Excerpts of famous quotes from traditional Chinese virtues

1. Be kind to yourself and be kind to others. ——"The Analects of Confucius - Wei Linggong"

2. To benefit the country, not to seek wealth. ——"Book of Rites·Confucianism"

3. Do not lower your ambitions and do not humiliate your body. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zi"

4. If you are not refined or sincere, you cannot move people. ——"Zhuangzi·Father of Fish"

5. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes. ——"The Analects of Confucius - Wei Linggong"

6. If you hear it, you will be happy. If you know it, you will not hide it, and you will not be afraid to correct it. ——Lu Jiuyuan "With Fu Quanmei"

7. It is not human to be without shame or disgust. ——"Mencius Gongsun Chou"

8. Those who put righteousness first and then benefit will be honored; those who put benefit first and then righteousness will be humiliated. ——"Xunzi·Honor and Disgrace"

9. Filial piety lies in substance, not in appearance. ——Huan Kuan's "On Salt and Iron: Filial Piety"

10. Brothers are harmonious and friends are honest. ——Chen Ziang's "Motto"

11. Rhetoric establishes sincerity. ——"Book of Changes·Qian·Wenyan"

12. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are warned. ——Bai Juyi's "Nine Books of the Yuan Dynasty"

13. A sparrow knows the ambition of a swan! ——"Historical Records: Chen She's Family"

14. Love others with the same heart as yourself , then do your best. ——Zhang Zai's "Zhengmeng Zhongzheng"

15. Treat the home as the home, the township as the township, the country as the country, and the world as the world. ——"Guanzi·Herdsmen"

16. Using copper as a mirror can correct your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall; using people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses.

——"Old Tang Book Biography of Wei Zheng"