1. Action is the beginning of knowledge, and knowledge is the completion of action.

3. Do one big thing in life, and do one big thing in the future.

4. Thousands of teachings teach people to seek truth; thousands of learnings lead to learning to be a real person.

5. Instead of adding some piecemeal knowledge to the students, it is better to give them a few keys so that they can take the initiative to develop the cultural treasury and the treasure of the universe.

6. True education is a heart-to-heart activity. Only when it comes from the heart can it touch the depths of the soul.

9. Working together with hands and brain is the beginning of creative education; having both hands and brain is the purpose of creative education.

10. Rural normal schools aim to cultivate teachers with farmer skills, scientific minds and transforming social spirit.

11. Living rural education should teach people to benefit, and they should turn barren mountains into forests and barren land to grow grains.

12. If you want to be self-reliant and make progress, you must be bold and direct your spirit of experimentation toward new and uninvented principles; be not afraid of hard work, fatigue, obstacles, or failure, and be determined to achieve success. The mysterious new principles of education were discovered one by one.

13. Teaching is one thing, not three things. We need to teach by doing and learn by doing. Without putting effort into doing, teaching will not become teaching, and learning will not become learning.

14. Education and knowledge should be turned into air, permeating the universe, washing the universe, and spreading to all living beings, so that everyone can breathe.