1. Wealth and honor cannot be kinky, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued. ——Mencius of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, "Mencius Teng Wengong Chapter Sentences 2, Section 2"

Explanation: Wealth cannot make me arrogant and extravagant, poverty and lowliness cannot make me change my moral integrity, and power cannot make me surrender my will.

2. Treat the home as the home, the township as the township, the country as the country, and the world as the world. ——Pre-Qin·Anonymous "Six Relatives and Five Laws"

Explanation: The family should be governed according to the requirements of governing the family, the township should be governed according to the requirements of governing the township, the country should be governed according to the requirements of governing the country, and the world should be governed according to the requirements of governing the world.

3. The old man is brave and ambitious. In his old age, the martyr is full of ambition. ——"The Turtle Sustains Life" by Cao Cao of the Han Dynasty

Explanation: Although the old thousand-mile horse lies beside the manger, its ambition is still to gallop thousands of miles. Even in old age, ambitious people will never stop working hard.

4. When Heaven is about to assign a great responsibility to a person, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. ——Mencius of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, "Mencius Gaozi Chapter 2 Section 15"

Explanation: Therefore, God is going to entrust this person with a major historical task, and must first test his mind and work hard. His muscles and bones, his flesh and skin are hungry, his body is exhausted and deprived, and everything he does is always disrupted by interference to shake his mind and make his temperament tougher and increase the abilities he originally did not have.

5. Everyone is destined to die. It may be heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather, depending on how it is used. ——Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty, "A Letter to Ren Shaoqing/A Letter to Ren An"

Explanation: People are destined to die, but some people die heavier than Mount Tai, and some people die lighter than a feather. This is because they pursue different goals with their lives!