1. When the sky is healthy, a gentleman will strive to improve himself. "Book of Changes"

Translation: As a gentleman, you should have a strong will, a never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation, complete and develop your own studies or career. Only by doing so can you reflect the will of God. The will to live up to the responsibilities and talents given to a gentleman by the universe.

2. When two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can break through metal; if they speak of the same mind, their stench is as bad as orchid. "Book of Changes"

Translation: People who work together are strong enough to break hard metal; people who work together and express unanimous opinions are persuasive, and people are like orchids that smell the fragrance. Fragrance, easy to accept.

3. A gentleman hides his weapons and waits for the time to come. "Book of Changes"

Translation: Even if a gentleman has outstanding talents and extraordinary skills, he will not show off or show off everywhere. Rather, it is about putting talents or skills to use when necessary.

4. If you are full, you will suffer losses, but if you are modest, you will benefit. "Shang Shu"

Translation: Being complacent with the achievements you have achieved will lead to losses and disasters; being humble and always feeling your own shortcomings will benefit from it.

5. No one has any faults, and there is no greater good than being able to correct them. "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: Everyone may make mistakes and make hunting mistakes. As long as they correct themselves, they will still be the best people.

6. Don’t cover up your great virtue with a single glance. "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: When evaluating a person, one cannot erase his merit just because of a slight mistake.

7. If a person can do something with one thing, he can do it with a hundred things; if a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things. "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: People learn it once and for all. If I spend hundreds of efforts, I will definitely learn it. If others can master it ten times, if I learn it a thousand times, I will definitely master it.

8. Being eager to learn is close to knowledge, practicing hard is close to benevolence, and knowing shame is close to courage. "The Doctrine of the Mean"

Translation: Being diligent and studious is close to wisdom; doing anything as long as you work hard is close to benevolence; knowing right and wrong, good and evil is a manifestation of courage.

9. Take fifty steps to laugh at a hundred steps. "Mencius"

Translation: Be complacent in thinking that one's own mistakes are smaller than others' and that one's shortcomings are fewer than others'.

10. A gentleman is always kind to others. "Mencius"

Translation: The greatest advantage of a gentleman is to treat others with a noble and benevolent heart.

11. Everyone can be Yao and Shun. "Mencius"

Translation: As long as they work hard, everyone can become a great sage like Yao and Shun.

12. A thousand-foot embankment will collapse with the holes of ants; a hundred-foot room will be burned with smoke from the gaps. "Han Feizi"

Translation: A thousand-mile embankment may collapse because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may be burned down because of fire caused by sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney.

13. Good medicine is hard on the mouth but good for the disease; good advice is hard on the ears but good for deeds. "Confucius' Family Sayings"

Translation: Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for curing diseases; words of advice and advice may sound unpleasant but are good for people's behavior. )

14. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river. "Xunzi"

Translation: If you don't accumulate half steps and one step, you can't go thousands of miles away; if you don't gather the trickles, you can't form rivers and seas.

15. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know. "Book of Rites"

Translation: Without carving, jade cannot become a useful jade article; without learning, people do not understand principles.

16. Learning is impossible. "Xunzi"

Translation: Learning cannot be stopped.

17. Love to learn but not be half-hearted. "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: Love to learn but not half-hearted.

18. If a person does not learn, he is still standing on the wall. "Shang Shu"

Translation: If a person does not study, he is like standing facing a wall, unable to see anything.

19. Know and ask questions, and then you can learn. "Xunzi"

Translation: Smart people must study hard and ask questions to become talented.

20. Words are useless, but actions are not far away. "Zuo Zhuan"

Translation: The content or subject matter of the article is very good, but if the expression is inappropriate, then there will not be many people who will appreciate it, and it will be difficult to spread through the ages.

21. My life has a limit, but I know it has no limit.

"Zhuangzi"

Translation: My life is limited, but human knowledge is infinite.

22. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, while the friendship between villains is as sweet as wine. "Zhuangzi"

Translation: The communication between gentlemen is as plain and pure as water, so that such friendship will last; the communication between villains is as thick and thick as sweet wine. But not for long.

23. When I am old, I am in harmony with others; when I am young, I am in harmony with others. "Mencius"

Translation: Respect and love other people's elders as you respect and love your own elders; care for other people's children as you care for your own children.