Xunzi’s famous sayings

1. Those who lead others by kindness are called teachings.

2. Soldiers should only care about being kind to the people.

3. If you regulate your Qi and maintain your health, you will be worthy of Peng Zu; if you cultivate your character and make a name for yourself, you will be worthy of Yao and Shun.

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5. When a country is about to prosper, its teachers must be valued and teachers valued; when a country is about to decline, its teachers must be underestimated and teachers despised.

6. If you don’t know the warnings, you will surely do it later. If you hate it, you will live it up without regrets, and you will make more mistakes.

7. Accumulate soil to form a mountain, multiply it and become high; accumulate water and form a sea, accumulate it and become deep. Therefore, it is the accumulation of saints.

8. A good farmer does not farm due to floods and droughts.

9. Those who are dignified but fearful can be teachers.

10. Strength takes its own pillars, softness takes its own bundles.

11. A gentleman should be cautious about any rumors, rumors, rumors, plots, reputations, or complaints that come without official authority.

12. A gentleman should be careful of nonsense words, unseen deeds, and unheard plans.

13. All those who fight think they are right and think others are wrong.

14. Know the far with the near, know the ten thousand with the one, know the clear with the small, this is what we call it.

15. Don’t seek praise and don’t be afraid of slander.

16. Don’t take away anger, don’t give away joy.

17. Chaos will put the country in danger, but governance will bring security to the country.

18. The troubles of ordinary people are hidden in a song and hidden in Dali.

19. Heaven can create things, but it cannot distinguish objects. The earth can carry people, but it cannot govern them. All things in the universe belong to human beings, and they need to be divided among the saints.

20. Determine the order based on virtue, and award officials based on ability.

21. If a villain has not gained something, he will be worried; if he has gained something, he will panic and lose it. Therefore, there is a lifetime of worries but no day's happiness.

22. A horse can't take ten steps with one leap; a horse can ride ten steps, but it's hard to give up.

23. The eyes cannot see both ways, and the ears cannot hear both ways and understand.

24. Use money in this section.

25. Those who enjoy easy life often live long, while those who worry about danger often die young.

26. Human beings are to literature what jade is to contemplation.

27. Vocal music penetrates people deeply and transforms people quickly.

28. People know that they care about life and happiness but abandon etiquette and justice. This is like cutting their necks in order to live longer.

29. If you persevere, the rotten wood will not be broken; if you persevere, the metal and stone can be carved.

30. If the punishment is punished, it will be punished; if it is not punished, it will be chaos.

31. There is a clear sense of both listening and speaking, but no appearance of being ambitious; there is a depth of both covering and covering, but no color of attacking virtue.

32. Knowing the virtuous is called intelligence, and assisting virtuous people is called ability. If you force yourself hard, your blessings will surely last.

33. Jade is in the mountains and the vegetation is moist; pearls grow in the abyss but the cliffs are not withered.

34. A gentleman cultivates his heart and is not good at sincerity.

35. It is better to wait for the time than to wait for the time.

36. When soil accumulates, a mountain forms, and wind and rain stir up it; when water accumulates, it forms a abyss, and dragons emerge. Accumulate good deeds and become virtuous, and the gods will be satisfied and the holy heart will be ready.

37. Although the appearance is evil, but the intention is good, it is harmless to be a gentleman.

38. Customs change one’s will, and stability changes one’s nature.

39. There is no end to learning.

40. If the age is not cold, there is no way to know the pines and cypresses; if things are not difficult, there is no way to know the gentleman.

41. If people are rude, there will be no life, if things are rude, they will not succeed, and if the country is rude, there will be no peace.

42. Fame is like the sun and moon, and power is like heaven and earth.

43. The learning of a gentleman is only heard by others. The chopsticks touch the heart.

44. The way to satisfy a country is to use it wisely to enrich the people, and to do the rest well.

45. The flow of pills stops in a moment, and the rumors stop in those who know.

46. Benevolence, justice, etiquette and kindness are to others, just as money and corn are to one's family.

47. Animals have knowledge but no meaning, while humans have energy, life, knowledge, and meaning, so they are the most noble in the world.

48. The virtuous are promoted without waiting for the next step, the decommissioned cannot be discarded without waiting, the evil ones are punished without waiting for teaching, and the mediocre people are transformed without waiting for government.

49. The success of everything must be due to respect; the failure must be due to arrogance.

50. There is no virtue without nobility, no ability without officialdom, no merit without reward, no guilt without punishment.

51. A soaring snake has no legs and can fly, while a mole and a rat have five skills.

52. Those who are not my teachers are my teachers; they are my teachers. He is my friend; anyone who flatters me is my thief.

53. Be willing to tolerate selfishness, and then you can be public; practice tolerant of temperament, and then you can cultivate.

54. Be knowledgeable and easy to ask, and then you can be talented.

55. A gentleman gives words to others, and a common man gives money to others.

56. In all things, those who are beneficial to reason should establish them, and those who are not beneficial to reason should abandon them.

57. A gentleman who is knowledgeable and considers himself day by day will be wise and act without fault.

58. The poor at the bottom will lead to the poor at the top, and the rich at the bottom will lead to the rich at the top.

59. If a scholar has jealous friends, then virtuous ministers will not be friends; if a king has jealous ministers, then virtuous ministers will not come to him.

60. Knowing what is right and wrong is foolishness.

61. Kind words are warmer than cloth; hurtful words are deeper than spears and halberds.

62. There is a reason for what he holds and what he says makes sense.

63. Earthworms don’t have sharp claws and teeth, nor strong muscles and bones. They eat earth and drink from the underworld. They have only one intention.

64. When you see something desirable, you don’t care about what is hateful. When you see something beneficial, you don’t care about what is harmful. Therefore, if you move, you will be trapped, and if you act, you will be humiliated. This is the danger of partial injury.

65. When you live, you must choose a hometown, and when you travel, you must find friends.

66. No sound is too small to be heard, no action is invisible but not visible.

67. If you know something but don’t do it, you will be trapped even if you are brave.

68. Scholars do not have to be officials, but officials must be scholars.

69. Water can carry a boat, water can overturn it.

70. The sage can be accumulated, and the people on the way can become Yu.

71. Thinking about the great sky, who can control it with animals and animals? If you praise it from heaven, who can use it to control the destiny of heaven?

72. Respect means courtesy; modesty means joy; caution means benefit; fighting anger means harm.

73. A gentleman respects the virtues of others and promotes their beauty, which is not flattery.

74. A common man cannot make friends carelessly. Friends, so they have each other.

75. The name has no solid reality, and it is called the real name if it is established by convention.

76. Although there is a thorn in the spear, it is not as beneficial as being thrifty.

77. Heaven’s behavior is constant. It will not exist for Yao, nor will it perish for Jie.

78. Ritual means correct conduct; teacher means correct etiquette.

79. Therefore, the master of the Ming Dynasty must be careful to maintain its harmony, control its flow, open its source, and consider it at the right time.

80. Those who work hard will strive for the first place, and those who enjoy leisure will be able to let go.

81. If you don’t climb a high mountain, you don’t know how high the sky is; if you don’t go to a deep stream, you don’t know how thick the earth is.

82. Heaven does not create people for the sake of kings; Heaven establishes kings for the sake of the people.

83. A good scholar will do his best, but a good doer will find it difficult.

84. Yes means yes, no means wrong, it is straight.

85. If you speak correctly, you will know; if you speak silently, you will also know.

86. Human beings have energy, life, knowledge, and meaning, so they are the most noble in the world.

87. A gentleman’s education is also for the sake of beautifying his body, while a villain’s education is also for the sake of being like a baby.

88. Those who put righteousness first and benefit later will be honored; those who are honored first and then righteousness will be disgraced. Those who are honored are always prosperous, and those who are humiliated are often poor.

89. The cause of disaster is slenderness.

90. If you don’t accumulate steps, you can’t reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you can’t become a river.

91. Those who know themselves do not blame others; those who know their destiny do not blame God; those who blame others are poor, and those who blame God have no ambitions.

92. Learning is too much.

93. Friends, that’s why they are mutually exclusive; Tao is different, so why are they mutually exclusive.

94. Insects appear in rotten meat, and beetles appear in fish.

95. The etiquette is short and long, with more than enough damage and insufficient benefit. It expresses love and respect and cultivates the beauty of righteousness.

96. Green, taken from blue, is better than blue.

97. If you keep walking without stopping, the lame turtle will cover a thousand miles; if you keep walking tirelessly, the hills and mountains will be built.

98. When you are hungry, you want to eat; when you are cold, you want to be warm. To work hard but not to rest, to love benefits but hate harm, this is what humans are born with.

99. Giving words to others is more important than gold, stone, pearls and jade; giving words to others is more beautiful than written articles; listening to people’s words is more enjoyable than bells, drums, harps, and harps.