Being good is like ascending, doing evil is like falling. ——Mandarin

2. The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart. ——Cao Cao

3. If you doubt it, don’t use it; if you use it, don’t doubt it. ——Chen Liang

4. All the talented people have arrived, and the young and old have gathered together. ——Wang Xizhi

5. If you continue to cut off things, you will be subject to chaos. ——Zhuge Liang

6. Never forget the past and be the teacher of the future. ——Warring States Policy

7. Words cannot be written, but actions cannot go far. ——Confucius

8. Tigers are rejected at the front door, wolves are admitted at the back door. ——Zhao Xuehang

9. What is lost in the east is gained in the mulberry tree. ——Book of the Later Han Dynasty

10. It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. ——Guanzi

11. The Tao is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high. ——Journey to the West

12. Be worthy of heaven and not afraid of others. ——The Book of Songs

13. Quietness cultivates one’s character, frugality cultivates virtue. ——The Book of Chengzi

14. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. ——Laozi

15. If the government is harmonious and the people are harmonious, all wastes will prosper. ——Fan Zhongyan

16. General Han Xin, the more the better. ——Historical Records

17. Where there is sincerity, gold and stone will be opened. ——Ling Mengchu

18. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will be apparent to you. ——Romance of the Three Kingdoms

19. Great skill is like clumsiness, great argument is like indolence. ——Lao Tzu

20. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. ——Gu Yanwu

21. The mountains are high as they accumulate, and the lakes are long as they accumulate. ——Liu Yuxi

22. In his old age, the martyrs are full of ambition. ——Cao Cao

23. If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them. ——The Theory of Destiny

24. Tell everything you know, and tell everything you know. ——Su Xun

25. If you are in a hemp, you will not be able to straighten yourself. ——He Guanzi·Tian Le

26. A centipede insect is dead but not stiff. ——Cao Jiong

27. The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear. ——New Book of Tang

28. The peach and plum trees do not speak, but they make their own mistakes. ——Historical Records

29. Listening to both will lead to enlightenment, while listening to one side will lead to darkness. ——Zizhi Tongjian

30. Those who do great things should not be afraid of small complaints. ——The Book of the Later Han Dynasty

31. A thousand armies are easy to obtain, but a general is hard to find. ——Ma Zhiyuan

32. Born in sorrow and died in happiness. ——Mencius

33. The spirit is aspiring to the eight extremes, and the mind is wandering thousands of miles. ——Lu Ji

34. If something is wrong, change it; if not, encourage it. ——Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty

35. Work hard at reading and enjoy writing. ——Cheng Duanli

36. If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you won’t get the tiger’s cubs. ——The Book of the Later Han Dynasty

37. The heavenly net is vast and sparse but not leaking.——Laozi

38. What you look up to becomes taller, and what you drill into becomes stronger. ——The Analects of Confucius

39. Where there is sincerity, gold and stone will be opened. ——The Book of the Later Han Dynasty

40. A ruler is shorter and an inch is longer. ——Historical Records

41. Rich in resources and talented people. ——Wang Bo

42. Those who do will always succeed, and those who do will always arrive. ——Yan Zi Chunqiu

43. Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately. ——Peng Dayi

44. A thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest. ——Han Feizi

45. Take the next step forward. ——Shi Daoyuan

46. A ruler is shorter and an inch is longer. ——Chu Ci

47. Avoid its sharpness and attack its laziness. ——Sun Tzu

48. Talents are hard to come by if they are always consistent. ——Bao Zheng

49. A fire broke out at the city gate, affecting the fish in the pond. ——Du Bi

50. Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. ——Painting Purpose

51. The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep. ——Cao Cao

52. If you listen attentively, you will be enlightened; if you are stubborn and trustworthy, you will be dark. ——Wang Fu

53. There is no beginning, and there is an end. ——The Book of Songs

54. What is lost is the east corner, and what is gained is the mulberry tree. ——Historical Records