1. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust this person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions, so his mind and forbearance are tempted, It has been beneficial to what it cannot do.

Translation: Therefore, when God is going to entrust this person with a major historical task, he must first test his mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and exhaust his body. Everything he does is always disturbed by interference, which shakes his mind and makes his temperament stronger and increases his abilities that he originally did not possess.

2. Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made Lu small, and climbed the Taishan Mountain and made the world small.

Translation: Confucius felt that the country of Lu had become smaller when he climbed Dongshan Mountain, and felt that the world had become smaller when he climbed Mount Tai.

3. To be happy alone (yüè), to be happy (lè), to be happy with others, which one is happy?

Translation: A person is happy when listening to music alone, or he is happy when listening to music with others. Which one is happier?

4. As the Master said, I feel very close to my heart.

Translation: What you said made my mind suddenly open. (Qi Qi: looking moved)

5. If you are poor, you can benefit yourself, if you are rich, you can help the world.

Translation: When you are poor, cultivate your moral character; when you are successful, help people all over the world follow a good path.

6. I am an old person, and I am an old person, and I am a young person, and I am an old person, and I am an old person, and I am an old person.

Translation: Respect one's parents, and extend this feeling to other people's parents; love one's own children, and extend this feeling to other people's children.

7. The weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people.

Translation: Getting the right time is not as good as getting the convenience of the terrain, and getting the convenience of the terrain is not as good as getting a gentle heart. (If you want to win the world, you must first win the hearts of the people)

8. Those who have gained the Tao will have many help, while those who have lost the Tao will have little help.

Translation: A person who gains morality will have more people to help him; a person who has lost morality will have fewer people to help him.

9. The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important.

Translation: The people are the most important, the country and the country are secondary to the people, and the monarch should be the last.

10. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

Translation: Survive in sorrow and die in happiness.

11. Wealth cannot be fornicated, poverty cannot be moved, power cannot be surrendered, this is called a true man.

Translation: Wealth cannot make me indulge in pleasure, poverty and lowliness cannot make me change my ambitions, and power cannot make me grovel. Only such a person can be called a man.

12. It is better to have no book at all than to believe in the book.

Translation: If you completely believe in "The Book" (referring to "The Book of Documents"), it would be better not to have the "Book".

13. Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you have to sacrifice life for righteousness.

14. If I want to rule the world peacefully, who else can I do in this world?

Translation: If you want to make the world peaceful, who else in the world today can do it but me?

15. Yang Zi takes it for me, plucking a hair and benefiting the world. Mozi loved all, worked hard to benefit the world, and did so.

Translation: Yang Zi advocated doing it for me (himself), even if it would benefit the world to pluck out a hair, he would not do it. Mozi advocated universal love, and he was willing to do it even if his head was bald and his heels were worn out as long as it was beneficial to the world. (Using the Confucian Doctrine of the Mean to refute the one-sided proposition of Yang and Mohism)

16. People can do something if they don’t do anything.

Translation: A person should give up on certain things in order to be able to concentrate on making a difference. (You should be selective in doing things)

17. Believe in the book, ——"Mencius: Try your best"

18. Because of your faintness, ——"Mencius: Try your best"

19. Don’t follow rules - "Mencius Li Lou Shang"