Zhang Zhidong's famous sayings

1. There are three things you should not strive for in your life: first, do not compete with common people for profit, second, do not compete with literati for fame, and third, do not compete with unnecessary people for popularity.

2. Soldiers are to the country what Qi is to the human body. There is no man who can live without Qi, and there is no country who can survive without soldiers.

3. For the arduous things in the world, the results will come from heaven, and the determination will be decided by the people. If you are determined and determined, the results will be impressive.

4. The population is large and everything is expensive. Only trees and grains can earn little profit and are not enough to support them. Farmers in the past suffered from laziness, but farmers today suffer from clumsiness.

5. My personality has always been to do things that are difficult, especially thankless things.

6. Chinese learning is the essence and Western learning is the application. Chinese medicine treats the body and mind, while Western learning deals with world affairs. Archeology in middle schools is very important, and application is very important; Western arts is very important, and Western politics is very important.

7. To revitalize education, we must first expand the number of normal schools. If there are not enough teachers, how can schools prosper?

8. If you don’t know the essentials of reading, you will work in vain.

9. My way of establishing a government is to have no platform, no pavilion, no Hunan and no Huai River, no peace and no war. Those who are loyal to the country will respect them, those who are jealous of the country will hate them, those who are loyal to the country will help them, and those who are harmful to the country will attack them. Neutral but not dependent, humble but easy to do. Stop the disease when it's sick, don't take it too far, serve the public instead of seeking personal benefits, hope for help but don't seek fame. This is my academic point of view.

10. I will spit out my opinions and argue when I have doubts. (Famous quotes and aphorisms about life www.lz13.cn) If you do good, you must follow it; if you make mistakes, you must correct them.

11. The way to control talents is to have no desires, and if you have desires, you can use them.

12. The clear and dark destiny of the world in ancient times and the prosperity and mourning of talents can be found in politics and learning.