Original text:
A husband should aim high, admire sages, abstain from prostitution and abandon stagnation. I feel sad to set a few ambitions and reveal something. Endure flexion and extension, remove details, ask questions extensively, except being too stingy. Although I have stayed for a long time, why harm the beauty? Why bother?
If the will is not strong and the intention is not generous, it will be vulgar, silently tied to the feelings, and it will be vulgar forever.
Translation:
A person should have lofty and lofty aspirations, admire sages, abstain from lewdness and abandon the factors that hinder progress, so that the aspirations of sages can be significantly preserved in himself and deeply shocked in his heart; Be flexible, abandon triviality, consult people extensively, and get rid of suspicion and meanness. Even if you stay here because of setbacks, it won't hurt your good interests. Why worry about not reaching your goal? If your ambition is not strong and firm, and your spirit is not impassioned, then you will indulge in vulgarity, be bound by lust in obscurity, and will inevitably fall into the ranks of ordinary people forever, and even become a vulgar and inferior generation.
Extended data:
The Book of Commandments is a letter written by Zhuge Liang to his 8-year-old son, Zhuge Zhan, before he died, and it has become a masterpiece of self-cultivation for later students. It can be regarded as Zhuge Liang's summary of his life. Zhuge Liang is also a noble and knowledgeable father, and his inculcation and infinite expectations for his son are all in his words. Through these words full of wisdom, rationality, conciseness and preciseness, the affection of fathers all over the world for their beloved son is expressed so deeply.