1. If you avoid it, you will have no regrets for others, and if you abandon it, you will have no regrets for yourself. Oh, I can't bear it. ——"Hundred Admonitions to Encourage Forbearance".
If you avoid benefits, you will have no regrets; if you abandon rights, you will have no fatigue. In the face of fame and fortune, how can we not hold back our possessiveness?
2. Fame and wealth are more important than alcohol, which makes one’s heart so intoxicated. ——Du Guangting of the Tang Dynasty, "Hurt Time"
Famous fame and wealth are more intoxicating than wine. It can easily make people get carried away and become drunk to the point of death.
3. Whale salamander teeth are on the road, why don’t you pass by them less? ——Tang Huang Tao's "Jia Ke"
The journey to the whale's mouth is very dangerous, so it is better to go less often, and don't do those things that take risks to chase fame and fortune.
4. When it comes to glory and wealth, they are nothing but passing smoke. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "Bao Huitang Ji"
Talk about the glory and wealth, but it is just passing smoke and is not enough to talk about.
5. Fame and wealth are sweet, but the thought of death tastes like wax. If people often worry about death and illness, they can also eliminate illusory karma and develop a Taoist mind. ——"Cai Gen Tan·Chapter 10".
The desire for fame and wealth is as sweet as honey. Thinking about the scene of death, fame and fortune will taste like wax. People should always think about illness and death to eliminate sinful desires and increase their moral karma.
6. There is no separation between right and wrong, fame and fortune. ——Du Mu's "Long Sentences from Luoyang"
The mood is as leisurely as spring grass, and the turmoil of fame and fortune becomes as if nothing exists.
7. Who is related to name and body? Which one has more body or goods? Which disease is good or bad? If you love too much, you will spend a lot of money; if you hide too much, you will perish. ——"Laozi·Chapter 44".
Which one is more intimate, fame or life? Which is more valuable, life or property? Which one is more harmful, gain or loss? Excessive pursuit of fame and fortune will lead to greater effort. Collecting money will definitely lead to more serious losses.
8. Don’t compete with others for gains and losses, but seek your own abilities. ——"Night Talk Around the Fireplace".
Don’t argue with others about the gains and losses of things, fame and fortune, just ask yourself to gain wisdom and ability when doing things.
9. Those who are high-ranking officials cannot achieve political success. ——Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan".
Those who compete for fame and wealth will not achieve any good political achievements. If you want to achieve great achievements, don't pursue fame and fortune.
10. Do not put favor and profit before others, and do not lag behind others in virtue. ——Ming Dynasty Hong Zicheng's "Cai Gen Tan"
Don't be in front of others in terms of fame and fortune, and don't lag behind others in terms of moral cultivation.