Many traditional virtues have been handed down since ancient times. They are condensed into famous aphorisms, telling us how to inherit and carry them forward. The following is a collection of ancient traditional virtues and aphorisms that I have compiled for you. , let’s take a look! Ancient traditional virtue quotes and aphorisms:
If you hear something but don’t see it, even though you are knowledgeable, you will be wrong; if you see it but don’t know it, even though you know it, you will be delusional; if you know it but don’t act, even though you are confident, you will be trapped.
Source: "Xunzi·Ruxiao".
If you have heard but not seen with your own eyes, even though you have heard a lot, many of them are certainly wrong; if you have seen but cannot understand, even though you have remembered, many of them are bound to be false; know If you don't implement it, even if you have rich knowledge, you will definitely encounter troubles.
Tips: According to the ancients, hearing, seeing, knowing, and doing are the four ways to understand things, but "doing" is the most important. Because "practicing" can not only test the knowledge acquired through the first three ways, but also further promote the understanding and grasp of the knowledge learned.
Those who are good at speaking about the past will certainly have a lesson in the present, and those who are good at speaking about heaven will certainly be able to conquer others.
Source: "Xunzi·Evil Nature".
To the effect, people who are good at talking about ancient times must look for evidence in the present, and people who are good at talking about the way of heaven must look for proof in human affairs.
Tip: No matter what you say, if you want others to believe you, you must have sufficient evidence. Evidence often shows the correlation of things, so we must look at problems from a developmental and dialectical perspective.
Be careful in your words and careful in your deeds.
Source: "Book of Rites·缁衣".
Be careful in your words and cautious in your actions.
Tip: This sentence warns people that a well-educated and moral person should be responsible for his words and deeds. Therefore, he must think carefully before "speech" and "deed", and must not act recklessly on impulse. act.
A gentleman learns hard and practices hard.
Source: Yang Xiong's "Dharma Preface: Self-cultivation".
Careless and ethical people encourage themselves to learn and work hard to act.
Reminder that both learning and practicing require perseverance. To study hard, you need to have the perseverance to delve into it and apply the knowledge you have learned into life practice. At the same time, you must think carefully and organically combine what you have learned with what you have applied. Therefore, learning is not the ultimate goal, but applying what you learn is more important.
Seek truth from facts.
Source: "Book of Han·The Biography of King Liu De in Hejian".
The general idea is to study from objective facts and derive rules.
Reminder Liu De, the king of Hejian, was the younger brother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He is eager to learn all his life and does not like to boast. His biggest hobby in life was collecting ancient books. Whenever rare books were given to him by the people, he would find someone to copy them. Then he would give the copied books to others and keep the originals himself. Yan Shigu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, commented on his behavior of "securing facts and seeking truth every time", which means that the ancient books he collected were all really good books, and the contents in the ancient books he obtained were also in line with ancient facts. This is the original meaning of "seeking truth from facts." Later generations extended this sentence to mean that facts should be respected in everything, proceed from reality, and speak based on facts.
Seeing is better than hearing a hundred times.
Source: "Book of Han·Biography of Zhao Chongguo".
It is better to see it with your own eyes than to listen to others say it a hundred times.
Tips: Although "hearing" and "witnessing" are the main ways for humans to acquire knowledge, in many cases the authenticity of hearing is questionable, because people are often deceived by rumors and only know with their own eyes. Seeing talents is more accurate. "Hearing with the ears is false, seeing with the eyes is true", this is exactly what is said.
It is better to retreat and build a net if you are envious of fish in the abyss.
Source: "Hanshu Biography of Dong Zhongshu".
If you carelessly stand on the edge of a deep pool hoping to catch the fish inside, you might as well go back and quickly weave a fishing net.
Tip: It is meaningless to just imagine without practice, just like wanting to taste the delicious fish but not weaving a fishing net, but just standing by the water and admiring it. The best way is to start from small things, start from now, move towards the ideal goal, and strive for it down-to-earth, and finally achieve the goal.
Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, this is knowing.
Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Zheng".
To the effect that if you know, you know, and if you don’t know, you don’t know. This is a wise attitude.
Tips that the ancients required honesty in life, which is reflected in learning, that is, if you know, you know, and if you don’t know, you don’t know. Moreover, this kind of honesty is wisdom. Knowing what you don’t understand is a kind of progress in itself. If you pretend you don't know, you will not only be dishonest, but it will also affect your own progress.
A gentleman is ashamed of his words rather than his actions.
Source: "The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen".
It is a shame for a careless gentleman to talk too much and do too little.
Tips: In daily life, you should pay attention to making your words and deeds consistent. If you just talk but accomplish nothing in action, you will be regarded by others as a "giant in words and a dwarf in actions."
Although a scholar has knowledge, his conduct is basic.
Source: "Mozi·Cultivation of the Self".
Although scholars may be knowledgeable, personal practice is the foundation.
Tips that among the hundreds of scholars in the pre-Qin period, Mozi was the one who paid the most attention to practical actions. He and his disciples all implemented Mohist governance ideas in practice. Since ancient times, many thinkers and scholars have made useful explorations on the issue of knowledge and action. Li Shizhen traveled to many provinces in the south, collected folk prescriptions, verified them one by one, and wrote the immortal pharmaceutical masterpiece "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is difficult for a person who only relies on book knowledge and lacks practice to become a scholar.
Although the road is short, it cannot be done if it is not possible; although the matter is small, it cannot be accomplished if it is not done.
Source: "Xunzi·Cultivation of the Self".
Although the journey is short, you will not reach your destination if you don’t walk; although the thing is small, you will not succeed if you don’t do it.
Tips that any undertaking must be completed through practice. The road to success lies at your own feet. If you cannot walk down-to-earth and always be immersed in wonderful fantasies, you will achieve nothing.