Xunzi's famous sayings are as follows:

1. Ask if you don't know, learn if you can't, give in if you can, and then be virtuous.

Excerpted from Xun Zi Fei Shi Er Zi

Explanation: Ask what you don't know, learn what you can't do, and be humble even if you can do it, so that you can become a virtuous person.

2. A gentleman respects those who are in himself, but does not admire those who are in heaven, so he advances with the day.

Excerpted from Xun Zi Tian Lun

Explanation: A gentleman attaches importance to his own efforts and does not expect the gift from heaven, so he can make progress every day.

3. A gentleman worships people's virtue and promotes their beauty, not flattery.

Excerpted from Xun Zi Yan

Explanation: A gentleman worships and praises the virtues of others, which is not flattery.

4. A gentleman is ashamed not to cultivate, and he is not ashamed to see pollution.

Excerpted from Xun Zi Fei Shi Er Zi

Explanation: A gentleman is ashamed of his immoral behavior, but not ashamed of his lack of discovery.

5, the sound is not small but not heard, and the line is not hidden but not shaped.

Excerpted from Xunzi's

Explanation: Therefore, the voice will not be ignored because it is weak, and the behavior will not be undetected because it is hidden.

6. Good scholars do their best, but good people find it difficult.

Excerpted from A Brief Introduction to Xunzi

Explanation: A good scholar tries his best, and a good doer tries his best. It means that a good learner thoroughly understands the truth of things, and a good doer thoroughly overcomes the difficulties in his work.

7. Benevolence, courtesy and kindness are to people, and wealth, millet, are to home.

Excerpted from Xunzi's Outline

Explanation: Benevolence and kindness are as important to people as property and food are to families.

8. People know that you are happy in life and give up courtesy and righteousness, but they still want to live longer and choke their necks.

Excerpted from Xunzi Powerful Country

Explanation: People know that they value life and like peace but abandon etiquette. For example, it's like cutting their necks if they want to live a long life. Nothing is more stupid than this.

9. A gentleman's learning is also beautiful, while a villain's learning is also like a calf.

Excerpted from Xunzi's Persuasion to Learn

Explanation: A gentleman learns to improve himself; Little people learn to show off and grandstanding.

1. People are to literature, and jade is to ponder.

Excerpted from A Brief Introduction to Xunzi

Explanation: People are to literature and jade is to ponder, which is Xunzi's exposition on the social function of literature.