1. The rich must teach their children to be virtuous, and the poor must teach their children to be disciplined. ——Jiayi's "Essays for Teaching Children"

For those wealthy families, when educating their children, they must pay attention to morality. For those poor and humble families, when educating their children, they must stick to their moral integrity.

2. I am not willing to be mediocre. I have experienced a lot of changes recently, and I have always studied in the plain. ——"Letter from the Family of Zeng Guofan"

Of course I am not willing to be a mediocre person who does nothing, but in recent years I have seen many changes in the world and feel that it is best to study in a plain way.

3. No matter how big or small, everything has its own reasons. Even if things are hard to understand, where can we not learn? ——Li Hongzhang's "Learning Has No End"

No matter how big or small everything is, there is a certain reason for its existence. Discuss the matter and explore its principles. What is not worth learning?

Fourth, as a father, you must carefully observe this. You must be strict with your children when they are young, and love your children without mercy when they are strong. ——Liu Qingzhi's "Jiezi Tonglu"

As a father, you should pay attention to this matter. When your children are very young, you should strictly discipline them. When the children grow up, it is not easy to be loving. become shallow.

5. If you have a compilation in hand and randomly turn over a few pages and copy out a few chapters, you will not know the overall situation of the book. ——Peng Yulin "The Foolish Old Man Moves the Mountains for Learning"

If you pick up a book and just flip through a few pages and excerpt a few chapters, you will have a better understanding of the overall structure and details of the book. I don’t understand the incisive discussion at all.

Sixth, in addition to establishing words and deeds, one must also establish morality and meritorious deeds. A man who has a skill to support himself and does not seek humiliation from others is a man. ——Peng Yulin's "Peng's Family Instructions"

In addition to establishing words and deeds, we also need to establish morality and establish merit. A man must have a skill to support himself and not be insulted for asking for help from others. Only in this way can he be called a man.

7. If the success or failure of a brother's life depends on it, but he cares about his face and keeps his mouth shut, wouldn't he treat him as a fellow traveler? This is a mistake I tolerated in the past. ——Liu Rong's "With My Brothers"

If you look at people's faces and keep silent and dare not speak when there are issues related to the success or failure of a brother's life, wouldn't you treat your dearest brothers as strangers? This is my fault for being so accommodating to you in the past.