Wu Chengen's famous sayings

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

2. To strike first is to gain strength, but to strike later will suffer disaster.

3. 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.

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

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

6. Monks should not talk at home.

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

8. People feel refreshed when happy events happen, and often doze off when bored.

9. The Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his magical powers.

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

11. Don’t change your name when walking, and don’t change your surname when sitting down.

12. Know everything you know.

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

14. When there is wind, there are waves; when there is no tide, the water will level off.

15. Unforeseen circumstances arise.

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

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

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

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

20. Flying through flowers and flying through 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Seeing the sincerity of nature, the place where you look back is the spiritual mountain.

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

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

31. If you don’t suffer through suffering, it’s difficult to be a leader.

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

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

34. A guest never offends two hosts.

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

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

37. The sea is wide and fish can leap, and the sky allows birds to fly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. There is no one in the world who can aspire to be self-explanatory.

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

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

48. Chickens don’t eat food without work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

55. I would rather hate a piece of soil in my hometown than love a thousand taels of gold in a foreign country.

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

57. Without a single thread, a single palm cannot sing.

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

59. A day as a monk is a day as a clock.

60. The strongest among the strongest.

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