Those who don’t know enough are eager to learn, and those who are ashamed to ask are complacent. ——Lin Bu's "Records of Saving Hearts"

Translation: Those who know their own shortcomings and study hard are smart people, and those who are not easy to ask questions and are proud and complacent are shameful.

1. An embankment of a thousand feet will burst with the holes of ants; a room of a hundred feet will be burned with smoke from the gaps. ——"Han Feizi"

Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may be burned down because of fire caused by sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney.

2. Those who speak are not guilty, but those who hear are enough to be warned. ——"Preface to Poems"

Translation: Those who make criticisms are not guilty. When you hear other people's criticisms, you should carefully reflect on yourself. If you make mistakes, correct them. If they are not wrong, take them as advice given to you by others.

3. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for action. ——"Confucius' Family Sayings"

Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may not sound pleasant to the ears but are good for people's behavior.

4. A kind word can warm you in three winters, but a bad word can hurt you in six months. ——Proverb of the Ming Dynasty

Translation: A kind and beneficial word can make the listener feel warm even in the severe cold of winter; on the contrary, harsh and vicious words can hurt other people's feelings and self-esteem, even if In the hot summer of June, people will also feel cold.

5. In thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: According to thousands of classic principles, filial piety to parents and friendship to brothers are the first things that should be done.

6. Good and evil are done by people, and misfortunes and blessings are caused by oneself. - "Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: Good and bad things are all done by oneself, and disasters and happiness are all caused by oneself. Caused by one's own words and deeds.

7. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you only study without thinking, you will not feel confused; if you only dream without studying, you will be tired and gain nothing.

8. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to know it. If you don’t know it, it is to know it. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Knowing means knowing. If you don't know, you should say you don't know. Don't cheat. This is wise behavior.

9. Work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by playfulness; actions are accomplished by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu

Translation: Success in career or study lies in hard work and diligence. If you are too playful and relax your requirements, you will achieve nothing; in life, you must think carefully and thoroughly before you can achieve anything. Being willful and careless will only lead to failure.

10. There are three aspects of reading: understanding with the heart, understanding with the eyes, and understanding with the mouth. ——Ming Dynasty Zhu Xi

Translation: Think with your heart, look carefully with your eyes, and read more with your mouth. Only when you do all three aspects well can you truly read.

11. Be tireless in learning and teaching. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Study hard without feeling satisfied, teach others without feeling tired.

12. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. ——"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps step by step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form rivers and seas.

13. If you want to see a thousand miles away, go to the next level. ——Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty, "Climbing the Zhegomatic Bird Tower"

Translation: If you want to see farther and broader scenery, you have to go up to the next floor. If you want to learn more and deeper knowledge, you have to work harder than before.

14. The strong will have its own strong hand, so don’t boast to others. ——"Words of Warning"

Translation: Although you are a strong person, there must be someone stronger than you, so don't be proud and complacent in front of others and brag about yourself.

15. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know. ——"Book of Rites·Xue Ji"

Translation: Without carving, jade cannot become a useful jade object; without learning, people do not understand principles.