The 50 most classic famous sayings and aphorisms from Zengguang Xianwen are listed below:

1. In those days, Xianwen taught you earnestly. The rhyme of the collection increases, and you see more and hear more.

2. When looking at the present, we should learn from the past. Without the past, the present cannot be achieved. Know yourself and your enemy, and compare your feelings with your own.

3. Drink wine when meeting close friends, and sing poems to those who meet you. We know each other all over the world, and we know how many people can know each other.

4. Meeting each other is like acquaintance for the first time, and there will be no resentment until the end.

5. When you are near the water, you know the nature of fish, and when you are near the mountains, you know the sounds of birds. Mountains and streams are easy to rise and easy to retreat, and small people's hearts are easy to return to.

6. When gold is transported away, it turns into iron, and when it comes, iron becomes like gold. Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

7. When you meet someone, say a few words, but don’t give up everything. If you plant flowers deliberately, they will not bloom, but if you plant willows unintentionally, they will create shade.

8. It is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, but it is difficult to paint the bones of a tiger. Money is like dung, but kindness is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

9. The water flowing down the beach is unintentional, and the white clouds coming out of Xiu are unintentional.

10. If you didn’t climb high and look at it, who would believe that the ocean is deep and flowing eastward.

11. A long journey will tell you a horse’s power, and a long journey will tell you a person’s heart.

12. Two people have the same heart, and money can buy gold. One person has an average heart and has no money to buy needles.

13. It’s easy to get acquainted with each other, but it’s hard to make friends after staying for a long time. Horses are weak because they are thin, and people who are not romantic are just poor.

14. To forgive others is not to be a fool. A fool will not forgive others.

15. It is a close relationship, but it is not a close relationship. Beautiful or not, it depends on the water in the hometown; whether you are close or not, it depends on the people in your hometown.

16. The orioles are still afraid of the old age of spring, how can they teach people to spend spring in vain?

17. If we meet again and return home without drinking anything, the peach blossoms at the entrance of the cave will also smile.

18. Don’t let the pretty girl grow old, and don’t teach the poor to the wandering man.

19. If you don’t know how to welcome guests at home, you will know your master’s way out.

20. Gold is not fake, and asafoetida is not real. If you don't care about the guests, you may be a fool.

21. The poor live in the busy city and no one knows them, the rich live in the mountains and have distant relatives.

22. No one talks behind someone’s back, and no one talks in front of that person.

23. Those who have money speak the truth, but those who don’t have money are untrue. If you don’t believe it, just look at the wine at the banquet and persuade the rich first cup by cup.

24. Make money in the hustle and bustle, and settle down in a quiet place. Comes like wind and rain, goes like dust.

25. The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the new people in the world drive out the old ones.

26. The tower near the water gets the moon first, and the sun-facing flowers and trees get the spring early.

27. The ancients did not see the moon today, but the moon used to shine on the ancients.

28. The one who comes first is the king, and the one who comes later is the minister. Mo Daojun leaves early, and there are even more early travelers.

29. Don’t believe in the straight and the straight, and beware of being unkind. There are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world.

30. If you hate yourself for having no leaves, don’t blame the sun for being biased. Everyone's fate is up to them, and no one can control it at all.

31. A year’s plan lies in spring, a day’s plan lies in Yin, a family’s plan lies in harmony, and a whole person’s plan lies in diligence.

32. If you blame others, blame yourself; if you forgive yourself, forgive others. Keep your mouth shut and be as defensive as a city.

33. I would rather betray myself than others. It is important to take important matters again and again, but the first thing is not to deceive your heart.

34. A tiger can still be approached when it is alive, but a familiar person cannot be kissed. Those who talk about right and wrong are right and wrong.

35. It is difficult to put out the fire near by water far away, and it is better to have distant relatives than near neighbors. There is tea and wine, there are many brothers, but in times of crisis you never see anyone.

36. Human relationships are as thin as paper, and world affairs are like new chess games.

37. There are thousand-year-old trees in the mountains, and it is rare to find a centenarian in the world.

38. Don’t take heavy responsibilities if you are weak, and don’t persuade others with light words. If you have no money, don't join the crowd. If you are in trouble, don't look for relatives.

39. Don’t frown in your life. There should be no gnashing of teeth in the world.

40. Scholars are the treasure of the country, and Confucianism is the treasure of the country. If you want to stop drinking, be clear-headed and watch the intoxicating person.

41. When you ask for help, you need a hero, and when you need help, you need help.

42. When you are thirsty, a drop of it is like nectar, but when you are drunk, adding a cup is worse than nothing.

43. Staying for a long time is disgusting, and being poor also alienates relatives. A true gentleman does not speak in wine, but a true man is clear about his wealth.

44. Being a monk is as good as before, and you are more than ready to become a Buddha. Accumulating a thousand taels of gold is not as good as explaining the scriptures clearly.

45. Raising a son without education is like raising a donkey, and raising a daughter without education is like raising a pig.

46. If you have fields but don’t cultivate them, your barns will be empty. If you have books and you don’t read them, your descendants will be foolish.

47. If your barns are empty and you don’t have enough time, your descendants will be foolish and your etiquette and righteousness will be sparse.

48. One night of talking with you is worth ten years of reading. People cannot understand the past and present, and horses and oxen are like lapels.

49. There are countless people in the vast sea, which man is the husband.

50. Liquor is brewed for hospitality, and gold is spent to collect books.

Introduction to "Zengguang Xianwen":

1. "Zengguang Xianwen". Also known as "Xianwen of the Past" and "Xianwen of the Ancient and Modern Times", it is a children's enlightenment book compiled during the Ming Dynasty in China. The title of the book was first seen in the opera "The Peony Pavilion" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. From this, it can be inferred that the book was written during the Wanli period at the latest.

2. "Zengguang Xianwen" collects various Chinese maxims and proverbs from ancient times to the present. Later, after continuous additions by literati from the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was changed into its current form, called "Zengguang Xianwen", commonly known as "Zengguang Xianwen".

3. The author has never seen any book records. He only knows that the Confucian scholar Zhou Xitao revised it during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.