Family precepts of celebrities in past dynasties:

1.

"If you don't learn poetry, there is nothing to say; If you don't learn' ceremony', you can't stand. "

—— The Analects of Ji

Interpretation: If you don't learn the Book of Songs, you won't be able to speak in social communication; If you don't learn etiquette and do things in society, you can't stand on your feet.

One day, Confucius was standing in the courtyard, and his son Kong Li walked quickly with his head down. Confucius stopped him and asked, "Did you learn poetry?" Kong Li replied, "No". Confucius said, "How can you speak without learning poetry?" Kong Li went back to study poetry.

The next day, Kong Li met Confucius standing in the courtyard. Confucius asked, "Have you learned the etiquette?" Kong Li replied: "No." Confucius said, "How can you behave without learning etiquette?" So Kong Li went back to practice rites. This story is called "training in court", and later the ancients called it "training in court" when the father reprimanded his son.

Second,

Liyun: You can't keep your desire, but you can't fill your ambition. The universe can reach its extreme, and the sentiment does not know its poverty. If you want to be satisfied, you will be limited.

—— Yan Zhitui's Yan Family Instructions in the Northern and Southern Dynasties

Interpretation: The Book of Rites says: "If you want to indulge, you can't be full of ambition." The universe can reach the edge, but there is no end to sex. Only a little desire to know, set a limit.

Third,

A gentleman's trip is quiet to cultivate one's morality and frugality to cultivate morality. Not indifferent, not clear-minded, not quiet, not far away. Fu Xue, want to be quiet; Only, must learn. If you don't learn, you can't be versatile, and if you don't want to learn, you can't succeed. If you are slow, you can't study hard, and if you are dangerous, you can't be rational.

—— The Book of Commandments by Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdoms

Interpretation: This is a letter from Zhuge Liang to his eight-year-old son in his later years. In this letter, Zhuge Liang asked his son to study hard and be inspirational, and to work hard on his indifferent and quiet self-cultivation. Don't be impetuous and behave absurdly. At the end of the article, he inculcated: "Young people who don't work hard are sad."

Zhuge Liang worked day and night for the state affairs of Shu and Han, and had no time to care about his son's education, so he wrote this letter to warn his son.

fourth,

it's natural and elegant to take a step back, which makes the three points more leisurely.

endure a few carefree words and be happy for a while.

I'd rather pick tea from the deep mountains and touch the wine in Huajie.

eating vegetable roots is light and savory, but keeping the king's law is not surprising in your dreams.

—— Interpretation of Han Yu's family precepts in Tang Dynasty

: From these family precepts, it is not difficult to see Han Yu's honest and frank personality, and his attitude towards life is adaptive, happy-go-lucky and philosophical. This is also what he wants to warn future generations.