1. Everything has its beginning and end, and everything has its beginning and end. If you know the order of things, you will be able to take the shortcut. Translation: Everything in the world has its beginning and end. If you clarify their order, you will be close to the law of the development of things. 2. In ancient times, those who wanted to show virtue to the world first governed their country. If you want to govern your country, you must first regulate your family; if you want to regulate your family, you must first cultivate your body; if you want to cultivate your body, you must first rectify your heart; if you want to rectify your heart, you must first be sincere in your intentions; if you want to be sincere in your intentions; The first step is to gain knowledge; to gain knowledge is to investigate things. Translation: In ancient times, if you want to make all people in the world carry forward upright virtues, you must first govern your own country; if you want to govern your country well, you must first manage your own family; if you want to manage your own family well, you must first manage your own family well. You must first cultivate your body and mind. If you want to cultivate your body and mind, you must first correct your mind. If you want to correct your mind, you must first prove your sincerity. If you want to prove your sincerity, you must enrich your knowledge. ; Rich knowledge lies in in-depth study of the principles of things. 3. Tang Zhi's "Pan Ming" said: "It is new every day, and it is new every day." "Kang Gao" said: "To create a new people." "Poetry" said: "Although Zhou is an old state, its destiny is renewed." That's right. Therefore, a gentleman will do whatever he can to the best of his ability. Translation: The motto engraved on the bathtub by King Tang of Shang Dynasty said: "If you can be new every day, you should keep it new every day, and renew it when it is new." "Kang Gao" said: "Encourage people to abandon the old and seek the new." "The Book of Songs" Said, "Although the Zhou Dynasty was an old country, it was endowed with a new destiny." Therefore, people with high moral character pursue perfection everywhere. 4. A prosperous house, a prosperous body with virtue, a broad mind and a fat body. Translation: The rooms of rich people are gorgeously decorated, and the hearts of virtuous people are relaxed and their bodies are naturally at ease. 5. If a gentleman has a great road, he must be loyal and trustworthy in order to gain it, and he must be arrogant and arrogant in order to lose it. Translation: A gentleman has a great principle, that is, he must win the hearts of the people with loyalty and trustworthiness. Arrogance and extravagance will lose the hearts of the people. 6. There is a great way to generate wealth. If there are many people who produce it, there will be few people who eat it, if you do it you will get sick, and if you use it you will feel comfortable. Then you will have enough wealth. Translation: There is a general principle for creating wealth: more people produce and fewer people consume. Create quickly and use it slowly. In this way, national wealth can always remain sufficient. 7. What good people hate is what evil people like. This means that if you mess with people's nature, you will catch them. Translation: To like what people hate and hate what people like is called going against human nature, and disaster will definitely befall him. 8. When a gentleman has himself, he seeks others; when he has no self, he seeks others. There is no such thing as a person who cannot forgive what he has hidden in his body, but can describe it to others. Translation: For advantages, a gentleman should possess them himself before asking others for them; for shortcomings, he should possess them himself before criticizing others. What I have is not forgiveness, but I have never been able to teach others. 9. Don’t deceive yourself if you mean what you mean sincerely. Like hating bad odors, like loving lust, this is called self-effacement. Therefore, a gentleman must be careful about his independence. Translation: To make your thoughts sincere means not to deceive yourself. Just like you hate the smell of rancidity, just like you love beautiful women, everything comes from the heart. Therefore, a person of high moral character must be cautious even when he is alone.