Sima Guang’s 100 famous sayings

1. Speaking is not as good as seeing it, and hearing is not as good as seeing it.

2. A promise made by a husband is not easy to make.

3. Be as small as possible, and be cautious.

4. Wei Ping’s family law is here, and Shao Duzhi’s voice actor is here.

5. A gentleman with few desires will not be servile to things and can walk on a straight path.

6. If you don’t promote talents from the clan, and don’t use methods that are hard on the powerful, it will not help the service, and there will be no punishment for traitors.

7. Those who are good at managing wealth will take care of what they have come from, and collect what is left, so that it can be used inexhaustibly, and they can make enough use of it.

8. The big one is the outline, and the small one is the discipline. Therefore, the order of things from top to bottom is orderly and humane.

9. It is difficult for a saint to have no teeth and no complaints.

10. Anger is normal, laughter is unpredictable.

11. If you are short of doing good, you will fail.

12. If you do not understand the right and wrong of things, but please others to praise yourself, it is not very dark; if you do not understand the reason, but you flatter and seek favor, this is not very flattering.

13. There is the joy of life and no desire to die, so there is no victory.

14. If you want to impose a crime, there is no reason to hesitate.

15. At midnight in Feiting, there is no bright moon.

16. It is easy to break when alone, but difficult to destroy when in groups.

17. If you want to take it, you must give it to you.

18. A three-inch tongue is stronger than a million-strong teacher.

19. Heaven knows, earth knows, I know, Zi knows, what is ignorance?

20. Form is the essence of God, and God is the function of form.

21. Gold and jade are not precious, but loyalty is.

22. It is easy to meet a Confucian teacher, but it is difficult to meet a human teacher.

23. Be generous and prudent, and don’t hold back when you commit a crime.

24. Those who believe in their husbands are the greatest treasure of a ruler.

25. A gentleman’s excessive desire will lead to wealth and honor, which will lead to disaster in vain.

26. If virtue is better than talent, he is called a gentleman; if talent is better than virtue, he is called a villain.

27. Jealousy has no relatives before.

28. There is honey in the mouth and a sword in the belly.

29. Endure small anger but keep great faith.

30. Heroes are useless.

31. The past is not far away. My teacher.

32. Speaking from behind is a warning from the ancients.

33. Hearing both will lead to enlightenment, believing only half will lead to darkness.

34. Employ people like tools, and everyone should use their strengths.

35. Benevolence means kindness, thrift means enough.

36. The trouble with people is that they don’t read history.

37. Ping and then Qing, Qing and then Ming.

38. It is frugal, so it shows its beauty.

39. Mortal feelings, when you are poor, you want to change.

40. People are afraid of money and sweet words.

41. If the leader is self-reliant, then everyone will not be able to advance.

42. Promoting talents is for the sake of the country, not for personal reasons.

43. A correct mind is the foundation, and self-cultivation is the foundation.

44. It is better to befriend a fool than to win a villain.

45. Being unable to make peace with the virtuous is the same as being without virtuous people.

46. Kill the evil before it emerges, and avoid the disaster before it appears.

47. When reading important books, you must memorize them.

48. If you do not receive undue gifts, you will have integrity.

49. If a villain has many desires, he will lose his family and lose his life.

50. If you don’t love someone in the right way, you will harm them if you love them.

51. Pride and luxury are born from wealth, and chaos is born from negligence.

52. A scholar is more valuable than doing something, not knowing it.

53. A gentleman who has many desires will covet wealth and honor, which will lead to disaster in vain.

54. If a person is incompetent, once he has gained Long, he will return to Shuxie!

55. Without faith, you cannot win over the people, and without the people, you cannot protect the country.

56. The way to use military force is to support soldiers with sincerity and to control enemies with deceit.

57. The superiors control the inferiors, the few govern the masses, and the principles are set.

58. It is the fault of an adopted son not to teach his father, and it is the laziness of a teacher who is not strict in his discipline.

59. Talented people are endowed with virtue; virtuous people are endowed with talent.

60. If you appoint a virtuous person, you will be governed; if you appoint someone with disdain, you will be in chaos. This is the inevitable way.

61. One cannot be prepared for anything, one must sacrifice one's shortcomings and take advantage of one's strengths.

62. Everyone is proud of extravagance, but in my heart, frugality is the beauty.

63. Being able to do small things without being confused is called ability, and being able to do big things without being confused is called talent.

64. The achievements of heaven and earth cannot be rushed, and the hard work must be carried out by the sun and the moon.

65. In the friendship between people and ministers, it is advisable to speak out and speak the truth, rather than to follow the instructions.

66. Chu did not use Wu Qi to eliminate chaos, while Qin used the laws of Shang Jun to become rich and powerful.

67. I have no fault with others, but my behavior in life is something that should be spoken to others.

68. When choosing people for official positions, only those who are qualified and qualified should do so. If you are lazy or untalented, you will not be used even if you are close to you.

69. The superiors do not believe in the inferiors, and the inferiors do not believe in the superiors; the separation between the superior and the inferior leads to defeat.

70. In April, the rain suddenly clears up, and the situation in Nanshan becomes clear.

71. There are no catkins blowing up due to the wind, only sunflowers leaning toward the sun.

72. The bun is loosely tied, and the hair is lightly made up.

73. The green mist is light and green, and the flying catkins are uncertain.

74. When we see each other, it’s as if we don’t see each other. How can being affectionate be like being ruthless?

75. After the music and songs are over, the people in the deep courtyard are quiet as they wake up from the wine.

76. Khan's slips were made into new orders, and the curtains were hung on Juzhou.

77. Wild bamboos cross Qishui, and autumn melons spread over Qiu.

78. After three years of service, I am willing to visit Shiqu.

79. The Han family had a five-foot road and appointed officials to care for the southern barbarians.

80. In order to make Wen Weng teach, Meng was also informed.

81. The food is full of sauce, and the songs are mixed with words from bamboo branches.

82. You need to be drunk diligently to get wine. The countryside is unthinkable.

83. A few inkstones traveled in the past, and now they have become ten autumns.

84. A solid pine will turn into a stone, and a fish will turn into a stone.

85. There are no flying messages in the nearby counties, and no borrowing funds were used during the Qing Dynasty.

86. The spring bamboos in Qi Garden are beautiful, and the military banquet is full of cows.

87. In ancient times, there were no officials who could not be remonstrated with. From officials to officials, as well as to industry and commerce, there was no one who could not remonstrate.

88. In the government of the world, people from all over the world are suffering from failure and disease. They are all gathered in one official to envoy, and his responsibilities are also important.

89. Those who live in the official position always aim at big things and abandon small things; they are anxious first and slow down later; they seek to protect the country but not their personal interests.

90. Those who are obsessed with fame are also obsessed with profit. What a difference between them!

91. Are wealthy people proud of themselves? Are the poor and lowly proud?

92. Even the poor and lowly are proud of themselves! The rich can be proud of others!

93. If the king is arrogant, he will lose his country; if the official is arrogant, he will lose his family.

94. Those who have lost their country have not heard of anyone who treats them as a country. Those who have lost their home have not heard of anyone who treats them as a family.

95. If a gentleman is poor and lowly, if his words are useless and his actions are inconsistent, then he will wear his shoes and remove his ears. He will live in peace without being poor and lowly!

96. The red sun slowly fades, Xulang’s shadow turns away, and the locust trees slant toward the west.

97. The skill of colored pens cannot describe the mist of the evening scene.

98. Butterflies still don’t know spring is coming, and they wander around the secluded buildings looking for flowers.

99. After the fierce wind passes, even if there is residual red, who will it fly to?

100. I have just realized that young hair is priceless, and I sigh at the passing of time in officialdom.