Wu Chengen’s famous sayings

1. If you know one thing, you can know everything.

2. Avoid color as you avoid hatred, and avoid wind as you avoid arrows.

3. There is only one red branch, and the flowers bloom only in late autumn.

4. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda.

5. The emperor takes turns and comes to my house next year.

6. When dealing with the world, you must keep your mind on the edge and cultivate yourself with every inch in mind.

7. Unforeseen circumstances arise.

8. Kill ten thousand people and injure yourself three thousand.

9. The strongest among the strongest.

10. The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly.

11. Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle.

12. People feel refreshed when happy events happen, but they often fall asleep when bored.

13. If your heart is charitable, why do you need to work hard to read the scriptures?

14. A leaf of duckweed returns to the sea, and we will never meet again in life.

15. Although the title of my book is Zhiguai, it does not cover ghosts. It actually records the changes in the human world and provides some warning.

16. There is no way to heaven, and there is no door to man and earth.

17. Birds have their own language, and animals have their own animal language.

18. The one who strikes first is stronger, and the one who strikes later suffers.

19. Monks should not talk at home.

20. A good hand is no match for a pair of fists.

21. It is convenient for others and it is convenient for yourself.

22. A big tree attracts the wind and shakes the tree, and people with high reputations lose their lives.

23. When there is wind, waves rise; when there is no tide, water levels off.

24. Black face, short hair, long beak and big ears.

25. Without a single thread, it is difficult to sing a single palm.

26. Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing can do it.

27. Don’t show mercy if you show mercy, don’t show mercy if you raise your hand.

28. The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is wide for birds to fly.

29. When you see your sincerity and sincerity, the place where you look back is the Lingshan Mountain.

30. It is better to hate a piece of soil in your hometown than to love a thousand taels of gold in a foreign country.

31. All kinds of demons are born in the heart, and all kinds of demons are extinguished when the mind is destroyed.

32. The willow silk is long outside the spring love, and the people separated by the flowers are far away and the world is close.

33. Flying through flowers and flying willows is like an arrow, and sticking to catkins to find fragrance is like falling stars. The tiny body can carry weight, and the thin wings can ride the wind.

34. Blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.

35. The Tao is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high.

36. Chickens don’t eat food without work.

37. Bodhisattvas and fairies are always just thoughts; if we talk about their original nature, they all belong to non-existence.

38. Once a word is spoken, it is hard to follow.

39. Mandarin ducks and butterflies fly together, and the spring scenery in the garden is intoxicating.

40. There are nine kinds of dragons, and the nine kinds are different.

41. But I know one, but I don’t know the other.

42. A dragon swims in shallow water and is tricked by a shrimp; a tiger falls down and is bullied by a dog.

43. A rough willow dustpan and a thin willow bucket. Who in the world sees an ugly man?

44. Sit on the beach for ten days and walk on nine beaches in one day.

45. A slight difference can lead to a loss of a thousand miles.

46. People of the bright side do not do secret things.

47. Only the boss knows the price of firewood and rice.

48. High mountains have their own passenger routes, and deep waters have their own ferrymen.

49. If there is no reward for good and evil, there will be no selfishness in the universe.

50. The eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing his magical powers.

51. No one in the world can aspire to cultivate mysteries and self-explanations.

52. It is easy to borrow and return, and it is not difficult to borrow again.

53. Officials and officials are not bad, but the people who come are not bad.

54. Being a monk for one day is like hitting the clock for one day.

55. The bow is stringed and the sword is unsheathed.

56. If you don’t come to your door for three years, you won’t even get married.

57. How dare you not bow your head now that you are under the low eaves.

58. To increase the ambition of others will destroy your own prestige.

59. One guest never offends two hosts.

60. Don’t change your name when you are walking, and don’t change your surname when you are sitting down.