The famous sayings in "Zengguang Xianwen" are as follows:

1. Don't bear heavy burdens if you are weak, and don't persuade others with light words.

Translation: People who are too weak cannot bear too much weight, and if their words are not taken seriously by others, then stop trying to persuade others.

2. A dragon swims in the shallow water and is teased by a shrimp; a tiger falls down and is bullied by a dog.

Translation: Dragons will be teased by shrimps when they enter shallow water; dogs will bully tigers when they fall on the plains. It describes what happens to people when they are unlucky and encounter unfavorable circumstances.

3. He made it to the Dragon and Tiger Ranking for the first time and arrived in the Phoenix Pond ten years ago.

Translation: He passed the exam and became famous all of a sudden, but it is impossible to get close to the emperor without ten years of hard work.

4. Don’t join the crowd if you don’t have money, and don’t seek relatives if you are in trouble.

Translation: Don’t go to others if you don’t have money; don’t go to visit relatives and friends when the situation is bad.

5. Sheep have the kindness of kneeling down to breastfeed, and crows have the kindness of feeding back.

Translation: The young lamb kneels down to nurse, the little crow will feed its mother in its mouth, both birds and beasts know how to repay kindness, and people should know the kindness of their parents and fulfill their filial piety.

6. Meeting each other is like acquaintance for the first time, and there will be no resentment until the end.

Translation: Don’t have too deep relationships with others, lest you develop resentment in old age.

7. Human relationships are as thin as paper, and world affairs are like new chess games.

Translation: Human feelings are as fragile as paper, and things in the world are as ever-changing as a chess game.

8. Mountains and streams are easy to rise and easy to recede, and easy to turn back and forth in the minds of small people.

Translation: The water in the mountain stream often rises and recedes with the seasons, and the unreasonable villain is capricious and unpredictable.

9. When gold is transported away, it turns into iron, and when it comes, iron becomes like gold.

Translation: Gold may turn into iron when you are unlucky, and iron may turn into gold when you are lucky.

10. Reading must be done with intention, a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Translation: Only by working hard can you produce articles with exquisite diction.