1. Strive for quick results without hard work, only to be grandiose for a few days, but to be embarrassed for an old time. -Qing Zheng Xie's "Zheng Ban Banqiao Collection, Inscriptions, Jin Quan Qiu Tian Suo Paintings"
Translation: Unwilling to make strenuous efforts, hard-working and falling ball for a short time will only end up boasting when you are young, and embarrassing and difficult when you are old.
2. Life is a hero, but death is a hero. -translation of
Summer quatrains by Li Qingzhao in Song Dynasty: You should be a hero among people when you are alive, and a hero among ghosts when you are dead.
3. It's better to hold incense on the branches and die than to be blown into the north wind. -
Translation of "Cold Chrysanthemum" by Zheng Sixiao in Song Dynasty: I would rather die with fragrance on the branches than be blown down in the cold north wind! The performance is that chrysanthemum is aloof, lofty, and noble in adhering to ideals and beliefs. It is to express the poet's feelings of being like a chrysanthemum by using the method of expressing his will.
4. It's a long way to go, and I will go up and down for it. -From Qu Yuan, the Warrior of Li Sao.
The road to truth is full of ups and downs, but I still go all out. Enlightenment should have the spirit of self-improvement.
5. My husband is ambitious all over the world, but Wan Li is still near. -From the Three Kingdoms Cao Zijian's "A White Horse with Wang Biao's Preface" The sixth translation
: A gentleman aims at the four seas, even if he is separated from Wan Li, it seems to be at his side.