1. Stay calm to cultivate your character, and be frugal to cultivate your virtue. ——Zhuge Liang
Source: "Book of Commandments"
Interpretation: Tranquility is used to cultivate oneself, and frugality is used to cultivate moral character. Zhuge Liang worked hard for the Kingdom of Shu and died, so he didn't have much time to educate his son Zhuge Zhan. He wrote the "Book of Commandments" to his eight-year-old son, teaching him to be an upright man and to serve the country in the future. A useful person. Even today, it still has a great influence on young people.
2. A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise. ——Liu An, King of Huainan
Source: "Huainanzi Human Training"
Interpretation: It is a metaphor that although you suffer a loss for a while, you can gain benefits from it. It also means that bad things can turn into good things under certain conditions, and vice versa. To describe a person's mentality, one must be optimistic. Everything has two sides, and the bad side may turn into a good side.
3. Keep the green hills and don’t worry about running out of firewood. ——Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty
Source: "The Surprise at the First Cut"
Interpretation: It is a metaphor that as long as there is life, there will be a future and hope.
4. Take a step back and endure the calm for a while. ——Anonymous
Source: "Dark Farewell"
Interpretation: When one's fame, wealth or material interests are harmed or there is a conflict between one's personal interests and others, if one can make a generous concession Taking one step is not only not cowardice, but also a manifestation of great tolerance.
5. A gentleman tolerates what others cannot tolerate, tolerates what others cannot tolerate, and deals with what others cannot tolerate. ——Ma Nan
Source: "Yanshan Night Talk on Self-cultivation"
Interpretation: A gentleman tolerates what others cannot tolerate, does what others cannot do, tolerates what others cannot tolerate, and deals with what others cannot tolerate Chu means that a gentleman can tolerate things that others cannot tolerate, tolerate people that others cannot tolerate, and stay in places that others cannot.