully. The etiquette and righteousness contained in it can be used to advise the world. Read diligently, work hard, and travel all over the world with ease.
Explanation of the full text of "Zengguang Xianwen"
The ancient saying Zengguang is the crystallization of thousands of years of people's life experience in China. Although it comes from the folk, it has many precious things that influence it. Generation after generation. When studying, you should take the essence and remove the dross, and absorb the nutrition of knowledge from it.
In the past, virtuous writers taught you earnestly, collected rhyme and added prose, and you saw and heard more. As for the famous sayings from the past, they have a good effect, so you should know more about them and remember them more. When looking at the present, it is advisable to learn from the past. Without the past, the present cannot be achieved. Use historical examples of the rise and fall of history to guide today's actions.
Know yourself and your enemy, and compare your feelings with your own. Know that you understand others, put yourself in their shoes, and feel how they feel. Drink wine when you meet close friends, and sing poems to people you meet. You should drink wine with people who understand you, and poetry should be spoken to people who understand you. We know each other all over the world, and we know how many people can know each other. We know a lot of people, but not many of them know each other well.
Meeting each other is like knowing each other for the first time, and there will be no resentment until the end. Don't have too deep interactions with others, lest you develop resentment in old age. When you are near water, you know the nature of fish; when you are near mountains, you know the sounds of birds. If you are close to the water, you can know the situation of fish. If you often pass by the mountains, you can distinguish the sounds of various birds. Mountains and streams are easy to rise and easy to recede, easy to reverse and easy to overturn the hearts of small people. The water in the mountain stream rises and recedes with the seasons, and the unreasonable villain is capricious and unpredictable.
Gold is transported away and turned into iron, but when it comes, iron is like gold. Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Gold may turn into iron when you are unlucky, and iron may turn into gold when you are lucky. Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Only by working hard in reading can you produce articles with exquisite diction. When you meet someone, say a few words, but don't give up everything. You should leave room for words when speaking to others, don't speak out quickly, and don't give all your heart to others.
If you plant flowers deliberately, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will become shade. The things I wanted to do didn't reach my goal, and the things I didn't expect to be done actually happened. It is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, but it is difficult to paint the bones of a tiger. It is easier to understand people on the surface, but it is difficult to understand people's hearts and thoughts. Money is like dung, but kindness is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Money is not important. What is worth thousands of dollars is benevolence, righteousness and morality.
The water flowing down the beach is unintentional, and the white clouds coming out of the stream are unintentional. The water flowing from the mountain to the beach is unintentional, and the white clouds passing through the cave are also unintentional. At that time, if one did not climb high and look out, who would have believed that the ocean flowing eastward was deep. If we hadn't climbed high and looked far ahead, how would we have known the vastness of the East China Sea? Horsepower can be seen in the distance, and people's hearts can be seen in the long journey. Only after a long journey can one know the strength of a horse; only after a long journey can one understand the strength of a human heart.
Two people have the same heart, but they can’t buy gold if they don’t have money. But one person has the same heart, and it’s hard to buy needles if they have money. If two people are of the same mind, life will get better as time goes by; otherwise, life will get worse and worse and nothing will be achieved. It's easy to get acquainted with each other, but it's difficult to get along with someone if you stay for a long time. It is easy to manage a relationship after one or two contacts, but it is difficult to maintain a long-term relationship. Horses are weak because they are thin, and people who are not romantic are just poor. Horses cannot run because they are too thin and weak; people cannot feel proud because they are poor.
To forgive others is not to be a fool, but a fool will not forgive others.
A person who understands the truth is to be lenient to others, but a fool who is not literate will not be lenient to others. It's a close relationship, not a close relationship, but it's a close relationship if it's not a close relationship. Those who are relatives should not be treated as relatives, but those who are not relatives should be treated as relatives. Beautiful or not, it depends on the water in the hometown, whether you are close or not, it is the people of your hometown. I feel more beautiful about the things in my hometown; I feel more kind to the people in my hometown.
The orioles and yīng flowers are still afraid of the old spring. How can we teach people to spend spring in vain? Orioles are most afraid of the passing of spring. How can we let people spend their good time in vain? When we meet again and return home without drinking anything, the peach blossoms at the entrance of the cave also smile. It would be a joke to meet friends without drinking. Don't let the pretty girl grow old, and don't teach the poor to the frivolous boy. Don't let a beautiful woman grow old, don't let a romantic man become poor.
If you don’t know how to welcome guests at home, you will know your master only when you go abroad. I don’t know how to receive guests at home, and I realize the importance of this issue only after I go out. Gold is not fake, asafoetida is not real. Gold is not (not easy to be counterfeited), and asafoetida is not true (it is easy to counterfeit). If you don't care about the guests, you may be a fool. A host who doesn't greet guests when they see them coming is probably a fool.
The poor live in the busy city and no one cares about them, the rich live in the mountains and have distant relatives. When a person is poor, no one wants to go there even if he lives in a busy city. When a person is rich, no matter how remote he or she lives, people will come to visit him. No one speaks behind someone's back, and no one speaks in front of anyone. Who doesn’t talk behind someone’s back, and who doesn’t talk about people in front of others? If you have money, you speak the truth; if you don’t have money, you speak the truth. Rich people tell the truth (some people believe it), while poor people tell the truth and others doubt it (do not believe it).
If you don’t believe it, just look at the wine at the banquet and advise the rich first cup by cup. If you don’t believe it, go to a banquet and see that everyone will toast to people with money and status. If you have money in the bustle, you can settle down in a quiet place. The busy city is a place to make money, and only a quiet place can recuperate. Comes like wind and rain, goes like dust. There was a big stir when they arrived, but there was no sound when they left.
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the new people in the world drive out the old ones. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and new people emerge in endlessly in the world. The tower near the water will see the moon first, and the flowers and trees in the sun will see spring early. You can take advantage of it because it's close to convenience. The ancients did not see the moon today, but the moon used to shine on the ancients. People in the past will not see today's moon, but today's moon has shined on people in the past.
The one who comes first is the king, and the one who comes later is the minister. First come, first served, first served. Mo Daojun leaves early, and there are even more early travelers. Don't say he came early, someone was earlier than him. Don't believe in the straight and the straight, and beware of being unkind. Don't believe too much in integrity and selflessness, and be wary of anyone. There are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world. There are straight trees in the world, but there are no straight people.
Hate yourself for the leafless branches, don’t blame the sun for being biased. You should first see if there is anything wrong with you, and don't always emphasize the influence of others. Everyone's fate is up to them, and no one can control it at all. Everything is destined for everyone, and there is nothing you can do about it. This sentence promotes the idea of ??destiny. A year's plan starts with spring, a day's plan starts with Yin.
A family's plan lies in harmony, and a life's plan lies in diligence. The best time of the year is in spring, and the best time of the day is in the morning; the best thing in a family is harmony, and the best way to protect the body is hard work. Responsible for others, blame yourself, forgive yourself for forgiveness. Blame yourself with the attitude of blaming others, and treat others with the attitude of forgiving yourself. Keep your mouth shut and be as defensive as a city. If you keep your mouth shut, everything will be safe.
I would rather be betrayed by others than betrayed by others. I would rather others feel sorry for me than me feel sorry for others. You must be careful again and again, and first of all, don’t deceive your heart. What needs to be paid attention to again and again is not to deceive yourself. A tiger can still be approached when it is alive, but a familiar person cannot be kissed. You can still get close to a tiger you have never seen before, but you cannot get too close to someone you are very familiar with.
Those who talk about right and wrong are right and wrong. Those who spread right and wrong are those who stir up trouble. Distant water cannot save near fire, and distant relatives are not as good as near neighbors. It is difficult to put out fires with distant water, and no matter how good your relatives are, they are not as useful as your neighbors nearby. There is tea and wine, there are many brothers, but in times of crisis you never see anyone. When a person has status and status, he has many friends, but when he is in dire straits, he has no one to talk to.
Human relationships are as thin as paper, and world affairs are like new chess games. Human relationships are as fragile as paper, and things in the world are as ever-changing as a chess game. There are also thousand-year-old trees in the mountains, and it’s rare to find a centenarian in the world. There are trees in the world that are over a thousand years old, but people over a hundred years old are rare. If you are weak, don't bear heavy burdens; if you speak lightly, don't persuade others. People who are too weak cannot bear too much weight, and if their words are not taken seriously, stop trying to persuade others.
Don’t join the crowd if you don’t have money, and don’t seek relatives if you are in trouble. Don't go to others if you don't have money, and don't go to visit relatives and friends when things are bad. Don't frown in your life, and there should be no gnashing of teeth in the world. Don't do anything sorry to others in your life, and there will be no one in the world who hates you. Scholars are the treasure of the country, and Confucianism is the treasure of the country. Those who study are the treasures of the country, and those who understand etiquette and justice are the pillars of the country.
If you want to stop drinking, look at the intoxicating person with a sober mind. You need to know how to quit drinking. You will know how to do it by looking at a drunk person when you are sober. When asking for help, we need heroes; when we need help, we need to help people in times of need. Those who ask for help need heroes, and those who help need help those who are in urgent need and have no other solution. A drop of it is like nectar when you are thirsty, but a cup of it when you are drunk is worse than nothing. The most thirsty person is to give a drop of water, just like giving nectar. It is inappropriate to add more wine when a person is drunk.
Staying for a long time makes one feel despicable, and frequent visits also lead to alienation. If you live in someone's home for a long time, you will be disliked by them; if you are poor, your relatives will alienate you. A true gentleman does not speak in wine, but a true man is clear about his wealth. It's good to not talk nonsense when drinking, but a person who is clear about money is a person who can make a difference. Being a monk is as good as before, and you are more than ready to become a Buddha.
Be as sincere as when you first became a monk, and you will surely achieve sincerity;
It is better to explain the scriptures clearly than to accumulate a thousand taels of money. Accumulating a thousand taels of gold is not as good as knowing the Four Books and Five Classics. Raising a son without education is like raising a donkey, and raising a daughter without education is like raising a pig. Raising a son without education is like raising a donkey; raising a daughter without education is like raising a pig. If you have fields and don’t cultivate them, your barns will be empty; if you have books and don’t read them, your descendants will be foolish. If you have fields but don’t cultivate them, your warehouses will be empty; if you have books and don’t read them, your descendants will be stupid.
The warehouses are empty because of the lack of time, and the descendants are stupid because of the lack of etiquette and justice. If the warehouse is empty, life will be difficult. If the descendants are stupid, how can they know etiquette and justice? A conversation with you is worth ten years of reading. A conversation with you (a cultured person) is better than ten years of reading, and I will benefit a lot. People cannot understand the past and present, and horses and oxen are like lapels. If a person does not read, understand etiquette, and has no knowledge, he is no different from an ox or a horse wearing clothes.
There are countless people all over the world, which man is the husband? Among the many, many people, there are a few who are accomplished. Liquor is brewed for hospitality, and gold is spent to collect books. In order to achieve a goal, he will not hesitate to scatter all his gold and abandon everything! Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
The city gate caught fire, affecting the fish in the pond. When the city gate caught fire, water from the moat was used to put out the fire, but the fish died when the water ran out. Refers to being implicated. Auspicious grass grows in front of the court, which is a good thing. The auspicious grass growing in front of the court is not a good thing. If you want to live rich and noble, you must work hard. If you want to gain wealth, you must work hard. A hundred years of success will not be enough, but once it fails, it will be more than enough. After years of hard work, it is not enough, but once it is destroyed, it is very complete.
The human heart is like iron, and the official law is like a furnace. Even if the human heart is as solid as stone, it will melt in the furnace of official law. There is not enough improvement, and there is more than enough deterioration. Those who do not accumulate enough good and have more than enough evil will surely suffer. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish; if the water is too clear, there will be no wisdom. If the water is too clear and brewed, there will be no fish; if a person is too hot-tempered, there will be no wisdom. Those who know will lose half of it, and those who are ignorant will lose it all. There are fewer people who are educated and knowledgeable, and even fewer people who understand the truth.
At home, you follow your father, and when you get married, you follow your husband. He who obeys his father at home will obey his husband when married. An idiot fears his wife, but a wise woman respects her husband. Fools are afraid of their wives, but virtuous women respect their husbands. Right and wrong exist all the time, and if you don't listen, there will be nothing. Right and wrong happen every day, and if you listen to them, they will disappear naturally. It is better to be right and not enough than to be evil and have more than enough. It is better to act righteously than to go astray. It is better to believe that it exists than to believe that it does not exist. It is better to believe that he has it than to believe that he does not have it. Be prepared and confident about things.
The scenery of the bamboo fence and thatched cottage is not as good as that of the Taoist temple and monks' hall. The rural scenery of the farmhouse is very good, and I am afraid it cannot even compare to the temple. There is a time in life that must be there, but there is no time in life, so don’t force it. There will definitely be something in your destiny sometimes. If you don't have it in your destiny, you don't have to force it. Everything depends on the arrangement of fate. The Taoist temple welcomes immortal visitors, while the study hall conceals Confucianism. Immortals often come and go in the temple, and the prime ministers and ministers all come from the study.
Phoenix bamboos are planted in the courtyard, and dragon fish are raised in the pond. There are rare and auspicious flowers and fish in the courtyard to show off their wealth. To make friends, you must be better than yourself. It is better to be like me than not. When making friends, you should find people who are worse than you. It is better not to make friends with people who are similar to or inferior to yourself. But after three or five days, we didn’t see each other as well as before. If you don’t believe me, just a few days of observation will not be as good as your first impression.
Human relationships are like water, and things in the world are like clouds. Human relationships and face are as divisible as water, and things in the world are as changeable as clouds in the sky. I can talk about it, but I won't say anything rude. If you can speak, you can talk about the world and the world, but if you can't speak, you can only talk about the small things around you.
It is hard to sharpen a knife, but it hurts people's fingers. When you sharpen a knife, you want to sharpen it, but a sharp knife will hurt your fingers.
It is hard to seek wealth, but too much wealth will harm oneself. Too little is always too much when seeking wealth, but too much money can be harmful. Be content with what you have and you will never be disgraced throughout your life. Those who are content will always be happy and will not be insulted by money throughout their lives. If you know how to stop, you will always stop, and you will never be ashamed throughout your life. Everything should be done in moderation and in moderation, so that you will not be humiliated in your life. Being blessed hurts your wealth, but not being blessed hurts yourself. Blessed people only lose some money when they get hurt, but unlucky people have to bear the consequences themselves when they get hurt.
A slight difference can lead to a loss of thousands of miles. The mistakes are small, but the consequences are huge. If you climb high, you will feel inferior; if you travel far, you will feel short of yourself. When people climb high, they always feel small; when people walk far away, they always have confidence. Think before you act. If you think about something carefully, it will definitely be beneficial. It is better to use your mouth than to go on your own, and to ask for help from others is worse than asking for yourself. It is better to use your hands than to talk, and it is better to do it yourself than to ask for help.
We were brothers when we were young and grew up in different villages. They were together in the past, but went their separate ways when they grew up. If you are jealous of money, don’t be jealous of food; if you are jealous of life, don’t be jealous of death. If you are jealous of other people's money, you cannot be jealous of other people's food. You can complain when others are alive, but don't complain after they die. People get angry when they see bald heads, but I rejoice when they see bald heads. Others are angry when they see their hair turning gray, but I am very happy when I see it (optimistic spirit). How many years will it take to die without a long life? Many people were young and died before their hair turned gray.
Every wall has its ears. The walls are ventilated and the partitions have ears, so be on guard at all times. Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. Good things don't spread easily, and bad things spread quickly. Doing good things will have good consequences, doing bad things will have bad retribution. It’s not that I don’t report it, the time will come. There will be no retribution, it's just a matter of time.
People who have no faith do not know what is possible. If a person is dishonest, I don’t know what he should do. One person speaks well, and thousands of people spread the truth. Regardless of whether what one person says is true or false, once it is passed on to many people, it seems to become true.
Extended information:
"Zengguang Xianwen". Also known as "Xianwen of the Past" and "Xianwen of the Ancient and Modern Times", it is a children's enlightenment book compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in the opera "The Peony Pavilion" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. From this, it can be inferred that the book was written during the Wanli period at the latest.
"Zengguang Xianwen" collects various Chinese maxims and proverbs from ancient times to the present. Later, after continuous additions by literati from the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed into its current form, called "Zengguang Xianwen", commonly known as "Zengguang Xianwen".
The author has never seen any book records. He only knows that the Confucian scholar Zhou Xitao redid it during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. It is likely to be the crystallization of folk creations in the Qing Dynasty.
Reference material: Zengguang Xianwen_Baidu Encyclopedia