1. Without innovation, survival will be difficult. (Lu Xun)

2. What is a road? It is trampled out from a place where there is no road, it is carved out from a place where there are only thorns. (Lu Xun)

3. Change will lead to people’s wisdom, change will lead to people’s strength, and change will lead to people’s livelihood. (Tan Sitong of the Qing Dynasty)

4. There is no need to have the same footwork, but to be suitable; to govern, there is no need to have the same rule, so as to benefit the people. (Qing Dynasty, Wei Yuan)

5. Thousands of sails passed by the side of the sunken boat, and thousands of trees grew in front of the diseased trees. (Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty)

6. The new leaves in the fragrant forest urge the old leaves, and the waves in front of the flowing water give way to the waves in the back. (Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty)

7. Law is the public weapon of the world; change is the justice of the world. (Liang Qichao of the Qing Dynasty)

8. The new pine trees are not as tall as a thousand feet, and the evil bamboos must be cut down by ten thousand poles. (Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty)

9. Things cannot be created without causes, and cannot be transformed without transformation. (Han Yang Xiong)