1. "When a country is about to prosper, it must respect its master and respect its master. When a country is about to decline, it must despise its master and underestimate its master." ("The Great Strategy")

2. People are born with evil nature, and those who are good are hypocritical. Human nature is born to love benefits, and it is obedient, so it fights for the king, and if it is rejected, it will perish; Yan; people are born with the desire of ears and eyes, lust and obedience, so promiscuity arises, and etiquette and culture are destroyed. However, following human nature and obeying human emotions will inevitably result from competition, and will end up in chaos. Violence. Therefore, there must be a culture of learning and etiquette, and then it is based on resignation, conforming to culture and principles, and then returning to governance. However, it is obvious that human nature is evil, and those who are good are fake." "Evil")

3. "Not hearing is worse than hearing it, hearing it is worse than seeing it, seeing it is worse than knowing it, knowing it is worse than doing it, and learning only stops when you practice it." (" "Effectiveness of Confucianism")

4. "The learning of a gentleman comes from the ears, the chopsticks come from the heart, not the four bodies, the action comes from movement and stillness." ("Encouragement to Learning")

5. "When soil accumulates, mountains become the wind and rain; when water accumulates, the abyss becomes abyss, and dragons arise; when good deeds accumulate, virtue becomes virtuous, and the gods are self-satisfied and the holy heart is prepared. Therefore, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't reach a thousand miles." Rivers and seas; a horse can't take ten steps in one leap; a horse can ride ten steps, but if you persevere, the rotten wood will not break; if you persevere, you can carve gold and stone." ("Encouragement to Learning")

6 , "The earthworm has no sharp claws and teeth, nor strong muscles and bones. It feeds on the earth and drinks from the yellow spring. It has one intention. A crab kneels six times and has two turtles. This is not the hole of a snake and eel. If you have nothing to rely on, you have a restless mind." (" "Encouragement to Learn")

7. "There are four ways to teach, but extensive knowledge is not the same. If you are dignified and fearful, you can be a teacher; if you are old and trustworthy, you can be a teacher; if you recite without hesitation or offending, you can be a teacher." To be a teacher; to know the details can make you a teacher. Therefore, there are four skills of a teacher, but extensive practice is not enough. When the water is deep, the fallen trees will be excrement, and if the disciples are successful, they will think about the teacher." ("Zhishi") < /p>

8. "Rituals serve heaven above and serve the earth below. Honoring ancestors and honoring teachers and kings are the three principles of rites." ("On Rites")

9. "Today's People with evil nature must wait for a teacher to correct them, and then learn etiquette and justice. If people don’t have a teacher, they will be in danger and not correct; if they don’t have etiquette and justice, they will be in chaos and not be cured." ("Evil Nature")

10. “Those who are not my teachers are my teachers; those who are my teachers are my friends; those who flatter me are my thieves. Therefore, a gentleman who has his teachers as relatives and friends will hate his thieves.

If you love good things without getting tired of them, if you are admonished and able to command them, even if you follow your desires and make no progress, then what's the point? "("Cultivating oneself")