Editor: Sandy

1. When the cunning rabbit dies, the running dogs are cooked; when the birds are gone, the good bows are hidden; when the enemy’s country is destroyed, the advisers perish

—— Sima Guang Zi Zhi Tong Jian

2. What is a gentleman? What is a villain? If virtue is greater than talent, he is a gentleman; if talent is greater than virtue, he is a villain.

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

4. If you love someone without the right way, you will harm them if you love them.

5. There is no better way to save the cold than to wear a heavy coat, and to stop slander, there is no better way than self-cultivation.

6. A person with all talents and virtues is called a "sage"; a person with both talents and virtues is called a "fool"; a person with perfect virtues is called a "gentleman"; a person with talents and virtues is called a "villain". If you use any technique to win over people, you will only get a saint. A gentleman should be with you. Instead of getting a villain, it is better to get a fool.

7. He who shepherds the heart will shepherd the world.

8. If you blame them for their difficulties, then those who are easy will do right without working; if you make up for their shortcomings, then those who are good will succeed without effort

9. If you are not ignorant, you will not be deaf. Don't be a family man.

10. Even though the weight is small and weighs a thousand catties, its virtue is enough to teach the right customs, its talent is enough to establish principles and disciplines, its clarity is enough to control the subtle and far-sighted, and its strength is enough to forge benevolence and solidify righteousness; if it is large, it is beneficial. In the world, a small country will benefit a country

11. Learn from the rise and fall of past lives and examine the gains and losses of today.

12. A husband who is intelligent and strong is called talent, and being upright and neutral is called virtue. Talented people are endowed with virtue; virtuous people are endowed with talent.

13. Those who are smart and clear should avoid interruption; those who are calm and comfortable should avoid forgetting; those who are broad-minded should avoid forgetting

14. The king and his ministers should be courteous, and the ministers should be courteous. If you serve the king with loyalty, but if you are disrespectful and unloyal, how can a country stand?

15. He who listens is the time for things to happen; those who plan are the opportunities for things to happen; there are few people who can live in peace for a long time if they fail to plan!

Therefore, those who know will be decisive; those who doubt will be harmed.

16. At the beginning, Zhixuanzi will take Yao as his queen. Zhiguo said: "It's not as good as Xiaoye. Five of the Yao people are wiser than others, and one person is not as good as others. If you have beautiful temples, you will be wise, if you have enough shooting skills, you will be wise, if you have completed your skills, you will be wise, and if you are clever in eloquence, you will be wise." , Strong and courageous people are virtuous, so it is extremely unkind. If the husband behaves unkindly with the five virtuous people, if he succeeds in establishing Yao, Zhizong will be destroyed."

17. When you walk on frost, you know that severe cold and ice are coming.

18. The way to govern one’s nature is to examine what is left and strengthen what is lacking. Those who are smart and open should be careful about being too charismatic; those who are ignorant and rare should be careful about obstruction; those who are brave and strong should be careful about being too censorious. Those who are violent, benevolent and gentle should avoid being uninterrupted, those who are calm and comfortable should avoid being late, and those who have a broad heart should avoid forgetting. We must judge what we have done and correct it with righteousness, and then neutralize and respond, but the clever and hypocritical people dare not look ahead.

19. The officials of the saints are like the materials used by the craftsmen. They take their strengths and use their weaknesses

20. The bamboo of Yunmeng is the strength of the world, but it is not If you refine it and don't sharpen it, you can't make it strong; the gold in Tangxi is the best thing in the world, but if you don't melt it and sharpen it, you can't make it strong. Therefore, we call him a saint if he has all his talents and virtues, he is a fool if he has both talents and virtues, he is a gentleman if his virtues are perfect, and he is a villain if his talents and virtues are perfect.