Vernacular Chinese: Without credit, people have no place to stand.
2. Keep your word and do what you want. -Confucius "The Analects of Confucius Spring and Autumn Luz"
Vernacular: What you say must be done, and you must not procrastinate.
If you don't study sincerely, you will learn miscellaneous things. If you don't do things sincerely, you will lose things. If you are not sincere to yourself, you are deceiving yourself and giving up on yourself. If you are not sincere to people, you will lose your morality and increase your resentment. -Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's "Two Ji Cheng Essays" in the Song Dynasty
Vernacular Chinese: Don't study hard for the sake of study, but read widely, learn from others' strengths and do things simply and rashly, otherwise it will lead to failure. If you are dishonest with yourself, you will deceive yourself and others, and eventually you will hurt others and get along with others too frankly, leaving unnecessary resentment.
4, sincerity, heaven also; If you think sincerely, you will learn from others. -Mencius in the Spring and Autumn Period "Mencius on Li Lou"
Vernacular Chinese: Honesty is heaven; Honesty is the law of mankind. People who are naturally honest don't have to be reasonable. Think about what you say.
5, don't cherish the golden jade, loyalty is the treasure. -Sima Guang's Book of Rites in the Northern Song Dynasty
Vernacular: Silver and jade can't be counted as treasures. True wealth should be loyalty.
6. Make friends and keep your word. -Confucius' The Analects of Confucius Learning in the Spring and Autumn Period
Vernacular Chinese: To make friends, you should keep your word and do what you say.
7, insincere, unmoved. -Zhuangzi's Zhuangzi Fish Father in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Vernacular Chinese: Not sincere enough to impress people.
8. unbelievers don't know what they can do. -Confucius "The Analects of Confucius Governing the Country II" Spring and Autumn Period
Vernacular: I really don't know how a man can't keep his word. In other words, it is impossible for people to break their promises.
9. You can't create people without faith, and you can't protect your country without people. -Sima Guang's History as a Mirror in the Northern Song Dynasty
Vernacular: It's not that people can't be trusted, and it's not that ordinary people didn't come to defend their country.
10, a horse needs to be tamed before seeking good, and a man needs to believe before seeking energy. -Western Han Dynasty Liu An's "Quasi-Nanzi"
Vernacular: A horse should first look at whether it is tame, and then look at whether it is good; A person should first look at whether he is trustworthy, and then look at his ability.