1. Think before you act. Translation: Everything you do must be done after repeated consideration.

2. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. Translation: If you can read a book a hundred times, you will naturally understand its meaning.

3. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself. Translation: When you see someone who has strengths and advantages that exceed your own in a certain aspect, you should humbly ask for advice, study hard, and find ways to catch up with him and reach the same level as him. When you see someone with certain shortcomings or deficiencies, you should calmly reflect on it. See if you have his shortcomings or shortcomings.

4. In order to learn, you must first be determined. Translation: To learn, you must first be determined.

5. When hundreds of rivers reach the sea from the east, when will they return to the west? If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be miserable. Translation: Time is like a river flowing eastward into the sea, gone forever. If people don't study hard when they are young and accomplish nothing when they get older, they will have to be sad and regretful.

6. Don’t wait and see, as your young head turns gray and you feel empty and sad. Translation: Don't waste your time, otherwise when your hair is gray, you will have nothing to do.

7. Happiness does not depend on external factors, but on the inner state. Translation: Happiness is not about how much money, fame and status you get, but whether your heart and soul are happy and comforted after excluding all external things. Only inner wealth can make you feel truly happy.

8. Be true to your word and bear fruit in your deeds. Translation: When you say something, you must keep your word; when you decide what you want to do, you must do it resolutely and courageously.

9. If a person can do something with one thing, he can do it with a hundred things; if a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things. Translation: If someone can master it once, if I try a hundred times, I will definitely learn it; if someone can master it ten times, if I learn it a thousand times, I will definitely master it.

10. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. Translation: For anything, don’t do it just because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, for some small good things that are beneficial to others, don’t not do it because it is of little significance.

11. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. Translation: As a gentleman, you should have a strong will and a never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation, complete and develop your own studies or career. Only by doing this can you reflect the will of God and live up to the responsibilities and duties given to a gentleman by the universe. Talent.

12. Read thousands of volumes and write like a master. Translation: If you read a lot, you will feel divine help when you start writing.

13. Isn’t it a gentleman who doesn’t know something but doesn’t feel embarrassed? Translation: If I have achieved something and others don’t understand it, I will never feel angry or aggrieved. Isn't this also a sign of gentlemanly demeanor?

14. Seize the present, don’t mourn the past, let alone worry about the future. Translation: People should live in the present without worrying about the past and worrying about the future.

15. A little impatience will mess up a big plan. Translation: Even if you really want to do something you shouldn't do, but insist on not doing it, it's called "forbearance". Being intolerant of small things will affect the overall situation and ruin big things.

16. A modest person will benefit, but a full person will suffer losses. Translation: Being humble and always aware of your own shortcomings will benefit you; being complacent with your achievements will lead to losses and disasters.

17. When three of us travel together, we must be our teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. Translation: When three people are together, there must be someone among them who is worthy of learning from me in some way, then he can be my teacher. I choose his strengths to learn from, and I will learn from his shortcomings and shortcomings and correct them.

18. Learning is impossible. ——Xunzi

Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.

19. By reviewing the past and learning the new, you can become a teacher. ——Confucius's "The Analects"

Translation: After learning new knowledge and often reviewing the knowledge that has been learned, constantly learning and reviewing, knowledge and cultivation will be improved quickly, and such a person can Became a teacher.

20. There are three aspects of reading: understanding with the heart, understanding with the eyes, and understanding with the mouth. ——Zhu Xi

Translation: Think with your heart, look carefully with your eyes, and read more with your mouth. Only if you can do all three aspects well is true reading.