When the sky is healthy, a gentleman will strive to strengthen himself; when the terrain is weak, a gentleman will be virtuous. From "The Book of Changes"

It means that as a gentleman, you should have a strong will, an endless spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen self-cultivation, complete and develop your own studies or career, and this is reflected in doing so. The will of Heaven will live up to the responsibilities and talents given to a gentleman by the universe.

Reading is good, but you must remember that books are just books, and you have to use your own brain. ——Gorky's "In the World" means that we should not read blindly, but use our brains to read. Only in this way can we absorb knowledge.

Criticism is a science. ——The seventh volume of "The Complete Works of Pushkin" means that we must accept criticism and not avoid it, because with criticism, we can continue to make progress and not fall behind.

Knowledge is light. ——Gorky's "The Fallen People" means that we must learn knowledge. No matter how poor or tired we are, we must learn. Knowledge will bring us light!

An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time. ——It means that gold is precious, but gold cannot buy time, which shows that time is the most precious. We should cherish time and not waste it.

Be reserved but not contentious, group but not party——

Translation

A gentleman respects himself and does not compete with others, is friendly to others, and is united and friendly but not Mutual favoritism.

Notes

The quote comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Ling Gong of Wei", Confucius said: A gentleman is reserved and does not fight, and he is a group but not party.

"Zhu's Notes": Zhuang Yizhiji is called Jin. However, I don’t have a surly heart, so I don’t fight. Being in harmony with others is called group. However, there is no intention of Abi, so there is no party.

"Justice": Self-discipline is easy to fight, and crowd is easy to party, so a gentleman will avoid it.

Party; partiality, partiality.

Group; getting along well with others and uniting them.

Explanation

This is a Confucian attitude and philosophy advocated by Confucius. Gentlemen respect themselves and do not infringe upon others, so they have a solemn attitude and do not fight with others. Gentlemen are united and friendly without favoring each other, so they can be gregarious without colluding with others.