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1. Embrace the new in order to strengthen oneself, and abandon the conventional in order to strengthen the world. ——"Kang Youwei"

2. Reciprocity is the norm, but it is not polite to go back and forth but not come back; it is also disrespectful to come and go but not go back. ——"Book of Rites"

3. The beautiful mountains and rivers are not enough, and the horses' hooves urge them to return home in the bright moonlight. ——"Yue Fei"

4. Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly by. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

5. Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beautiful, but this is evil; everyone knows that good is good, but this is not good. ——"Tao Te Ching"

6. It is better to believe that something exists than to believe something does not exist. ——"Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

7. Scholars who aspire to be saints will seek the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. They give up the brightness of the sun and the moon and hope for the faint light of a firefly. Isn’t that absurd? ——"Wang Yangming"

8. A person can stand with his fist, a horse can walk with his arm, and a person can stand with his face. ——"Shi Naian"

9. The jade world is pure and dust-free, and the precious moon is as round as a mirror. The wind brings green sleeves, and the flowers fall in the courtyard. ——"Guan Hanqing"

10. A person of conscience is what Mencius said: "Everyone has a sense of right and wrong." The heart of right and wrong can be known without worrying about it, and can be understood without learning. This is why it is called conscience. ——"Wang Yangming"

11. Once I get wise men and capable people, I will let them follow me closely and never let them go away. ——"Genghis Khan"

12. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and the friendship between villains is as sweet as dew. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

13. Make a lot of money with a small business, and be the number one in the seventy-two lines. ——"Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

14. It is easy to get divorced in a foreign land, but it is difficult to cure a broken heart with magic medicine. ——"Wang Shifu"

15. Do not do things that are of short-term benefit, and do not go to places where everyone is fighting. If things go to extremes, they will be reversed, and harm will come. ——"Zeng Guofan"

16. I don't know. Do you know what the speaker is doing to the world? How is he showing this? ——"The Analects of Confucius"

17. Only by not being arrogant can you be arrogant, not by favoring others. ——"Zhuge Liang"

18. When gods are right, people are right; when gods are evil, people are evil. ——"Zeng Guofan"

19. If a man has virtue, he is talented, and if a woman has no talent, she is virtue. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

20. Be careful from beginning to end, and you will never fail. ——"Tao Te Ching"

21. To live in a royal palace, one must have the smell of mountains and forests; to live under forests and springs, one must embrace the economy of a temple. ——"Hong Yingming"

22. If you want to support your career in the world, you must first establish your feet. ——"Zeng Guofan"

23. The poor should not fight with the rich, and the rich should not fight with the officials! ——"Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

24. Resentment does not matter, big or small, it is born from what you love; there is no good or bad thing, and if it is wrong, it will be a disaster. ——"Xin Qiji"

25. For those who are determined, things will come true. If the cauldron sinks the boat, a hundred and two Qin passes will eventually belong to Chu; if you work hard, God will not let you down; if you lie on the salary and taste the courage, three thousand Yue armor can swallow Wu. ——"Pu Songling"

26. The sad autumn of thousands of miles is often a guest, and a hundred years of illness makes the stage alone. ——"Du Fu"

27. Raise your conscience, make your own decisions, and never let evil desires prevail. ——"Zeng Guofan"

28. If there are no walkers, there will be no plan for the future; if there are no dead, there will be no future ones to call upon. ——"Tan Sitong"

29. If it is too soft, it will be weak, if it is too hard, it will break; hardness comes from softness, and softness can overcome hardness. ——"Zeng Guofan"

30. It is shameful to follow others, but it is disgusting to be self-willed. Not being attached to anything is the middle way. It is rare to find one, but it is the most elegant thing to be able to stand in the midst of waves and trends. ——"Zeng Guofan"

31. The flowers are overlapping, the fragrance is gentle, the courtyard is deep and the moon is bright. ——"Wang Shifu"

32. Those who are alive should not hide their death, and those who have a country should not hide their death. Those who hide their death cannot survive, and those who hide their death cannot live. ——"Feng Menglong"

33. If it has a name but no reality, then its name will not work; if it has reality but no name, then it will not last long. ——"Su Shi"

34. If you want to do something on the road, don't be content with it and just get involved. Once you get involved, you will go deep into the world. ——"Hong Yingming"

35. Those who are arrogant and arrogant are the media of defeat; those who fly lowly and use their wings will be defeated gradually. ——"Kang Youwei"

36. A scholar will die for a confidant, and a woman will look good for a person who pleases herself. ——"Warring States Policy"

37. It is better to have fools than to win villains. ——"Sima Guang"

38. There are two types of people who are defeated by bad virtues: those who are proud and talkative. ——"Zeng Guofan"

39. If people want to do good, they must first understand what is good. ——"Zeng Guofan"

40. After the fifteenth day of the month, there is little light, and when a person reaches middle age, everything stops. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

41. Lending money is like giving, and collecting debt is like collecting money. ——"Zeng Guangxian Wen"

42. The sage does not accumulate. He thinks that the more he has for others, the more he gives to others. ——"Tao Te Ching"

43. It is easy for a young man to learn from an old man, and it is difficult to learn from an old man. One inch of time should not be taken lightly. I haven't noticed the dream of spring grass in the pond, but the phoenix leaves in front of the steps have already sounded in autumn. ——"Zhu Xi"

44. Crouching dragon ascended the Seven Star Altar, and the east wind blew and the river surged overnight. Wasn't it Kong Ming's ingenious plan that made Zhou Lang'an successful? ——"Luo Guanzhong"

45. Don't be greedy for money, don't break promises, and don't be self-righteous. If you have these three things, everyone will naturally respect you. ——"Zeng Guofan"

46. A gentleman uses frugality to overcome difficulties, but cannot use glory and wealth.

——"Book of Changes"

47. There are lakes and salty mountains. A gentleman has substance in his words and perseverance in his actions. ——"Book of Changes"

48. A gentleman cherishes virtue, while a villain cherishes earth. A gentleman cherishes punishment, while a villain cherishes favor. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

49. Wealth and honor in life are fleeting, but only honor, fame and longevity are the golden stones. ——"Gu Yanwu"

50. When the Ming Dynasty establishes the government, those who have meritorious service will be rewarded, those who are capable will be given official posts, those who work hard will be well paid, and those with high talents will be honored. ——"Feng Menglong"

51. A benevolent person sees it as benevolence, and a wise person sees it as wisdom. ——"Book of Changes"

52. People are born straight, and they are born in vain. Fortunately, they are spared. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

53. If people are not kind, how can they be polite! What a pleasure it would be to be unkind! ——"The Analects of Confucius"

54. Only by not being arrogant can you learn from others' strengths and develop your own learning. ——"Tan Sitong"

55. The young man does not know the feeling of sorrow and falls in love with the upper floors. Falling in love with the upper floors, I force myself to express my sorrow in order to compose new words. ——"Xin Qiji"

56. The greater the heat, the greater the expansion force; the greater the suction force, the more prosperous the creature. ——"Kang Youwei"

57. Ten years of life and death are boundless, without thinking and unforgettable, thousands of miles away in a lonely tomb, with nowhere to talk about desolation. ——"Su Shi"

58. Those who have achieved great things will not be embarrassed by small things; those who have made great achievements will not be embarrassed by small things. ——"Feng Menglong"

59. The auspicious clouds confuse the Phoenix Pavilion, and the auspicious energy covers the Dragon Tower. The smoke-containing willows blow the flags, and the dew palace flowers welcome the swords and halberds. ——"Shi Naian"

60. There are no young or old people in a life-long friendship. When talking about friendship, it is necessary to first agree with each other. ——"Du Fu"

61. Read more than ten thousand volumes, and write like a master. ——"Du Fu"

62. It is better to be close to others at the beginning than to be careless at the end; to manage affairs, it is better to be clumsy in the front than to be clumsy in the front. ——"Hong Yingming"

63. People in ancient times had great talents, but they must be burdened by legacy. ——"Su Shi"

64. This song should only exist in heaven, how many times can it be heard in the world? ——"Du Fu"

65. If the eyes are blind, white is regarded as black; if the mind is blind, thin is regarded as thick. ——"Su Shi"

66. Don't talk about things when they are done, don't admonish when things are done, and let bygones be bygones. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

67. It is difficult to be a leader without suffering. ——"Wu Cheng'en"

68. When the army was defeated, I was ordered to be in danger. ——"Zhuge Liang"

69. Everything is fate, and no one can control it at all. ——"Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

70. If you have money and don't hold grudges, it will go against the grain. It is better to dissolve enemies than to make them. ——"Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

71. It is easy to describe three points of spring scenery, but difficult to describe a period of sadness. ——"Tang Xianzu"

72. Those who are intelligent and agile should be knowledgeable. ——"Zeng Guofan"

73. The widow is unfortunate enough to suffer from all kinds of troubles. I am deeply grateful and heartbroken! ——"Sima Guang"

74. Learning is getting better day by day, but Taoism is getting worse every day. Damage after damage, to the point of doing nothing. ——"Tao Te Ching"

75. Forty million people burst into tears. Where in the world is China? ——"Tan Sitong"

76. Do princes and generals have the guts to be happy with each other? ——"Historical Records"

77. The beautiful scenery of Surabaya is found on the shores of Surabaya on a beautiful day, and the boundless scenery is new for a while. ——"Zhu Xi"

78. If the three poor and the three rich are not old enough, how many people will rise or fall in ten years! ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

79. What you see is unclear, and what you are is not obvious. ——"Tao Te Ching"

80. I have been suffering for a hundred years and have no close friends. ——"Du Fu"

81. The sky is blue, the ground is yellow, and the west wind is strong. Northern geese fly south. Who will be drunk in the forest at dawn? Always left in tears. ——"Wang Shifu"

82. The monarch and his ministers unite in righteousness. If the king treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will treat him like his heart; if the king treats his ministers like dogs and horses, then his ministers will treat him like a passerby. ——"Feng Menglong"

83. Those who are united by kindness are called bosom friends; those who are united heart-to-heart are called bosom friends. ——"Feng Menglong"

84. My heart is like a magnetic needle, and I will not rest until I point to the other side. ——"Wen Tianxiang"

85. Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement. The terrain is kun, and a gentleman carries things with kindness. ——"Book of Changes"

86. The world is vast and has many rivers. You can each expand your camp and conquer the country. ——"Genghis Khan"

87. One yin and one yang are called Tao, and what follows is good, and what is completed is nature. ——"Book of Changes"

88. It is easy for me to have money when I come, but difficult for me to have money when I leave. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

89. I don’t know how old I am when I am young, and wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me. ——"Du Fu"

90. Only when you are in charge of a family do you know how valuable salt and rice are, and only when you adopt a son do you know how kind your parents are. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

91. Learn and practice from time to time, review the old and learn the new. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

92. Everyone goes crazy to escape the summer heat, but only the Zen master never leaves his room. It's not a Zen room, it won't be hot, but if you can calm your mind, your body will feel cool. ——"Bai Juyi"

93. The virtuous do not leave the wild, the world is one family, no name and no virtue, glorious China. ——"Zhuge Liang"

94. Life is like birds sleeping in the same forest, flying separately when disaster strikes. ——"Zeng Guangxian Wen"

95. Those who are sages and achieve great things all come from a fearful heart.

——"Zeng Guofan"

96. In thousands of classics, filial piety and brotherhood come first. ——"Zeng Guangxian Wen"

97. If you use wisdom to defeat a fool, the fool will not understand; if you use wisdom to compete with wisdom, the wise will not accept it. ——"Feng Menglong"

98. If you live and die for the benefit of the country, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? ——"Lin Zexu"

99. Everyone's faults belong to their own party. After watching it, you know how to be benevolent! ——"The Analects of Confucius"

100. Standing on the top of a thousand mountains, the deep cracks in the rocks are full of wonderful fragrance. There are floating clouds under our feet, and we don’t know each other when we come and we don’t stay when we go. ——"Zheng Banqiao"

101. Life and death are matters of day and night, and death means death. However, the state is dangerous and evil, and the levels of misunderstanding are unbearable in this world. It’s a painful lesson, no matter how painful it is. ——"Wen Tianxiang"

102. A serious illness in life is just the word "arrogance". ——"Wang Yangming"

103. The people in the ten thousand tents and domes are drunk, and the stars are crumbling. ——"Nalan Rongruo"

104. Parents are the best in the world, and brothers are the rarest people in the world. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

105. Only when scholars have a sincerity that will never return can they have ever-changing and wonderful effects. ——"Hong Yingming"

106. The journey of a husband and gentleman is to cultivate one's character through tranquility, and to cultivate virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not reach far. ——"Zhuge Liang"

107. Sending goose feathers from thousands of miles away is light on courtesy but heavy on friendship. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

108. Birds and beasts cannot live in the same group. Who can live with me if I am not a disciple of this human being? There is a way in the world, but Qiu does not agree with it. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

109. There is no word for luxury when a family is ruined, there is no word for elegance when a person is ruined, and there is no word for arrogance when people are unhappy. ——"Zeng Guofan"

110. The street is long and the fireworks are numerous. You pick up the lamp and look back. The short pavilion is short and the world is rolling around. I sigh again. ——"Pu Songling"

111. Chu Sheng's appearance is not very beautiful. Although she is a peerless beauty, she has no charm. Chu Chu is so charming, his loneliness is in his eyebrows, his deep affection is in his eyelashes, and his understanding is in the smoke and his charming behavior. ——"Zhang Dai"

112. When faced with difficulties, he cared about the people and boarded the boat to move the three armies with tears. Today, when I pay my respects to Xiangjiangkou, my elders still remember the envoy. ——"Luo Guanzhong"

113. Plants and trees also know sorrow, and their youth is turning gray! ——"Cao Xueqin"

114. You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must have the intention of guarding against others! ——"Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

115. Those who have no doubts in reading must be taught to have doubts. Those who have doubts must have no doubts. Only here can they make progress. ——"Zhu Xi"

116. If you don't memorize the book, you can memorize it if you read it carefully; if you don't understand the meaning well, you can refine it if you think carefully. As long as the ambition is not established, there is no place to focus. ——"Zhu Xi"

117. Knowing the male and guarding the female is the stream of the world; knowing the white and guarding the black is the pattern of the world; knowing the glory and guarding the disgrace is the valley of the world. ——"Tao Te Ching"

118. The joy of fish and water is harmonious with the joy of fish and water, and the ultimate effect is the wish to fly. ——"Wang Shifu"

119. The head teacher has drained all the water from the three rivers, and it is difficult to wash away the shame of the present day. ——"Shi Naian"

120. Everything that prospers will inevitably decline, so you must plan for it in advance. ——"Zeng Guofan"

121. If you don't do anything wrong, you won't be surprised if someone knocks on the door in the middle of the night. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

122. It is not like a brocade bag to collect beautiful bones, but a pure land to cover up the wind. ——"Cao Xueqin"

123. Be quiet first, then think about it, and then do it with 50 or 60% confidence. ——"Zeng Guofan"

124. The saints and the world and the people are of the same body. Confucianism, Buddhism, Laoism, and Zhuang are all for my use. This is called the great road. The second family is selfish, which is called a small way. ——"Wang Yangming"

125. The human body is not limited to the exterior and interior, and the Qi and blood are not limited to the actual situation. ——"Li Shizhen"

126. When you see the virtuous, think about them, and when you see the virtuous, you should introspect yourself. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

127. Those who are good at fighting should first be invincible, and then wait for the enemy to become victorious; the invincible lies in oneself, but the victorious lies in the enemy. ——"The Art of War"

128. A man cannot be rich without windfall, and a horse cannot be fat without night grass. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

129. Fake satin dyed into real red will also be criticized by others. ——"Zeng Guangxian Wen"

130. There is no grass anywhere in the world, but passion is annoyed by ruthlessness. ——"Su Shi"

131. The more honesty between flesh and blood means the more family affection will remain. There is no need to be too clear about right and wrong. ——"Huang Zongxi"

132. The body is like a boat against the current, and the heart is stronger than iron and stone. I hope my father will fulfill my son's ambitions, and I will not be afraid of difficulties until death. ——"Li Shizhen"

133. The duckweeds of half a lifetime are lost in the water, and the famous flowers are buried in a night of cold rain. The soul is like a willow cotton blowing to pieces, wandering around the world. ——"Nalan Rongruo"

134. As long as you are sincere and determined, the place you look back on is a spiritual mountain. ——"Wu Cheng'en"

135. Although the eyes are thousands of miles away, I still have a glass of wine during my lifetime. The heart is drunk before drinking, the eyes bleed, and the heart turns to ashes. ——"Wang Shifu"

136. People are weak in life, and strong in death. Plants and trees are soft and brittle when they are alive, and they are withered when they die. Therefore, the strong are the disciples of death, and the weak are the disciples of life. ——"Tao Te Ching"

137. If you climb high, you will feel inferior; if you travel far, you will feel short of yourself. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"

138. Flowers bloom again, and people are no longer young.

——"Guan Hanqing"

139. The achievements of heaven and earth cannot be hasty, and the hard work will be taxed by the sun and the moon. ——"Sima Guang"

140. It is difficult to buy a virtuous son if you have money, and your daughter will not invite visitors.

——"Zengguang Xianwen"