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1. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement.

Translation: As a gentleman, you should have a strong will and a never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation, complete and develop your own studies or career. Only by doing so can you reflect the will of God. Live up to the responsibilities and talents given to a gentleman by the universe.

2. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. -- "Three Kingdoms" Liu Bei's words

Translation: Don't do anything just because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, do something small. Don't do something good that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much.

3. Seeing good is like falling short, and seeing bad is like exploring the soup. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When you see a good person, you are afraid that it will be too late to learn from him; when you see a good thing, you are afraid that it will be too late and you will not be able to do it. When you see evil people or bad things, it is like coming into contact with hot water. You should leave immediately and stay away.

4. If you are generous to yourself but do not blame others, you will be far away from resentment. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Those who work hard and take the main responsibility for mistakes are self-respecting. Being more understanding and tolerant to others is not blaming others. In this case, you will not Resent each other.

5. The beauty of a gentleman is not the evil of a man. The villain is on the contrary. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman always starts from the desire to be kind or beneficial to others, and wholeheartedly promotes others to realize their good intentions and legitimate requirements, and does not look at the world with cold eyes. Or they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and they will not add fuel to the fire when others have failures, mistakes, or pain. Villains, on the other hand, are always as evil as adults but not as beautiful as adults.

6. When you see a virtuous person, think about them, and when you see a virtuous person, you should reflect on yourself. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When you see someone who has strengths and advantages that exceed your own in a certain aspect, humbly ask for advice, study hard, and find ways to catch up with him and reach the same level as him; when you see someone If there are some shortcomings or deficiencies, you should calmly reflect and see if you have the same shortcomings or deficiencies as others.

7. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you don't want it (pain, disaster, misfortune?), don't impose it on others.

8. Do your duty and do not give in to the teacher. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When you encounter a good thing that you should do, you should not hesitate. Even if the teacher is nearby, you should rush to do it. Later it developed into an idiom "do one's duty without giving in".

9. A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman does not talk too much, but he does things quickly and dexterously.

10. When two people are of the same mind, they are as sharp as metal; if they are of the same mind, they are as stinky as orchids. -- "Book of Changes"

Translation: People who work together are strong enough to break hard metal; people who work together and express unanimous opinions are so persuasive that people smell the fragrance. The orchid fragrance is easy to accept.

11. A gentleman keeps his weapons hidden in his body and waits for the time to move. -- "Book of Changes"

Translation: Even if a gentleman has outstanding talents and extraordinary skills, he will not show off or show off everywhere. It's about putting talents or skills to use when necessary.

12. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. --"Shang Shu"

Translation: Being complacent with the achievements you have achieved will lead to losses and disasters; being humble and always feeling your own shortcomings will benefit from it.

13. Isn’t it a gentleman who doesn’t know something but is not stunned? -- "The Analects"

Translation: If I have achieved something, others may not understand it, but I will definitely You won't feel angry or aggrieved. Isn’t this also an expression of gentlemanly demeanor?

14. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: What you have said must be kept true to your word; when you have determined what you want to do, you must do it resolutely and courageously.

15. No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no me. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Speak the facts, don't make assumptions out of thin air; don't be arbitrary or willful when things happen, do whatever is feasible; be flexible in your actions, not rigid; don't be self-centered in everything, don't be self-righteous, Work together with the people around you to complete the task together.

16. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When three people are together, there must be someone among them who is worth learning in some way, then he can be my teacher. I choose his strengths to learn from, and I will learn from his shortcomings and shortcomings and correct them.

17. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman always blames himself, looking for shortcomings and problems within himself. Villains often look at others and look for their shortcomings and deficiencies.

18. A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman is open-minded, frank and clean in his thoughts, and his appearance and movements appear to be very comfortable and stable. The villain has too many desires in his heart and a heavy psychological burden. He is often worried and worried. His appearance and movements also appear uneasy, and he often seems to be unable to sit or stand firmly.

19. Don’t blame God or blame others.

-- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: When encountering setbacks and failures, never make excuses from an objective perspective, and never push the responsibility to others. Later it developed into an idiom to blame others.

20. Don’t vent your anger and never make mistakes. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you make a mistake, don't take it out on others, and don't make it a second time. )

21. A little impatience will mess up a big plan. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Even if you really want to do something that you shouldn't do, but insist on not doing it, this is called tolerance. Being intolerant of small things will affect the overall situation and ruin big things.

22. Even the villain’s faults must be punished. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A villain must cover up his faults.

23. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is a real mistake.

24. A gentleman sticks to his roots, and the Tao is born from his roots. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman devotes himself to the fundamentals and establishes the fundamentals, and the Tao will naturally arise.

25. A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: A gentleman thinks that it is shameful to talk too much and do too little.

26. Think before you act. --"The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: Everything you do must be done after repeated consideration.

27. Those who do many injustices will surely die. --"Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: If you do too many bad things, you will eventually destroy yourself.

28. No one has any faults, and there is no greater good than being able to correct them. -- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: Everyone may make mistakes, and if he makes mistakes, he will still be the best person as long as he corrects them.

29. Don’t cover up your great virtue with just a glance. -- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: When evaluating a person, one cannot erase his merit just because of a slight mistake.

30. If a person can do something with one thing, he can do it with a hundred things; if a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things. -- "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: People learn it once and for all, but if I spend hundreds of efforts, I will definitely learn it. If others can master it ten times, if I learn it a thousand times, I will definitely master it.

31. Knowing shame is close to courage. -- "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: Knowing what is a shameful behavior is a good sign of bravery.

32. Take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. -- "Mencius"

Translation: Be complacent about thinking that your mistakes are smaller than others and your shortcomings are fewer than others.

33. A gentleman is always kind to others. -- "Mencius"

Translation: The greatest advantage of a gentleman is to treat others with a noble and benevolent heart.

34. Everyone can be Yao and Shun. --"Mencius"

Translation: As long as they work hard, everyone can become a great sage like Yao and Shun.

35. A thousand-foot embankment will collapse with ant holes; a hundred-foot room will be burned with smoke from the gaps. --"Han Feizi"

Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse and burst 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.

36. 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.

37. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for deeds. -- "Confucius' Family Sayings"

Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may sound unpleasant but are good for people's behavior.

38. A kind word can warm you in three winters, but a bad word can hurt you in six months. -- Ming Dynasty Proverb

Translation: A kind and helpful word can make the listener feel warm even in the severe cold of winter; on the contrary, acrimonious 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.

39. According to thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. -- "Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: According to thousands of classic principles, being filial to parents and being friendly to brothers is the first thing that should be done.

40. Good and evil are done by people, and misfortunes and blessings are brought 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.

41. Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is peril. -- "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.

42. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to know it, and to know it is to know it. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: To know is to know. If you don't know, you should say you don't know. Don't cheat. This is wise behavior.

43. 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 studies 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. Willfulness, sloppiness, and casualness will only lead to failure.

44. There are three ways to read: reading with the heart, with the eyes, and 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.

45. Be tireless in learning and teaching. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

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

46. If you don’t accumulate steps, you won’t be able to reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you won’t be able to reach a river or sea. --"Xunzi Encouraging Learning"

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

47. 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.

48. The strong will have its own strong hand, so don’t boast to others. -- "Warning Words"

Translation: Even though 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.

49. 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: Jade cannot become a useful jade object without carving; people without learning do not understand principles.

50. Black-haired people don’t know how to study early, and white-haired people regret studying late. -- "Encouragement to Study"

Translation: When you are young, you don't know how to seize the time and study diligently. When you are old, it is too late to study.

51. 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.

52. You can’t help but learn. --"Xunzi"

Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.

53. Isn’t it pleasant to learn and practice from time to time? -- "The Analects"

Translation: Review the knowledge you have learned at the appropriate time to make yourself more familiar with it. Isn’t it a happy thing to gain new understanding of knowledge?

54. Reviewing the past and learning the new can make you a teacher. -- "The Analects of Confucius"

Translation: People who learn new knowledge and often review the knowledge they have already learned. If they continue to study and review, their knowledge and cultivation will be improved quickly. Such people can become Teacher.

55. Read thousands of volumes and write like a master. --Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty

Translation: If you read more, your writing will flourish, as if you have divine help.

56. If a young man doesn’t work hard, he will be sad. -- "Han Yuefu? Chang Ge Xing"

Translation: If you don't study hard when you are young, you will only regret and sigh when you are old.

57. Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will become apparent. -- "Three Kingdoms"

Translation: Reading must be repeated many times in order to understand the meaning of the book.

58. Learning without converting is not learning. --Song Dynasty Yang Wanli

Translation: Learning knowledge but not being able to apply it flexibly cannot be called learning.

59. Be eager to learn but not hesitant. -- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: Love learning but not half-heartedly.

60. If you don’t learn enough, you are afraid of losing it. --."The Analects of Confucius? Uncle Qin"

Translation: When learning knowledge, I am afraid of not being able to catch up. If I catch up, I am afraid of losing it again.

61. If a person does not learn, he is still standing in front of the wall. --"Shang Shu"

Translation: If a person does not study, he is like standing facing a wall, unable to see anything.

62. Be knowledgeable and easy to ask questions, and then you can be talented. --"Xunzi"

Translation: Smart people must study hard and ask questions in order to become talented.

63. The breadth of learning lies in tirelessness, and tirelessness lies in solid determination. --Jin? Ge Hong

Translation: The profoundness of knowledge lies in not being tired of learning, and not being tired of learning lies in having a firm goal.

64. Learning but not knowing is the same as not learning; knowing but not being able to do it is the same as not knowing. --Huang Jing

Translation: Learning knowledge but failing to understand some principles is no different from not learning; having learned principles but not being able to apply them is still equivalent to not learning the principles.

65. Be broad-minded and appreciative, accumulate thickly but gain little. --Su Shi, Song Dynasty Choose to use appropriately.

66. A slight difference is a thousand miles away. --Song Lu Jiuyuan

Translation: To do anything, you must do it carefully at the beginning. If you do it even slightly wrong, the result will be very different.

67. The prime years will never come again, and the morning will never come again. --Jin Tao Yuanming

Translation: The beautiful youth will never come again after it has passed. There cannot be two mornings in a day, so you must cherish the time!)

68. In other words Without writing, the journey will not go far.

-- "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: The content or subject matter of the article is very good, but if the expression is inappropriate, then there will not be many people who will appreciate it, and it will be difficult to spread it through the ages.

69. In order to learn, one should neither be small nor arrogant. --Gu Yanwu

Translation: When studying, don't feel inferior in the face of profound and vast knowledge, nor should you be proud and complacent just because you have learned a little bit of knowledge.

70. Being eager to learn is close to knowledge, practicing hard is close to benevolence, and knowing shame is close to courage. -- "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: Being diligent and studious is close to wisdom; doing anything as long as you work hard is close to benevolence; knowing right and wrong, good and evil, is a manifestation of courage.

71. When the book is used, I will regret it less. I will not know the difficulties until I have experienced them. --Chen Tingzhuo

Translation: Knowledge always makes people feel that it is not enough when it is applied. If you have not experienced many things personally, you will not know how difficult it is.

72. The stupid bird flies first and enters the forest early; the stupid person learns hard and becomes talented early. -- "Proverbs of Saving the World"

Translation: Birds that fly slowly will take off early and fly into the woods earlier than other birds. People who are not smart enough can become successful earlier than others as long as they work hard. .

73. There is a road to the mountain of books, and hard work is the path to the mountain of books. There is no limit to the sea of ??learning, and hard work is the boat. -- "Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: Diligence is a shortcut to the peak of knowledge. Only by not being afraid of hardship can you swim freely in the ocean of knowledge.

74. Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. --"Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: Learning requires continuous progress and continuous efforts, just like a boat traveling against the current. If you don't work hard to move forward, you can only go backwards.

75. My life has a limit, but my knowledge has no limit. --"Zhuangzi"

Translation: My life is limited, but human knowledge is infinite.

76. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. --Ming Gu Yanwu

Translation: Everyone bears a great responsibility for the prosperity and decline of the country.

77. Born in sorrow, died in happiness. -- Mencius

Translation: Adversity can temper one's will and make one stronger. On the contrary, always being satisfied with enjoyment will make people not seek advancement and gradually fall behind.

78. I dare not forget about my country even if I am humble. --Lu You's "Sickness arose from the Book"

Translation: Although I have a low status, I have never forgotten my responsibility to care about the country and the people.

79. Since ancient times, no one has ever died, leaving his heart to illuminate the youth of Han Dynasty. -- Song Wen Tianxiang's "Crossing the Lingding Ocean"

Translation: Since ancient times, everyone will inevitably die, so let's leave a piece of patriotic loyalty in the annals of history!

80 .Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness. --Song Dynasty Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower"

Translation: When sharing the country's worries, be ahead of others and be more anxious than others; when enjoying happiness and happiness, let others come first and put yourself last.

81. Xiao Lai wants to serve the country, not to become a marquis. --Tang Cen Shen's "Guanren Goes to Anxi"

Translation: From a young age, I have thought about serving the motherland, rather than thinking about becoming a marquis or an official. )

82. Things that are beneficial to the country cannot be avoided even if they are dead. --Ming Lu Kun's "Moaning Language, Volume 1"

Translation: Do things that are beneficial to the country bravely, even if there is the risk of death, do not avoid it.

83. An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of gold. --Jin? Zuo Qigongyu

Translation: Every inch of the mountains and rivers of the motherland is more precious than an inch of gold and must never be given to outsiders.

84. If you want to make peace with your family, you must first make peace with your country. --Wu Zetian

Translation: If you want to build a happy family, you must first make the country stable and prosperous.

85. Sacrificing one’s life in a national disaster, treating one’s death as if one were returning home. --Three Kingdoms? Cao Zhi's "White Horse"

Translation: When the country is in danger, we must dare to stand up and treat death as if we were going home.

86. The sound of wind, rain, and reading are all in my ears; I care about everything about family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs. --Ming? Gu Xiancheng

Translation: The sound of wind, rain, and the sound of reading all enter our ears. Therefore, as a scholar, we should be concerned about family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, and all kinds of things. You can’t just study hard.

87. Live as a hero, and die as a ghost. -- Song Li Qingzhao's "Summer Quatrains"

Translation: Be a hero when you are alive, and be a hero after you die.

88. Those who benefit the country love it, and those who harm the country hate it. -- "Yan Zi Chun Qiu"

Translation: If something is beneficial to the country, we should do it enthusiastically; if anything is harmful to the country, we should hate it and stay away from it. 89. The original intention of reading is Yuanyuan. --Song Dynasty? Lu You

Translation: The purpose of studying should be to master knowledge and serve the society and the public, not to get promoted and get rich.

90. The times are approaching, and the pictures are revealed one by one. --Wen Tianxiang of the Song Dynasty

Translation: In history, many loyal ministers and righteous men showed their integrity when the country was in trouble, and each of them was famous in history.

91. I feel sorry for my parents, who worked so hard to give birth to me.

-- "The Book of Songs"

Translation: When I think of my parents, how heartbroken my children feel for them! How much hard work they spent in giving birth to me and raising me!

92 .The desire to serve the country will last until death. --Su Shi of the Song Dynasty

Translation: The ambition to serve the motherland will not change until death.

93. Worrying about the country and forgetting about home, sacrificing one’s life to help those in need is the ambition of a loyal minister. --Three Kingdoms? Cao Zhi's "Seeking Self-Sincerity"

Translation: Worrying about national affairs and forgetting the small family, and sacrificing one's life to save the country from danger are the ambitions of loyal ministers.

94. When a man lives in the world, he should sweep away the world and live in peace in one room? --Chen Fanyu

When fighting against behaviors that are not conducive to the country, how can we just be satisfied with handling the small matters of our own family?

95. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship between villains is as sweet as sweet wine. -- "Zhuangzi"

Translation: The communication between gentlemen is as plain and pure as water, so that such friendship will last; the communication between villains is as strong and sweet as sweet wine. Thick, but not long-lasting.

96. When I am old, I am in harmony with others; when I am young, I am in harmony with others. --"Mencius"

Translation: Respect and love other people's elders as you respect and love your own elders; love other people's children as you care for your own children.

97. Not fighting when you see an insult is an insult. --"Gongsun Longzi"

Translation: When justice is insulted and bullied but you do not stand up, it is a sign of shame.

98. Everyone in the world knows that taking something is taking, but no one knows that giving it is taking. -- "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"

Translation: People think that only getting things from others is a gain, but they don't know that giving to others is also a gain.

99. Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. -- Han? Sima Qian's "Historical Records"

Translation: People are bound to die after all, but the value of death is different. Dying for the people's just cause is more important than Mount Tai, and those who are selfish and benefit themselves at the expense of others The death of a person is lighter than a feather.

100. Sheep have the kindness of kneeling down to breastfeed, and crows have the kindness of feeding back. -- "Zengguang Xianwen"

Translation: Lambs have the act of gratitude by kneeling down to receive breast milk, crows have the feeling of feeding food to their mother crows, and children must know how to be filial to their parents.