1. Do not speak evil words out of your mouth, and do not reflect back on yourself.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

2. Reciprocity. It is impolite to go but not come; it is impolite to come but not go.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

3. If you know your shortcomings, you can then reflect on yourself; if you know your difficulties, you can then strengthen yourself.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

4. Everything will be established if it is forewarned, and it will be ruined if it is not forewarned.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

5. Do not lose your righteousness when you see benefit, and do not guard against it when you see death.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

6. Ao cannot grow long, desire cannot be followed, ambition cannot be fulfilled, and happiness cannot be extreme. The sage respects him with respect, fears and loves him. Love and know its evil, hate and know its good.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

7. If a person can do something with one thing, he can do it with ten things; if a person can do it with ten things, he can do it with a thousand things. If you can do this, you will be wise even if you are stupid; you will be strong even if you are soft.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

8. Sincerity is the end of things, and there is nothing without sincerity; therefore, sincerity is the most precious thing for a gentleman.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

9. A gentleman has three troubles: if he has not heard of it, he will not be able to learn it; if he has heard it, he will not be able to learn it; if he has learned it, In other words, you can't do it even if you are suffering.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

10. A gentleman should be cautious of what he does not see, fear of what he does not hear, do not see what is hidden, do not show what is insignificant. Therefore, a gentleman should be cautious about being alone.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

11. The rule of the world should not be underestimated, and the chaos of the world should not be suppressed.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

12. All sounds are generated by the human heart. When the human heart moves, things make it happen.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

13. When you hear good things, you tell each other; when you see good things, you show them to each other. Waiting means meeting each other from afar.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

14. If jade is not polished, it will not become a tool; if a person does not learn, he will not know.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

15. A good scholar is a teacher who is lazy but gets twice the result, so he is mediocre; a bad scholar is a teacher who is diligent but gets half the result, so he is resentful. .

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

16. If a person is not a person, he will not be able to move; if a horse is not a horse, it will not move; if the soil is not soil, it will not be high; if water is not water, it will not flow.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

17. Don't treasure gold and jade, but be loyal and trustworthy; don't pray for land, and establish righteousness as land; don't pray for more accumulation, but consider more literature. rich.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

18. If you can't learn, learn; if you have doubts, ask; if you want to practice, learn from the wise. Although there are dangerous paths, follow the path to achieve success.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

19. The journey of the great road means that the world is public. Select the talented and capable, be trustworthy and cultivate harmony. Therefore, people do not only care for their relatives, nor do they only have children for their children, so that the old will have their end, the strong will be useful, the young will have their own growth, the humble, the widowed, the lonely, the disabled and the disabled will all be supported, the men will have their share, and the women will have their homes.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"

20. The so-called self-cultivation lies in rectifying one's mind. If the body is angry, it cannot be rectified; if there is fear, it cannot be rectified. Righteousness means that if you have good pleasures, you cannot be right; if you have sorrows, you cannot be right. Being absent-minded, turning a blind eye but not seeing, hearing but not smelling, eating without knowing its taste. This means that self-cultivation is about correcting one's mind.

——Dai Sheng's "Book of Rites"