p>Notes on Disciple Regulations:

1. Gui: pay attention to, pay attention to.

2. Jie: Neat and clean.

3. Hua: noble and gorgeous.

4. Up: first, in front.

5. Follow one’s duty: follow one’s duty. follow, obey. according to. Part, duty.

6. Down: behind.

7. Appropriate to the family: commensurate with the status and conditions of the family. Weigh, proportionate. Home, family background.

8. Selection: picky. Pick, choose, choose. Choose, choose.

9. Suitable: consistent, equivalent.

10. Excessive rules: exceeding the standard, excessive. Pass, exceed. Rules, principles.

11. Shao: young, young.

12. Ugly: Being drunk and acting ugly.

Translation:

When dressing, you need to pay attention to neatness and cleanliness, and do not need to pay attention to expensive or gorgeous clothes. When dressing, you should first consider your status and the occasion you are attending, and then consider the financial situation of your family.

Pay attention to a balanced diet in your daily diet, and don’t be picky about food; eat only three meals in moderation, and don’t overeat.

Young people should not drink alcohol, because drunkenness will make you talk nonsense and act ugly.

Reference story:

Sima Guang taught his son

Sima Guang (1019-1086), also known as Junshi, was known as Mr. Sushui in the world. He lived in Shaanzhou (today's Shaanxi Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty. A native of Xia County, Shanxi Province, he was a famous historian in the Northern Song Dynasty. In Sima Guang's life, there were many touching stories. In particular, his character of being honest, respectful, upright, and not fond of extravagance has always been said to be good. Even his political rival Wang Anshi admired his character and was willing to be his neighbor.

Sima Guang paid great attention to educating his children in his work and life to avoid extravagance and to exercise restraint. At that time, in order to complete the historical masterpiece "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", he not only hired Fan Zuyu, Liu Shu, and Liu Xun as assistants, but also asked his son Sima Kang to participate in this work. He became very angry when he saw his son scratching the pages with his fingernails while reading. Therefore, he carefully taught him the experience and methods of caring for books: before reading, he should clean the desk and put a tablecloth on it; when reading, he should sit upright; when turning the pages of the book, he should first turn the pages with the side of his right thumb. Lift the edge of the page and gently cover it with your index finger to uncover a page. He taught his son: Business people should save more capital, and scholars should take good care of their books.

In terms of life, Sima Guang was frugal and simple. He "had enough clothes to protect himself from the cold and enough food to fill his belly all his life", but he "did not dare to accept the evil deeds in order to make a name for himself". He often taught his son that abundance of food breeds luxury, and wealth breeds luxury. He strongly opposed the corrupt customs in the society at that time, such as: doing things with pomp and extravagance, the soldiers who served as servants wore clothes similar to those of scholars, and the farmers who went to the fields also wore silk shoes. Sima Guang strongly advocated frugality and simplicity. The most famous saying that has been passed down to this day is "It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to change from luxury to frugality." This sentence means that it is easy to change from frugal life to luxury, but to change from luxury to luxury. It is difficult to live a frugal life.

Under the education of Sima Guang, his son Sima Kang understood the importance of frugality from an early age and practiced frugality and self-discipline. He served successively as a school secretary, a book writer, and as a lecturer. He was also praised by later generations for his knowledge of the past and the present, his integrity, and his frugal life.