It takes a long time of preparation and accumulation to do more and make a difference.
Second, you can know people by looking at yourself, and you can know the past by looking at today. From Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals
Understand yourself, you can understand others, understand the present, and you can understand ancient times.
Third, the weather is not enough, the ancestors are not enough, and people are not enough. "Three Shortcomings" Proposed by Wang Anshi's Political Reform in Northern Song Dynasty
There is no need to fear the change of astronomical phenomena, the rules of ancestors may not be imitated, and there is no need to worry about people's arguments.
Fourth, all rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance; The wall stands a thousand miles, and it is just without desire. Lin Zexu wrote the couplets.
Shanglian earnestly warned itself that to do things well and be in an invincible position, we must listen to different opinions extensively; In the second part of the league, officials must resolutely put an end to selfish desires in order to stand upright in the world like a mountain.
Fifth, a gentleman's adult beauty is not an adult's evil. The villain is the opposite. From the Analects of Confucius Yan Yuan?
A gentleman usually completes other people's good deeds without destroying other people's things, while a villain is the opposite.
Sixth, the past is not forgotten, and the teacher of the future. From "The Warring States Policy, Zhao Ce Discussion"
Remember the lessons of predecessors, and you can learn from them in the future.
Seven, don't climb the mountain, I don't know the height of the sky; Don't face the deep stream, I don't know the thickness of the ground. Talking from Xunzi's persuasion
If you don't climb mountains, you don't know how high the sky is; You don't know the thickness of the earth unless you visit the deep stream yourself.
Eight, thousands of blows are still strong, and the wind is east, west, north and south. Bamboo stone in Zheng Xie in Qing Dynasty.
After thousands of years of torture and blows, it is still so strong, whether it is the southeast wind in hot summer or the northwest wind in cold winter, it can bear it and will remain tough and straight.