"Zhu Zi's Family Instructions" written by Zhu Bailu in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

Excerpt from the original text: Get up at dawn and sweep the courtyard to make it clean both inside and outside.

As soon as you feel faint, you will rest. If you lock the door, you must check it yourself.

A porridge and a meal, when you think about the difficulty of getting there; half a thread, half a thread, always think about the difficulty of material resources.

It is better to be prepared before it rains and not to dig a well when thirsty.

You must be frugal in serving yourself, and don’t linger when entertaining guests.

Interpretation: Get up at dawn, clean the yard, and keep the inside and outside clean.

Take a rest when the sun goes down, close the doors and windows, and be sure to check it yourself.

A bowl of porridge and a bowl of rice should be remembered as hard-won. (clothes, cloth) half silk, half thread, must think they are hard-earned.

Be prepared for a rainy day and don’t think of digging a well only when you are thirsty.

Be diligent and frugal in your own life, but don’t be stingy when inviting friends to banquets.

Extended information:

1. Creation background: In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Zhu Bolu’s father was killed while guarding Kunshan City against the Qing army. Later, he served his mother and lived a homeless life. Life. After the situation calmed down, Zhu Bolu returned to his hometown and devoted himself to teaching. In order to promote knowledge and practice, he annotated the book "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions".

2. Appreciation Among the many "family instructions" in ancient times, "Zhu Xi's Family Instructions" is unique in the family instruction garden, and the ideas in it are still shining today.

"Zhu Xi's Family Instructions", also known as "Zhu Xi's Maxims on Family Governance" and "Zhu Bailu's Maxims on Family Governance", is an enlightenment textbook focusing on family moral education, focusing on clarifying the way to cultivate one's morality and govern a family. Among them, many contents inherit the excellence of traditional Chinese culture, such as respecting teachers, being diligent and thrifty, etc., which still have positive significance in modern times.