Shi Naian (1296? About 1371), named Zian (some say Ming Er), whose real name is Yan Duan, Han nationality, from Xinghua (now Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province), originally from Suzhou, in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties Literary writer and novelist. He is knowledgeable about the past and the present, and is extremely talented. He has mastered all the classics, poetry, astronomy, geography, medical divination, astrology, etc., and is proficient in all technologies. At the age of 36, he was awarded a Jinshi. Together they studied the creation of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Story of Three Sui Ping Yao", collected and compiled stories about heroes such as Liangshan Bo, Song Jiang, etc., and finally wrote "Water Margin", one of the "Four Great Classics". Shi Naian was elected as a scholar in the first year of Yanyou (1314) of Yuan Dynasty, and was elected as a scholar in the first year of Taiding (1324). In the second year of Shun (1331), he became a Jinshi and soon became the Yin of Qiantang County, Zhejiang Province. Shi Naian's hometown, Shijiaqiao Village, Xinduo Township, Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, has a cemetery and a memorial hall, and the "Shi Family Genealogy" survives.
A collection of famous quotes by Shi Naian:
Good things never go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles.
If I had known this, I would have regretted it.
Extreme joy brings sorrow, but it will not lead to peace.
Men must marry when they are older, and women must marry when they are older.
Prevent choking when eating and falling when walking.
It takes no effort to get there even if you wear iron shoes.
It is difficult to draw a dragon or a tiger, but it is difficult to know the person but not the heart.
The dilapidated house was hit by continuous rain, and the leaky boat was hit by the wind.
The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes are shaking their fans.
The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice are half withered.
People are not as good as a thousand days, and flowers are not as bright as a hundred days.
Dare to be angry but dare not speak.
When the road is rough, draw your sword to help.
Having eyes but not seeing Mount Tai.
Victory and defeat are commonplace for military strategists.
Zhao Kuo can read his father's letter, so why is Wen Bin so stupid?
Don’t take it or leave it, don’t regret it later.
Blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.
Xingxing cherishes Xingxing, and a good man knows a good man.
We are destined to meet each other thousands of miles away, but if we are not destined to meet each other, we will not meet each other.
If you are in a hurry, you will drag the Buddha's feet, and in your free time, you will not burn incense.
The night of entertainment is too short, but loneliness is too long.
If you sow melons, you will get melons; if you sow beans, you will get beans.
Busy like a lost dog, anxious like a fish that slipped through the net.
Softness is the foundation of one's life, and strength is the recipe for trouble.
His strategy dares to deceive Zhuge Liang, but Chen Ping cannot compete with his talent.
The general is hidden in the chest, and the hero is hidden in the belly.
I have read thousands of scriptures, and I have a clever mind throughout my life.
Powerful to use force, but powerless to fight wits.
A man who does not distinguish between good and evil is not a hero, and a man who does not distinguish between right and wrong is a husband.
If you want to live happily, you must work hard.
A person can stand on his fist, a horse can walk on his arm, and a person can stand on his face.
The appearance is not as strong as the inside.
If a person has no strong bones, he will not be secure.
Being in Shandong, my heart is in Wu, and the rivers and seas are full of sighs. At that time, if he had a high ambition, he dared to laugh at Huang Chao for not being her husband.
If you extend kindness widely, you will never meet again in life; if you make many enemies and enmities, it will be difficult to avoid them when the road is narrow.
Just because he was an unrighteous knight, I saw a strange hero in the grassland.
The mind is at ease, the hut is stable, the nature is stable, and the soup is fragrant. The taste of the world is weak and the taste of the world is good, but the human kindness is the longest.
There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people bring it on themselves.
All worries can never be tolerated. Seeing opportunities and being patient, wonderful insights give rise to light.
It turns out that there are three types of cries for women in the world: tears with sound are called crying; tears with no sound are called weeping; no tears and no sound are called crying.
If the earthen jar is broken without leaving the well, the general will inevitably die in battle.
If the emperor is willing to repay it clearly, men will become haiku actors and women will advocate for it.
Drinking leads to sexual incest, and sex is charming.
What should the people do if they are rude? Money should not be taken without justice.
Don’t believe in the straight and the straight, and beware of being unkind.
If you don’t have true loyalty on weekdays, don’t talk about life and death in emergencies.
Carrying a three-foot Longquan Sword in hand, he vowed not to stop killing evildoers.
Serve the country together and leave a name in history.
Taking farming and reading as the foundation and diligence and thrift as virtue.
Rule the world with benevolence and righteousness, and use public rewards and punishments to determine war.
The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice are half withered.
He has a broad chest and a majestic power that is invincible to ten thousand men; his words are majestic and his ambition is soaring to the sky.
The head teacher drank all the water from the three rivers, and it is difficult to wash away the shame of the present.
Self-difference biases self-righteousness.
The dilapidated house suffered two disasters overnight, and the leaky boat encountered another storm.
There is no way to heaven and no way to earth.
How dare you not bow your head under the eaves of a man?
We see you off for a thousand miles, but we must say goodbye in the end.
Although Liangyuan is good, it is not a home of long-term love.
The farmer's heart is like boiling water, and the princes and princes are shaking their fans.
Forgive old mistakes and make new plans.
The moth flies into the fire and burns itself into flames.
A snake cannot move without a head, and a bird cannot fly without wings.
What I read may not be true; what I say behind the scenes cannot be fully believed.
Don't ask about prosperity and failure when you first start, you will know by looking at your face.
Famous is not as good as meeting, and meeting is worse than famous.
Easy to gain, easy to lose; hard to gain, hard to lose.
Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, it’s just a matter of whether they come early or come late.
The partition wall must have ears, so there is no one outside the window.
A gentleman asks about disasters but not about blessings.
Don’t be afraid of officials, just be afraid of management.
The world's situation depends on whether it is warm or cold, and people's reputation is high or low.
The heroic spirit is soaring to the sky, and the heroic career has not been rewarded.