Ten famous sayings in Xunzi are as follows:

1. People's lives are in the sky, and the country's lives are in the ceremony.

(Man's fate is determined by heaven, and the fate of a country is determined by etiquette. )

-"Xunzi Powerful Country"

2. It is good to be governed by it, and it is fierce to be chaotic.

(The law of Heaven is immutable. It is auspicious to deal with it by managing the world. It is very dangerous to deal with it in a chaotic way. )

-"Xunzi Tian Lun"

3. If you are clear, you will be safe; When the main road is quiet, it is dangerous.

(The king manages the country in a proper way, so that his subjects can live a stable life. The king's method of governing the country is deep and obscure, and his subjects will be very dangerous. )

-"Xun Zi Zheng Lun"

4. In the world, it is not enough to obey the king of Ming Dynasty, and in the world, it is not enough to be harmonious with the people of Qi Dynasty. However, the words and phrases are all equal, and the attention is only limited.

(For superiors, they can't obey the wise kings, and for subordinates, they can't get along with the people. However, at the top, they speak beautifully and elegantly. This kind of person is the leader of the treacherous people. )

-"Xunzi Fei Xiang"

5. Praise it from the sky, which is to control the destiny and use it?

(which is the meaning of comparison. Obey the will of heaven and praise him. What is better than mastering the destiny and using him? )

-"Xun Zi Tian Lun"

6. You can't draw from the springs of deep wells if you are short, but you know that you can't talk to the saints.

(a short rope can't draw water from a deep well, and people who don't have much knowledge can't talk to him about the words of saints. )

-"Xunzi Honor and Disgrace"

7. Those who know themselves don't blame others, and those who know know life don't blame heaven; He who complains about others is poor, and he who complains about heaven has no ambition.

(People who have self-knowledge don't complain, and people who know their fate don't complain; Those who complain will hit a wall, and those who complain about heaven are ignorant. )

-"Xunzi Honor and Disgrace"

8. It's better to talk about the heart than to talk about the heart. The shape is overwhelming, and the heart is overwhelming.

(It's better to look at a person's appearance than his heart, and it's better to look at his way of being in the world. Appearance is not as accurate as the heart, and the heart is not as accurate as the way of being in the world. )

-"Xunzi Fei Xiang"

9. Being fond of honor and humiliation, and being fond of profit and harm are the same for gentlemen and villains, but if they seek the same way, they will be different.

Love honor and hate shame, love interests and hate disasters, which are the same places for gentlemen and villains, but the ways they use to ask for honor and interests are different.

-"Xunzi Honor and Disgrace"

1. Things must rot first, and then insects will live; People must doubt first, and then enter.

(It is said that things rot first and then worms grow. People must have doubts about someone before slanders are accepted. )

—— Xunzi's exhortation to learn