1. A gentleman strives for self-improvement.
Source: The Book of Changes
means that the universe keeps running, and people should follow the example of heaven and earth and make constant progress forever.
2. You can't take ten steps in one leap; It's a great contribution to the success of Xu Ma. Perseverance, rotten wood does not fold; Perseverance, the stone can be carved.
Source: "Encourage Learning"
Author: Xunzi
Translation: A fine horse leaps less than ten paces; A bad horse can walk for ten days, and its success lies in its constant walking. If it stops after a few moments, the rotten wood will continue to be carved. If you keep carving, the stone can be carved successfully.
3. The sharp edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.
The sharp blade of the sword comes from constant tempering, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from its cold winter. If Yu Yi wants to have precious qualities or beautiful talents, it needs constant efforts, cultivation and overcoming certain difficulties to achieve it.
4. There is no end to learning the sea.
Source: Augmented Scholar
On the road of reading and learning, there is no shortcut and no boat to sail with the wind. If you want to learn more and more knowledge in the vast mountain of books and learning, "diligence" and "assiduousness" are essential. This poem can be used as a motto to inspire young people from generation to generation. Even if you are not smart in your study, you will gain something and succeed only if you are diligent and persistent.
5, the industry is good at diligence, and it is barren in fun; What is done is thought, but it is destroyed.
This sentence comes from Han Yu's Understanding of Learning, which means that learning is proficient because of diligence, but it can be neglected in games and play. There is also a sentence below this sentence, which means that things succeed because of repeated thinking, but it can be destroyed in the casual without thinking (more importantly, it should be a small matter that is reflected in the thought of arrogance and extravagance, which leads to deviation from the original intention and the opposite direction).