1. Yang Zi takes it for me, and pulling out a dime is beneficial to the world, not for the sake of it.

from: section 26 of Mencius devoted to chapters and sentences edited by Mencius and his disciples in the Warring States period.

Vernacular interpretation: Yang Zi advocates' for me'. Even if pulling out a hair on his body can benefit the whole world, he won't do it.

2. If things are urgent, you can donate a lot, and if things are smooth, you must be careful.

from: biographies of the Ming dynasty, volume 146, by Qing Zhang Tingyu and Wan Sitong.

vernacular interpretation: when things are urgent, tens of thousands of gold can be donated, but even a small amount of money must be taken care of after things have subsided.

3. An upright man is open and poised while a petty man is anxious and worried.

comes from The Analects of Confucius, which is a well-known saying since ancient times.

Translation: A gentleman is aboveboard and open-minded, while a villain haggles over every ounce.

4. The disorder has not yet turned yellow, and it will be crazy to lean on the east wind.

From "Singing Willow"

Author: Ceng Gong

Dynasty: Song

Translation: The messy willow branches have not turned yellow yet, and they are dancing wildly under the east wind.

5. It is natural that a gentleman and a gentleman should be friends with the same way, while a villain and a villain should be friends with the same interests.

from

On cronies

Author: Ouyang Xiu

Dynasty: Song

Translation: It is a natural law that gentlemen and gentlemen form cronies because of the same interests, while villains form cronies because of the same interests.