Famous sayings of traditional Chinese virtues

1. Treat the home as the home, the township as the township, the country as the country, and the world as the world. ——"Guanzi·Herdsman"

2. Do your best to serve your parents. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Xueer"

3. Whoever speaks with an inch of grass will be rewarded with three rays of spring. ——Meng Jiao's "Wandering Son's Song"

4. People are my compatriots; things are with me. ——Zhang Zai's "Zhengmeng Qiansheng"

5. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. ——"Mencius Gongsun Chouxia"

6. People must insult themselves, and then others will insult them. ——"Mencius Li Lou Shang"

7. The virtues of others belong to me, which must not be forgotten; the virtues of me to others must not be forgotten. ——"Warring States Policy-Wei Ce"

8. People cannot be shameless; ——"Mencius·Do your best"

9. If you see something good, change it; if you see something good, change it. "Book of Changes"

10. If the source is clean, the flow will be clear, and if the line is correct, the shadow will be straight. ——Wang Bo's "Shang Liu You Xiang Shu"

11. Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, which is knowing. ——"The Analects of Confucius-Wei Zheng"

12. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes. ——"The Analects of Confucius-Wei Linggong"

13. A family will destroy itself, and future generations will destroy it. ——"Mencius Li Lou Shang"

14. Honesty is the way of heaven; sincerity is the way of man. ——"Book of Rites - Doctrine of the Mean"

15. Wealth cannot be lascivious, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot bend. ——"Mencius·Teng Wen Gong"

16. If there is something, change it, if not, encourage it. ——Zhu Xi's "Annotations to the Four Books·Analects of Confucius" Volume 1

17. Righteousness, aspiration to make the world a blessing. ——"Mozi·Jingshuo 1"

18. If people are not benevolent, how can they be polite? If people are not benevolent, what joy will there be? ——"The Analects of Confucius·Eight Yi (yì)"

19. The benevolent live longer. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Yong Ye"

20. Think of what is right when you see benefit. ——"The Analects·Xianwen"

21. Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. ——"The Analects of Confucius - Yan Yuan"

22. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are warned. ——Bai Juyi's "Nine Books of the Yuan Dynasty"

23. Life is what I want, and righteousness is also what I want. You cannot have both, and you must sacrifice life for righteousness. ——"Mencius Gaozi 1"

24. Being broad-minded will gain many people. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Yang Huo"

25. Never forgetting the country in the face of adversity is loyalty. ——"Zuo Zhuan·Year of Zhaogong"

26. It is not more valuable than having no mistakes, but more valuable than being able to correct them. ——Wang Shouren's "Reformation"

27. When you are at the top of the mountain, you can see all the mountains and small ones. ——Du Fu's "Wang Yue"

28. Benefit the country, not wealth. ——"Book of Rites·Confucianism"

29. Treat others harmoniously, be lenient to accept others, and treat others with forgiveness. This is what a gentleman is. ——Lin Bu's "Records of Saving Hearts"

30. Filial piety lies in substance, not in appearance. ——Huan Kuan's "Salt and Iron Theory: Filial Piety"

31. The sea does not reject water, so it can become as big as it does; the mountains do not reject earth and stone, so it can become as high as it is. ——"Guanzi"

32. If you love someone without the right way, you will harm them if you love them. ——"Zizhi Tongjian"

33. When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples.

34. If someone tells you that you have made a mistake, you will be happy. ——"Mencius - Gongsun Chou"

35. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain has long relationships. ——"The Analects of Confucius - Shuer"

36. In the use of etiquette, harmony is the most valuable. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Xueer"

37. A lady must know etiquette and then be respectful, be respectful and then give way. ——"Guanzi-Wufu"

38. Sacrificing one's life to go to the national disaster, seeing death as a sudden return. ——Cao Zhi's "White Horse"

39. If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Li Ren"

40. Righteousness is the nourishment of the heart; benefit is the nourishment of the body. ——Dong Zhongshu's "Spring and Autumn Blossoms: Nourishment of the body is more important than righteousness"

41. It is shameful to remember oneself. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Zilu"

42. If you are not refined and sincere, you cannot move people. ——"Zhuangzi·Father of Fish"

43. Knowing shame is almost courageous. ——"Book of Rites· Doctrine of the Mean"

44. Those who love their relatives do not dare to be evil to others; those who respect their relatives do not dare to be rude to others. ——"The Book of Filial Piety·The Son of Heaven"

45. A ruler is shorter and an inch is longer. ——Qu Yuan's "Buju"

46. Correcting one's mistakes and carrying forward (carrying forward) one's good qualities are called "cultivation". ——Yan Yuan's "The Words and Deeds of Mr. Yan Xizhai"

47. The benevolent are invincible. ——"Mencius, King Hui of Liang"

48. People must love themselves first, and then others will love others; people must respect themselves first, and then others will respect others. ——Yang Xiong's "Fayan-Junzi"

49. Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise. ——"Mozi · Self-cultivation"

50. Never avoid difficulties. ——"Book of Rites·Qu Lishang"

51. A good scholar will use others' strengths to make up for his own shortcomings. ——"Lu Shi Chun Qiu - Yong Zhong"

52. Don't hide people's good deeds, and don't talk about people's evil deeds. ——"Warring States Policy·Wei Ce"

53. Rhetoric establishes sincerity. ——"Book of Changes·Qian·Wenyan"

54. Be generous to oneself and blame others poorly.

——"The Analects of Confucius - Wei Linggong"

55. A man with lofty ideals and a benevolent person will not harm his benevolence by seeking life, but will kill himself to achieve benevolence. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong"

56. I am sorry for my parents, who worked hard to give birth to me. ——"The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Polygonium"

57. A single one is easy to break, but a group is difficult to destroy. ——Cui Hong's "The Spring and Autumn Period of the Thirty Kingdoms·Western Qin Dynasty"

58. Breaking promises and failing to stand up. ——"Zuo Zhuan·The Twenty-Two Years of Duke Xiang"

59. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. ——"Mencius"

60. Who has no fault? If you can change your past, there is no greater good. ——"Turn Left"

61. A single tree cannot make a tree, and a single tree cannot make a forest. ——Yuefu Folk Songs of the Northern Dynasties

62. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go. ——"The Analects of Confucius·Qin Bo"

63. Coming out of the mud but not stained, washing the clear ripples without being evil. ——Zhou Dunyi's "Shuo on Love of Lotus"

64. If you hear it, you will be happy. If you know your mistakes, you will not hide them and you will not be afraid to correct them. ——Lu Jiuyuan "With Fu Quanmei"

65. Qin's evil people died after hearing about their mistakes, but Han's good plans were able to prosper after hearing about them. ——Xue Xuan's "Book of Readings" Volume 10

66. Good words to others are warmer than cloth; words that hurt others are deeper than spears and halberds. ——"Xunzi·Honor and Disgrace"

67. Those who do too much injustice will surely die. ——"Zuo Zhuan·Yin Gong Year"

68. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. ——"Shangshu"

69. When old people are old, they are related to people's old age; when young people are young, they are related to people's young people.

——"Mencius·King Hui of Liang 1"