Vernacular translation: I am not ashamed to ask people with low status and knowledge, and I am open-minded and eager to learn.
2. Those who gain the Tao help more, and those who lose the Tao help less. Relatives will be there when there is no help. -Mencius in the Warring States Period, "Mencius under Sun Chou"
Vernacular translation: stand on the side of justice and you will get people's support and help; Violation of morality will definitely lead to isolation. Few people help and support him, and relatives inside and outside will betray him. With so many people helping and supporting him, everyone in the world will submit to him.
3. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. The winner is strong, and the winner is strong. -Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period
Vernacular translation: People who can understand others are wise, and those who can understand themselves are brilliant. He who can defeat others is powerful, and he who can defeat himself is truly powerful.
4. Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. -The Analects of Confucius in the Warring States Period, Yan Yuan.
I don't want others to treat my words and deeds in that way, and I don't want others to treat me in that way.
5. Those who are satisfied are rich, and those who are forced are ambitious. He who does not lose his position for a long time dies but does not die. -Laozi's Tao Te Ching in the Spring and Autumn Period
Vernacular translation: People who know satisfaction without delusion are rich, and those who are diligent are ambitious. People who are consistent in words and deeds can live long. Those who live in the world with their bodies dead and their spirits alive are the ones who really live long.