Lu Jiuyuan’s famous sayings are as follows:

1. When you hear something good, you admire it; when you know your fault, you are afraid.

Translation: When you hear that others are virtuous, you look up to them; when you know that you have faults, you feel afraid.

2. A gentleman’s righteousness is regarded as a quality. When he gains righteousness, it is heavy, and when he loses righteousness, he is light. He is honored by righteousness and humiliated by betraying righteousness.

Translation: A virtuous and talented person takes morality as the foundation of his life. Those who are moral will be respected by the world, and those who lose their morals will be despised by the world. Following morality is a matter worthy of glory, but betraying one's trust is a matter of shame.

3. If you hear it, you will be happy. If you know your mistakes, you will not hide them and you will not be afraid to correct them. ?

Translation: You should be happy when others point out your shortcomings, you should not be shy when you find your own faults, and you should face these shortcomings without fear when they need to be corrected.

4. If you pretend that you are a public minister, the wealthy and others worship Kai, but the person is disrespectful and righteous, this is called family replacement.

Translation: If you are very wealthy but do not observe etiquette and justice, your family will soon decline.

5. The rise and fall of a family depends on etiquette and justice, not on wealth and poverty.

Translation: The rise and fall of a family depends on etiquette and justice, not wealth.