1. A person who suffers a setback will gain wisdom. What he loses today may not be a gain in the future. ——Wang Yangming, Ming Dynasty, "Books with Xue Shangqian"

Vernacular translation: If you suffer a setback, you will learn a lesson and gain a point of wisdom. What you lose today may be gained again in the future.

Extended meaning: Used to summarize experiences and lessons, and to tell people not to make the same mistake again and again.

2. A wise man will lose something if he thinks a lot; a fool will gain something if he thinks a lot? - Chun Qiu·Yan Ying's "Yan Zi Chun Qiu"

Vernacular translation: The wise man is the best In a thousand considerations, there will always be one mistake; in a thousand considerations, a stupid person will always make a gain.

3. Therefore, if you do not accumulate steps, you cannot reach a thousand miles; if you do not accumulate small streams, you cannot reach a river or sea. ——Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learning" during the Warring States Period

Vernacular translation: Without the accumulation of steps and half steps, there is no way to reach a place thousands of miles away; without the accumulation of small rivers, there is no way to merge into a river and a sea.

Extended meaning: It is a metaphor for the role of accumulation, which can enrich, enrich and perfect oneself. It can be used to say that the value of learning work lies in continuous accumulation.

4. When Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and do not mess up his actions. ——Pre-Qin Dynasty Meng Ke's "Mencius Gao Zixia"

Vernacular translation: Therefore, when God is going to place a major mission on someone, he must first temper his will and make his His muscles and bones were overworked, making his body starve, making him suffer from poverty, and he was always unable to do things smoothly. This will shock his mind, strengthen his character, and increase his abilities.

5. I am born with talents that will be useful, and I will come back after spending all my money. ——Li Bai, Tang Dynasty, "Yuefu·Jinjinjiu"

Vernacular translation: God gave birth to me, there must be something that needs me, and I need to complete it. Even if the money is used up, these lost things will still come back in the future. Extended information

Word: Failure is the mother of success

Phonetic: shī bài nǎi chéng gōng zhī mǔ

Interpretation: "Chinese Idiom Dictionary" "Failure is the mother of success" is explained like this: mother, precursor. It means that only people who are good at learning from failures can achieve success. Failure is the precursor to success, and failure is the foundation of success. (The meaning of mother is not mother but foundation)

Origin: According to research, it originated from the myth of Gun and Yu's flood control.

Failure is the precursor to success, and failure is the foundation of success. It means that only people who are good at learning from failures can achieve success.

(The meaning of mother is not mother but foundation)

English: Failure is the mother of success.