1. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. ——"The Analects" Confucius
[Interpretation] If you don't want anything (pain, disaster, misfortune...), don't impose it on others.
2. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions. ——"The Analects" Confucius
[Interpretation] You must keep your word when you say it; when you decide what you want to do, you must do it resolutely and courageously.
3. Don’t blame God or blame others. ——"The Analects of Confucius" Confucius
[Interpretation] When encountering setbacks and failures, never make excuses objectively and never push the responsibility to others. Later, it developed into the idiom "blame everything but others".
4. Those who love others will always be loved by others; those who respect others will always be respected by others. ——"Mencius Li Lou Xia"
[Interpretation] People who love others will always love them, and respect others and others will always respect them. How you treat others will often be treated in the same way. To be respected and loved, you must respect and love others. Heng: Often.
5. If you don’t follow the rules, you can’t make a square or a circle. ——"Mencius Li Lou Shang"
[Interpretation] Without compasses and rulers, rectangles and circles cannot be drawn. We must abide by certain rules and regulations in our lives and in doing things. Otherwise, if everyone does their own thing, everything will be in chaos. Rules: Rules and moments, two tools for correcting circles and squares.
6. A ruler is short and an inch is long; things are deficient and wisdom is unclear. ——Warring States Period·Chu·Qu Yuan's "Bu Ju"
[Interpretation] Although the ruler is longer than the inch, it appears shorter when compared with longer things. Although the inch is shorter than the ruler, it appears shorter than the shorter things. When things are compared, they appear long; things always have their shortcomings, and wise people always have their unwiseness. People or things have their own strengths and weaknesses. We should not blame them for perfection, but should use their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
7. Do not do evil because it is small, and do not do good because it is small. ——Liu Bei in "Three Kingdoms"
[Interpretation] Don't do anything just because it is a small, inconspicuous bad thing; on the contrary, do something small. Don't do something good that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much.
8. Those who do many injustices will surely die. ——"Zuo Zhuan"
[Interpretation] If you do too many bad things, you will eventually destroy yourself.
9. A thousand-foot embankment will collapse with the holes of ants; a hundred-foot room will be burned with smoke from the gaps. ——"Han Feizi"
[Interpretation] A thousand-mile embankment may collapse because of ants digging holes; a hundred-foot-tall building may be burned down because of fire caused by sparks emerging from the gaps in the chimney. .
10. Misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes. ——"Laozi"
[Interpretation] Disaster depends on happiness, and happiness lurks disaster. It tells us that misfortunes and blessings can transform into each other under certain conditions. We should be prepared for danger in times of peace and should not be discouraged if we are in adversity. Xi (xī): modal particle, equivalent to "ah". Yi (yǐ): rely on. Fu: latent, hidden.
11. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ——"Laozi·Chapter 64"
[Interpretation] A journey of thousands of miles begins with the first step. It is a metaphor that success in anything starts from scratch and is gradually accumulated from small to large. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Without a beginning, there will be no results. Everything must start from small things bit by bit.
12. A sage will lose something if he worries a lot; a fool will gain something if he worries a lot. ——"Yanzi Chunqiu·Miscellaneous"
[Interpretation] When great people think about problems, they will inevitably make omissions; fools may also come up with some useful opinions after careful thinking. Chekhov said that when a big dog barks, a small dog will also bark. A small dog should not be afraid to bark because of the presence of a big dog. Fools should not give up their thinking because of the existence of saints
13. Through thousands of scriptures, filial piety and brotherhood come first. ——"Zengguang Xianwen"
[Interpretation] According to thousands of classic principles, filial piety to parents and friendship to brothers are the first things that should be done.
14. The work is accomplished by hard work, but wasteful by play; the success is achieved by thinking, and destroyed by casualness. ——Han Yu
[Interpretation] Success in career or study lies in hard work and diligence. If you are too playful and relax your requirements, you will achieve nothing; in life, you must think carefully and thoroughly before you can achieve anything. Willfulness, sloppiness, and casualness will only lead to failure.
15. If you want to see a thousand miles away, reach a higher level. ——Wang Zhihuan of the Tang Dynasty, "Climbing the Zhegomatic Bird Tower"
[Interpretation] If you want to see farther and broader scenery, you have to go up to the next level. If you want to learn more and deeper knowledge, you have to work harder than before.
16. Worry about the world’s worries first, and rejoice after the world’s happiness. ——Song Dynasty Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang Tower"
[Interpretation] When sharing the worries of the country, be ahead of others and be more anxious than others; when enjoying happiness and happiness, let others come first and put yourself last.
17. A slight difference can lead to a thousand miles. ——Song Lu Jiuyuan
[Interpretation] To do anything, you must do it carefully at the beginning. If you do it even slightly wrong, the result will be very different.
18. The prime years will never come again, and the morning will never come again.
——Jin Tao Yuanming
[Interpretation] The beautiful youth will never come again after it has passed. There cannot be two mornings in a day, so cherish the time!
19. Tomorrow after tomorrow, how many tomorrows are there? Waiting for tomorrow every day will make everything go to waste. ——(Ming Wenjia)
[Interpretation] There are always tomorrows, and there are so many tomorrows! If you wait for tomorrow every day, you will only waste your time and achieve nothing.
20. The sound of wind, rain, and reading are all in my ears; I care about everything about family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs. ——Gu Xiancheng of the Ming Dynasty
[Interpretation] The sound of wind, rain, and the sound of reading all enter our ears. Therefore, as a scholar, we should be concerned about family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, and all kinds of things. , you can’t just study hard.