1. Man-made knives, I am a fish. (Historical Records)
2. There is no tile on the top, and there is no place to stand on the bottom. (Tang Shu)
3. Send goose feathers a thousand miles away, and the ceremony is light. Books are full of sins. (Old Tang Dynasty Books)
5. Seeing a hundred stories is better than seeing one. (Han Dynasty Books)
6. Learning from the past is a lesson for the future (Han Dynasty Books)
7. A miss is a thousand miles away. (Han Dynasty Books)
8. Everyone knows Si Mazhao's heart (Three Kingdoms). Fame, however, is hard to match. (Later Han Dynasty)
15. When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people look at it, there will be no disciples. (Dong Fangshuo)
16. When a man is a man, he should clean up the world and settle down. (Were Han)
17. How can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house? (Later Han Dynasty)
18. Those who do great things should not be jealous of petty grievances. (Later Han Dynasty)
19. A sly rabbit dies, a running dog cooks, birds are exhausted, a good bow hides, an enemy country breaks, and an adviser dies. (Historical Records)
2. People are bound to die, either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather. () (Historical Records)
22. Remember the past, and learn from the future (Historical Records)
23. A spent force can't penetrate the enemy. (Records of the Three Kingdoms)
24. Don't act on the small evil, and don't act on the small good. (Records of Shu)
25. The authorities are fascinated.