1. Anonymous "Zengguang Xianwen" of the Ming Dynasty

When looking at the present, we should learn from the past, as the present cannot be achieved without the past.

When doing things and dealing with problems, we should learn from historical experience and lessons. Without the past, there is no present.

2. The Warring States Period? Confucius's "The Analects"

Gentlemen do not compare themselves with each other, while villains do not compare themselves with each other.

People with high moral character make friends with each other in the right way but do not collude with each other; people with low moral character collude with each other but do not care about morality.

3. The Warring States Period? Confucius' "The Analects"

Three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.

A country's army can forcibly deprive it of its leader: a man, but it cannot forcibly take away his ambition.

4. The Warring States Period? Confucius's "The Analects"

A scholar must be ambitious and have a long way to go.

A scholar must be magnanimous and resolute, because the task he shoulders is huge and the journey is long.

5. The Warring States Period? Confucius's "The Analects"

Learning without thinking will lead to ignorance, and thinking without learning will lead to peril.

If you only study without thinking, you will easily become confused. Thinking without learning is dangerous.