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1. A gentleman’s heart is based on benevolence and etiquette. A benevolent person loves others, a polite person respects others. Those who love others will always be loved by others, and those who respect others will always be respected by others.

2. Mencius said: "When Heaven is about to entrust a great responsibility to this person, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and disturb his behavior through actions, so he is tempted. Patience can help you in what you cannot do. ”

3. Wealth cannot be immoral, poverty cannot be moved, and power cannot be subdued.

4. Respect the teachings of Xiangxu, apply the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood, and award the white ones to live up to the road!

5. It is not benevolent to kill someone without sin, and it is not righteous to take something that does not exist.

6. Those who abuse themselves cannot be talked to; those who abandon themselves cannot be talked to.

7. Benevolence is better than unkindness, just like water is better than fire. Nowadays, a person who is benevolent is like using a cup of water to save a load of fire. If it is not extinguished, it is said that water cannot overcome the fire. This is also the case with those who are unkind, and they will eventually perish.

8. Benevolence, justice, propriety and wisdom are not external to me, they are inherent in me.

9. When Jie and Zhou lost the world, they also lost their people; when they lost their people, they also lost their hearts. There is a way to win the world: if you win its people, you will win the world; if you win its people, you will win the world; if you win their hearts, you will win the people; if you win their hearts, you will have a way: gather with them what you want, and do not do to them what you want.

10. The heart of compassion is the root of benevolence; the heart of shame and disgust is the root of righteousness; the heart of resignation is the root of courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is the root of wisdom. There are five reasons why a gentleman teaches: there are those who are transformed by the rain of time, those who become virtuous, those who achieve wealth, those who answer questions, and those who are private and courteous. These five are what a gentleman teaches.

11. Born in sorrow and died in happiness.

12. Those who enjoy the people's happiness will also enjoy their happiness; those who worry about the people's worries will also worry about their worries. He is happy with the world and worried about the world. However, there is no one who is not a king.

13. Grain is a beautiful plant. It is not as good as catkins because it is not ripe. Furen is just about being familiar with it.

14. When I am old, I am old, and when others are old, when I am young, I am young, and when people are young.

15. Without rules, there is no way to make a circle.

16. I know my words and I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit.

17. Wealth and honor cannot be licentious, poverty and lowliness cannot be moved, and power cannot bend.

18. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, deplete his body, and mess up his actions. Therefore, if he is tempted to endure, he has Benefit from what it cannot do.

19. If the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if the king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as his countrymen; foe.

20. Wealth and honor cannot lead to adultery, poverty and lowliness cannot change, and power cannot yield. This is called a true man.

21. Fish is what I want. Bear's paw is what I want. You can't have both, it's like giving up the fish for the bear's paw. Life is what I want. Righteousness is what I want. You can't have both, you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness.

22. The most important thing for people to know each other is to know each other. The most important thing for people to know each other is to understand each other.

23. Although there are things that are easy to grow in the world, if they are violent in one day and cold in ten days, nothing can survive.

24. Right, then determine the severity; degree, then know the length.

25. Therefore, when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind and will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his heart. Benefit from what it cannot do.

26. Only benevolent people can think of big things as small things. This is the story of Tang and Ge, and King Wen of Kunyi.

27. It is better to have no book than to believe in all the books.

28. Those who have gained the right will get many help, but those who have lost the right will have little help. When there is little help, relatives will be there; when there is much help, the world will follow.

29. A wife will insult herself, and then others will insult her; a family will destroy herself, and then others will destroy it; a country will destroy itself, and then others will destroy it.

30. An adult is one who does not lose his innocent heart.

31. Having fun alone or having fun with others, which one is happy?

32. If there are no rules, there will be no square.

33. Confucius climbed the Dongshan Mountain and made the world small. He climbed the Mount Tai and made the world small.

34. If I want to bring peace to the world, who else can I do in this world?