1. It takes ten years to cultivate trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people

Source: Guan Zhong's "Guan Zi·Quan Xiu No. 3" in the Spring and Autumn Period: "A plan for one year is better than planting a valley in ten years." There is no better plan than planting trees, and a lifelong plan is worse than planting people.

Translation: To plan for one year, it is best to plant grains; to plan for ten years, it is best to plant trees, but to plan for the long term. It is better to cultivate talents than to plan.

2. When the years are cold, then you will know that the pines and cypresses will wither.

Source: Confucius' "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan Ninth" in the Spring and Autumn Period: "The years are cold, and then the trees will wither. I know that pines and cypresses will wither after that. ”

Translation: When the weather is the coldest every year, you will know that most other plants have withered, and only the pines and cypresses are tall and tall.

3. If the trees are beautiful in the forest, they will be destroyed by the wind.

Source: "The Theory of Destiny" written by Li Kang of Wei State in the Three Kingdoms: "Therefore, if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them; if they pile up on the shore, the current will be turbulent; if they walk higher than others, the crowd will No. The lesson is not far away, overturning the car and following the track. ”

Translation: Therefore, if a tree rises above the forest, the wind will surely blow it down; if a mound of earth protrudes from the river bank, the rapids will surely wash it away; if a man is more virtuous than others, everyone will surely slander him. The lessons from the past are not far away, and subsequent cars continue to overturn on the road where the previous car overturned.

4. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop, and the child wants to be raised but cannot be kissed.

Source: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius' "Confucius Family Sayings Volume 2: Thoughts 8": "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop; the child wants to be nourished but the relatives do not wait. ”

Translation: The tree wants to be still, but the wind keeps blowing its branches and leaves. When the son of man wants to be filial to his parents, his parents have died.

5. There is something in the mountains. Straight tree, there are no straight people in the world

Source: Ming Dynasty Zheng Zhizhen's "Mulian Saves Her Mother": "Ask a doctor to save her mother": "The ancients said that those who seek wealth would rather seek from the straight, not from the straight. Don't you hear that there are straight trees in the mountains, but there are no straight people in the world? ”

Translation: The ancients said that when it comes to seeking wealth, they would rather use legitimate methods to obtain it than use heretical methods to seek it. Haven’t you heard that there are upright trees in the world and no upright people?