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Famous Sentences from Han Shu

1. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes.

Selected from "Book of Han·Chronicles of Emperor Cheng". If the translation makes a mistake but does not repent, this is called a mistake.

2. Less success is like nature, and habits are like nature.

Selected from "Hanshu·Jia Yi Biography". Translation: The character you have developed since childhood is as if you are born with it, and the things you often do are as if you would do them naturally.

3. After humiliating one’s integrity and humiliating one’s destiny, even though one is still alive, how can one return to the Han Dynasty with such dignity!

Selected from "Hanshu·Li Guangsu Jian Biography". Translation: If you humiliate your integrity, even if you are alive, how can you return to the Han court?

4. Painting the ground is a prison, and it is impossible to enter; carving wood is a prison, and the time is wrong.

Selected from "Hanshu Biography of Lu Wenshu". If the translation draws a prison on the ground, people will consider not entering that place; if a jailer is carved out of wood, people will hope not to meet him.

5. The ritual is prohibited before what will happen, and the law is forbidden after what has already happened.

Selected from "Hanshu·Jia Yi Biography". Translation: To implement the rule of etiquette is to prohibit things before they happen, while to implement the rule of law is to stop things after they happen.

6. Propriety, justice, integrity and shame are the four dimensions. If the four dimensions are not maintained, the country will perish.

Selected from "Hanshu·Jia Yi Biography". Translation: Rites, righteousness, integrity, and shame are the four basic norms. If you do not abide by these four norms, the country will perish.

7. Those who speak are not crazy, but those who choose are unclear. This is a great danger to the country, so it is here.

Selected from "Book of Han Chao Cuo Biography". Those who translate and comment do not dare to say whatever they want without restraint, and those who make decisions cannot distinguish right from wrong, good from bad, and this is the great disaster for the country.

8. When the cold is in the clothes, do not wait for light warmth; when the hunger is in the food, do not wait for the delicious food; when the hunger and cold are in the body, do not care about the integrity.

Selected from "Hanshu·Shi Huo Zhi". Translation: In cold weather, people will not wait for winter clothes made of fox fur or silk; when people are hungry, they will not wait for sweet food; when people are hungry and cold, they will not consider shame. .

9. When the strong wind rises, the clouds are flying, and we return to our hometown in the sea, and the warriors are here to guard the four directions.

Selected from "Book of Han·Gaodi Jixia". Translation: The strong wind blows and the clouds fly, and the powerful people are in the sea. I return to my hometown in rich clothes. How can I get warriors to guard the four sides?

10. You can conquer the mountains with great strength, but the times are unfavorable and your talents will never fade away. Nothing can be done if the glory is not gone! Yuxi, Yuxi, what can I do!

Selected from "Hanshu Biography of Xiang Ji". Translation: I can push down mountains with more strength than anyone else in the world, but the situation is not in my favor. Even if I ride on a black horse, I can't break through the siege. You can't escape from the black horse. What can I do? Yu, Yu, Yu! How can I arrange it for you?