The edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

The pen fell in the storm, and the poem became the weeping ghosts and gods. (Du Fu)

Bie Zai Pseudo-Tai Qin Fengya, Zhuan Yiduo is your teacher. (Du Fu)

Extensive observation and apprehension, thick accumulation and thin hair. (Su Shi)

Learn eruditely, interrogate it, think carefully, discern clearly, and practice it diligently. ("Book of Rites")

If you don't climb a high mountain, you don't know how high the sky is; if you don't go to a deep stream, you don't know how thick the earth is. ("Xunzi")

If you don't fly, you will soar into the sky; if you don't sing, you will become a blockbuster. (Sima Qian)

Don’t worry about others but you don’t know yourself, but you don’t know others when you are worried. (Confucius)

If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you catch the tiger’s cubs? (Book of the Later Han Dynasty)

It will not work if there is no obstruction and no flow. (Han Yu)

I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain. (Su Shi)

Don’t be afraid of the floating clouds covering your eyes, because you are at the highest level. (Wang Anshi)

Without rules, it is impossible to build a square garden. (Mencius)

After collecting hundreds of flowers and turning them into honey, it will be sweet to whomever you work hard for. (Luo Yin)

If you have a solid warehouse, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace. ("Guanzi")

Play a thousand tunes and then the sound will dawn; watch a thousand swords and then recognize the weapon. (Liu Xie)

If you examine yourself, you can understand others; if you examine the present, you can understand the past.

("Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals")