1. If you don’t accumulate steps, you won’t be able to reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you won’t be able to reach a river or sea.
——"Xunzi"
Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps and one step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form a river. sea.
2. Learning is impossible.
——"Xunzi"
Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.
3. Be knowledgeable and easy to ask, and then you can be talented.
——"Xunzi"
Translation: Smart people must study hard and ask questions to become talented.
4. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are enough to be warned.
——"Preface to Poems"
Translation: Those who make criticisms are not guilty. When you hear other people's criticisms, you should carefully reflect on yourself. If you make mistakes, correct them. If they are not wrong, take them as advice given to you by others.
5. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for action.
——"Confucius' Family Sayings"
Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may not sound pleasant to the ears but are good for people's behavior.
6. The bustling world is all for benefit; the bustling world is all for benefit.
——"Historical Records"
Translation: People in the world are bustling, all coming and going for benefit (running around for benefit).
7. If you are looking for fish in the abyss, it is better to retreat and build a net.
——"Han Shu"
Translation: Standing by a deep pool, hoping to catch the fish inside, it is better to go home and build a net.
8. Strike first and control others later.
——"Han Shu"
Translation: If you attack first, you can subdue the enemy, but if you fight later, you will only be controlled.
9. Everyone is destined to die. Death may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.
——Han Sima Qian
Translation: People are bound to die after all, but the value of death is different. Dying for the people's just cause is more important than Mount Tai, and those who are selfish , The death of a person who benefits himself at the expense of others is lighter than a feather.
10. When a bird is about to die, its song is mournful; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind.
——"Historical Records"
Translation: When a bird is about to die, its cry is sad; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind.
11. A wise man will lose something after a thousand worries; a fool will gain something after a thousand worries.
——"Historical Records"
Translation: No matter how smart a person is, he will definitely make individual mistakes in many times of consideration. And no matter how stupid a person is, he will definitely gain something after thinking about it many times.
12. Heaven knows, earth knows, I know, Zi knows, what is ignorance?
——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty"
Translation: God knows, earth knows, I know, you know, how can you say no one knows?
13. Everyone in the world knows that taking something is taking, but no one knows that giving it is taking.
——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty"
Translation: People think that only getting things from others is a gain, but they don't know that giving to others is also a gain.
14. A wise man discards his shortcomings and takes advantage of his longings to achieve success.
——"Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Wang Fu Biography"
Translation: Smart people abandon their shortcomings and develop their strengths to achieve success.
15. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small.
——"Three Kingdoms"
Translation: Don't do anything just because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, do something small. Don't do something good that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much.
16. Read it a hundred times and you will see its righteousness.
——"Three Kingdoms"
Translation: Reading must be repeated many times in order to understand the meaning of the book.
17. Although a gentleman has hundreds of things to do, honesty and filial piety are the first ones.
——"Book of the Sui Dynasty: Chronicles of Emperor Wen"
Translation: For a gentleman to gain a foothold in society and become famous, although there are many aspects of character that need to be cultivated, only sincerity and filial piety are the most important. .
18. Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses.
——"Old Tang Book"
Translation: Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes and hats; using history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall and replacement; using people as a mirror, Can understand gains and losses.
19. Those who expect distant success will not care about recent grudges, and those who are responsible for big things will not care about meticulousness.
——"History of the Ming Dynasty"
Translation: People with long-term plans should not worry about immediate complaints, and people who do big things should not worry about trivial matters.