1. Think first, do two things, and succeed three times.

2. If you don’t practice for one day, your hands and feet will be slow. If you don’t practice for two days, you will lose half of your skills. If you don’t practice for three days, you will be a layman. If you don’t practice for four days, you will stare.

3. After ten years of training, one can become a good literary scholar, but after ten years of training, one cannot become a good scholar.

4. People practice in the world, and the sword is sharpened on the stone.

5. Traveling a thousand miles is worth ten years of reading.

6. The heart is separated from the belly, and people look at their behavior.

7. Strength is overwhelming, but courage is overwhelming.

8. Don’t think about speaking for three days, and don’t do manual work for three years.

9. Words are unfounded, but facts are proof.

10. There are big carp swimming in the lake, not as good as the small crucian carp on the table.

11. Speaking is not as good as being there, hearing is not as good as seeing.

12. Children in the mountains are not afraid of wolves, and children in the city are not afraid of officials.

13. A handful of flowing water can quench your thirst even though a thousand words of words will not satisfy you.

14. The mountain is climbed step by step, and the boat is rolled out one oar after another.

15. One look is worth less than a thousand lessons, and one practice is worth less than a thousand looks.

16. If you live on a slope for a long time, it is never too steep.

17. A horse looks at his teeth, but a man looks at his words and deeds.

18. If you don’t experience the cold of winter, you won’t know the warmth of spring.

19. If you don’t take the burden, you don’t know the weight; if you don’t take the long road, you don’t know the distance.

20. If you don’t sleep in the quilt, you don’t know how wide the quilt is.

21. If you don’t get into the water, you will never know how to swim; if you don’t set sail, you will never know how to punt.

22. If you don’t have a family, you don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are; if you don’t have children, you don’t know the kindness of your parents.

23. Your hands won’t get dirty if you don’t touch the bottom of the pot, and your hands won’t get greasy if you don’t hold the oil bottle.

24. When water falls, it reveals stones, but over time, it reveals people’s hearts.

25. Blacksmiths should hold the pliers themselves, and farmers should go to the fields themselves.

26. Ask the woodcutter when collecting firewood, and ask the boatman when sailing a boat.

27. I would rather do it than miss it.

28. The first time you were fooled, the second time you were enlightened.

29. Send back water and accumulate mud; experience something and gain wisdom.

30. Hearing is false, seeing is true.

31. The old horse knows the way, the old man is sophisticated.

32. If old people don’t talk about the past, future generations will be wrong.

33. The old beef is chewy, and the old man’s words are listening.

34. Old ginger has a strong spiciness, and the elderly have more experience.

35. One sight is worth less than a hundred hearings, and one action is worth less than a hundred views.

36. Suffer once and learn to be good.

37. Only when you are in charge do you know that salt and rice are expensive; only when you go out do you know that the road is difficult.

38. Just talk but not practice the fake moves, just practice without talking about the real moves, talk and practice all the moves.

39. The more you file, the faster you saw, and the more you gain knowledge.

40. A tree with many old roots has many old people with many knowledge.

41. Chopping firewood and going up the mountain, catching birds and going up the tree.

42. Chopping wood and cutting off the little head, asking the old man for directions.

43. The casserole will not leak unless it is pounded, and the wood will not be able to penetrate unless it is chipped.

44. Grass cannot cover the eyes of an eagle, and water cannot cover the eyes of a fish.

45. Medicine farmers go into the mountains to see herbs, and hunters go into the mountains to see animals.

46. It’s a snake that feels cold all over, and a wolf that feels fishy all over.

47. A fragrant flower may not necessarily be beautiful, and a good talker may not necessarily be capable.

48. After some setbacks, you gain some insights.

49. The more experienced you are, the more you know.

50. If you want to know what is happening in the mountains, ask the old farmers in the countryside.