From Tang Wu Zetian's Official Track, Integrity Chapter. An honest man, his heart is easy to know.
2. Although a gentleman dies, his reputation will never die.
From Tang Wu Zetian's Official Track, Integrity Chapter. B: Death. Although a gentleman dies, his good name never dies.
Flowers must be delivered overnight, don't wait for the breeze.
Flower-urging poems from Zetian in Tang Dynasty. The flowers in the garden must bloom overnight, don't wait until the wind blows the next morning.
The building is made of capital pillars, and the boat is a big river.
From Tang Wu's "The Tracking of Zetianxiachen". Buildings can be built with beams and rivers can be crossed by boats.
5. If you don't care about evil, you will lose; If you are too small to do it, you will be repeated.
From Tang Wu Zetian's Internal Training and Reluctance. Thinking that what you have done is only a small evil will definitely lead to ultimate failure. Think that doing good is a trivial matter, and not doing it will eventually be overthrown.
6. If you are anxious early, you will not be sleepy, and if you are prepared early, you will not be poor.
From Tang Zetian's "Under the Official Road, Be Cautious". Before doing something, if you can think early, you won't get into trouble; If we had taken preventive measures before the problem happened, we wouldn't be in trouble.
7. Cultivation should not be sloppy, and planning rights should not be hidden.
From Tang Wu Zetian's Official Records, Volumes and Cautions. Cultivate one's self-cultivation and correct one's body and mind. When planning things, take contingency into account and keep them secret.
8. Trouble comes from carelessness, and misfortune comes from subtlety.
-Excerpted from Tang Wu's Official Records, Volume I, Yunnan Secret Chapter. Trouble comes from negligence, and disaster comes from subtle mistakes.
9. If the friend doesn't believe it, the transaction is cancelled.
From Tang Wu's "The Tracking of Zetianxiachen". If friends can't be honest with each other, then such friendship is easy to break off.
10. If you want to live in your home, you must live in your country first.
From Tang Wu Zetian's On the Official Career. If you want a stable family, you must first stabilize the country.