1. A one-year plan is better than planting a valley; a ten-year plan is better than trees; a lifelong plan is better than planting people. A tree that harvests one harvest is a grain; a tree that harvests ten harvests is a tree; a tree that harvests a hundred harvests is a human being.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Quan Xiu"
2. Eyes are valued, ears are valued, and minds are valued. With the eyes of the world, everything can be seen; with the ears of the world, hearing, everything can be heard; with the minds of the world thinking, everything can be understood.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Jiu Shou"
3. Forgetting one's deeds in the morning and losing one's achievements in the evening.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Situation"
4. If there is disharmony between the top and bottom, the order will not work.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Situation"
5. In a country with a single king, labor brings many disasters.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Situation"
6. When evil spirits attack the inside, the righteousness will decline.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Situation"
7. Cutting off Jin is a special one, which can lead to disaster.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Situation"
8. A person who is cautious will not be a big person, and a person who eats will not gain weight.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Situation"
9. During daily life, eating and drinking moderately, and the cold and heat are appropriate, will benefit the body and life. If you are not feeling well, your body will be tired and your life span will be shortened. If a person is lazy and extravagant, he will be poor; if he is strong and frugal, he will be rich.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Situational Interpretation"
10. Micro evils are the birth of big evils.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Quan Xiu"
11. Whenever something happens, the order must come first.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Establishing Government"
12. Good fortune does not seek family, and misfortune does not seek others.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Jin Zang"
13. If praise does not come out directly, trouble will not be born alone.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Jin Zang"
14. Don't do useless things, don't do useless things.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Jin Zang"
15. Any way to govern a country must first enrich the people.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Governing the Country"
16. The Tao is used by one person, and there is no excess; the world practices it, and there is no shortage. This is called Tao.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Bai Xin"
17. Don't listen when people say good things, and don't listen when people say evil things. In this way, Shuran becomes pure. Don't rely on side words to make things happen, observe and attack them, don't listen to arguments, all things belong to it, and you can see the good and evil by yourself.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi Baixin"
18. Benefit is greater than cure. Nothing can do more harm than chaos.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Zhengshi"
19. Words must not be exaggerated, and the truth must not extend the name.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Xin Shu Shang"
20. Kindness welcomes people, and they are as close as brothers; evil spirit welcomes people, and it is harmful to soldiers.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Xin Shu Xia"
21. The number of the way of heaven will be reversed when it reaches its peak, and it will decline when it is prosperous.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Chong Ling"
22. There is no trouble in the world without wealth, and no one can distinguish it.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Herdsmen"
23. If you have a solid warehouse, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong "Guanzi·Herdsmen"
24. When things are done, the number of rewards and punishments must be known first.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Li Zheng"
25. Watching his friends, you can see whether he is virtuous or unworthy.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Quan Xiu"
26. Those who do things are born of worry, succeed in affairs, and lose in pride.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Riding a Horse"
27. The task will not be long, and the cover will not last long.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Small Name"
28. If the law is not followed, then things will not work; if the law is not followed, then the order will not work. If the order is not followed, then the order is illegal; if the law is not followed, then those who revise the order will not review it; if the review is not carried out, then the reward and punishment will be light; if the review is not done, then the reward and punishment will be light; if it is severe, then the reward and punishment will not be believed; if the law is believed but not followed, then the person who practices it will not lead by example. .
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Fafa"
29. It is dangerous to hear good people but not use them; to hear good people but not ask for them is dangerous; to see talents but not to use them is dangerous ; If relatives are not solid, it is dangerous; if they are complicit and separated, it is dangerous; if they endanger others but cannot be, it is dangerous; if they fail to rise again, it is dangerous; if they can do something but not do it, it is dangerous; if they are sufficient but do not give, it is dangerous; if they are few but not close, it is dangerous.
——Spring and Autumn Period·Guan Zhong's "Guanzi·Fafa"
30. Rules are the principles of justice. Although he has a clever eye and a sharp hand, he is not as good as a square circle with clumsy rules. Therefore, clever people can create rules, but they cannot abolish rules and make things right.