Zeng Gong’s famous sayings throughout the ages

1. The way to correct people is to be rich and then be able to punish those who do good.

From "Hong Fan Zhuan" by Zeng Gong of the Song Dynasty.

Be honest, correct and cultivate. Tao, method. Already. Responsibility, requirement. When it comes to cultivating people, the most effective way is to first make him secure in life, and then ask him to develop in a good way spiritually and morally. This sentence shows that if you want others to be moral, you must first solve their basic survival problems.

2. Those who accumulate small things will eventually become big; those who accumulate small things will eventually become apparent.

From "Xining Zhuan Duishu" by Zeng Gong of the Song Dynasty.

If small things continue to accumulate, they will definitely become big; if subtle things continue to accumulate, they will definitely become significant. This sentence shows that everything has a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. Therefore, to govern the country and ensure national security, we must have the awareness of preventing small problems from evolving into big problems.

3. The flying flowers cover the sun and the moon, and I don’t know that there is clear frost in the sky and the earth.

From "Yong Willow" by Zeng Gong of the Song Dynasty. Don’t just see catkins flying and covering the sky, but you also need to know that there are still times when the clear frost falls and the willow leaves fall!