If you don’t fly, you will reach the sky; if you don’t sing, you will become a blockbuster. (Sima Qian)

Don’t worry about others but you don’t know yourself, and you don’t know others when you are worried. (Confucius)

If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how can you catch the tiger’s cubs? (Book of the Later Han Dynasty)

If there is no blockage and no flow, it will not work. (Han Yu)

I don’t know the true face of Mount Lu, just because I am in this mountain. (Su Shi)

Don’t be afraid of the floating clouds covering your eyes, because you are at the highest level. (Wang Anshi)

Without rules, it is impossible to build a square garden. (Mencius)

After collecting hundreds of flowers and turning them into honey, it will be sweet to whomever you work hard for. (Luo Yin)

If you have enough food and clothing, you will know the etiquette. If you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace. ("Guanzi")

Play a thousand tunes and then the sound will dawn, watch a thousand swords and then recognize the weapon. (Liu Xie)

If you examine yourself, you can understand others; if you examine the present, you can understand the past. ("Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals")

A difference of a hair is a thousand miles. ("Book of Han")

There will be times when the wind breaks through the waves, and the cloud sails are hung directly to help the sea. (Li Bai)

My heart is like a magnetic needle, and it will not rest until it points to the other side. (Wen Tianxiang)

Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees spring in front of the diseased trees. (Liu Yuxi)

Eat a pit and gain wisdom. (ancient proverb)

A ruler is short, an inch is long. (Qu Yuan)

Died before leaving the army, which makes the hero burst into tears. (Du Fu)

Spring silkworms will not run out of silk until they are dead, and wax torches will turn to ashes before their tears dry up. (Li Shangyin)

The spring breeze is proud of the horse's hoofs, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. (Meng Jiao)

The garden is full of spring scenery and cannot be shut in, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall. (Ye Shaoweng)

One moment of a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. (Su Shi)

To do good is to ascend, to do evil is to collapse. ("Mandarin")

A real man would rather have his jade broken into pieces than completely destroyed. (Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty)

It is as straight as bending, as clumsy as it is great, and as slow as debate. ("Laozi")

I don’t know how old I am, and wealth is like a floating cloud to me. (Du Fu)

I wish you a long life and a long life like a cicada. (Su Shi)

If you continue to cut off, you will suffer from chaos. (Han Shu)

The authorities are confused, but the onlookers are clear. (New Book of the Tang Dynasty)

Those who have attained the Way will receive many aids, while those who have lost the Way will receive little help. ("Mencius")

When you climb a mountain, your emotions will overflow from the mountains; when you look at the sea, your emotions will overflow from the sea. (Liu Xie)

The sun rises in the east and rains in the west. There is no sunshine but there is sunshine. (Liu Yuxi)

Read it a hundred times, and its meaning will appear by itself. (Three Kingdoms)

I have read thousands of volumes, and I feel like I am inspired when writing. (Du Fu)

The method of reading is to proceed step by step, to read thoroughly and to think carefully. (Zhu Xi)

Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. (Liu Yi)

Those who do many injustices will surely die. (Zuo Zhuan)

Er Cao's body and name will be destroyed, but the eternal flow of rivers will not be destroyed. (Du Fu)

Everything will be established if it is foreseen, and it will be ruined if it is not predicted. ("Book of Rites")

It is better to guard against the mouth of the people than to guard against the river. (Mandarin)

Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning. (Zhuge Liang)

The wind is rustling and the water is cold. A strong man will never return once he is gone. ("Warring States Policy")

Wealth cannot be suppressed, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be surrendered. (Mencius)