1. If you avoid it, you will have no regrets for others, and if you abandon it, you will have no regrets for yourself. Oh, I can't bear it. ——"Hundred Admonitions to Encourage Forbearance".

It means that if you avoid benefits, you will have no regrets, and if you abandon rights, you will have no fatigue. In the face of fame and fortune, how can we not hold back our possessiveness?

2. Fame and wealth are more important than wine, which makes one’s heart so intoxicated. ——Du Guangting of the Tang Dynasty, "Suffering Time"

It means that flashy fame and wealth are more intoxicating than wine, which can easily make people get carried away and make people drunk until they wake up.

3. Whale salamander teeth are on the road, so why don’t you pass by them less? ——Tang Huang Tao's "Jia Ke"

It means that the journey to the whale's mouth is very dangerous, it is better to go less often, and don't do those things that take risks to chase fame and fortune.

4. When it comes to glory and wealth, they are nothing but passing smoke. ——Song Dynasty Su Shi's "Bao Huitang Ji"

It means that talking about the glory and wealth is just passing smoke and is not enough to talk about.

5. Fame and wealth are sweet, but the thought of death makes you feel like chewing wax. If people often worry about death and illness, they can also eliminate illusory karma and develop a Taoist mind. ——"Cai Gen Tan·Chapter 10".

It means that the desire for fame and wealth is as sweet as honey, and thinking about the scene of death, fame and fortune will taste like wax. People should always think about illness and death to eliminate sinful desires and increase their moral karma.

6. People of color and leisure are in love, right and wrong, fame and fortune are intertwined. ——Du Mu's "Luoyang Long Sentences"

It means that the mood is as leisurely as spring grass, and the turmoil of fame and wealth becomes as if nothing.

7. Who is related to name and body? Which one has more body or goods? Which disease is good or bad? If you love too much, you will spend a lot of money; if you hide too much, you will perish. ——"Laozi·Chapter 44".

It means which one is more intimate, fame or life? Which is more valuable, life or property? Which one is more harmful, gain or loss? Excessive pursuit of fame and fortune will lead to greater effort. Collecting money will definitely lead to more serious losses.

8. Don’t compete with others for gains and losses, but seek your own knowledge. ——"Night Talk Around the Fireplace".

It means not to argue with others about the gains and losses of things, fame and fortune, but only to gain wisdom and ability when doing things.

9. Those who are high-ranking officials cannot succeed in politics. ——Liu Xiang's "Shuo Yuan".

It means that people who compete for fame and wealth will not achieve any good political achievements. If you want to achieve great achievements, don't pursue fame and fortune.

10. Do not put favor and profit before others, and do not lag behind others in virtue. ——Ming Dynasty Hong Zicheng's "Cai Gen Tan"

It means not to be in front of others in terms of fame and fortune, and not to lag behind others in terms of moral cultivation.