Zhuge Liang's famous quotes
Introduction: Zhuge Liang, courtesy name Kongming, nickname Wolong, Han nationality, Langya Yangdu, Xuzhou, prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding statesman, strategist, and diplomat , essayist, calligrapher, inventor, and litterateur. Below are the famous quotes of Zhuge Liang that I have collected. You are welcome to refer to them.
Zhuge Liang's famous sayings
1. The diagram is easier than the details.
2. Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.
3. The ruler must have the temperament of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside.
4. If a gentleman takes what he wants far away, he must wait for it.
5. If the punishment is known to be imposed, the evil will know what it is afraid of.
6. But if the army does not fight and the people do not work, the world will be settled.
7. Those who use weakness to become strong are not just natural timing, but also human plans.
8. If you are lazy, you have to be alert; if you are impatient, you cannot be rational.
9. Prevent corruption and use politics, and eliminate extravagance and use frugality.
10. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition; without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal.
11. My heart is like a scale, but I can’t give priority to others.
12. Even if you are not a scholar, you are called a walking corpse.
13. Die before leaving the army, which makes the hero burst into tears!
14. It is difficult to keep a snobbish acquaintance for a long time.
15. Gou Quan lives in troubled times, and does not seek to learn and reach the princes.
16. A husband and a gentleman should practice tranquility to cultivate their moral integrity and be frugal to cultivate their virtues.
17. Government should be based on peace of the people, not decoration first.
18. Big things start from difficulty, small things start from easy.
19. There is no certainty in planning, and there is no success in everything.
20. The most important thing for the country is to be on guard first.
21. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.
22. If you continue to cut off things, you will be subject to chaos.
23. Live in seclusion to pursue your ambitions, and practice righteousness to achieve your goals.
24. Stay away now. I am in tears and don’t know what to say.
25. The winner follows the path and builds the path; the loser walks sideways and loses the path.
26. A noble spirit should not be belittled.
27. Without indifference, there is no clear ambition, and without tranquility, there is no far-reaching goal.
28. It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
29. Calmness cultivates one’s character, and frugality cultivates one’s virtue.
30. Being indifferent makes one’s ambition clear, and tranquility leads to the future.
31. The governance of a saint is to make his residence peaceful and enjoy his career.
32. Only by not being arrogant can you be arrogant, not by favoring others.
33. Those who participate in the office gather people’s thoughts and gain loyalty and benefit.
34. A wise man does not go against heaven, the times, or people.
35. Not loving the wall but loving the shade is difficult and easy to lose.
36. If food is restricted to the people, and people become hungry, chaos and rebellion will occur.
37. Don’t you see that Shen Sheng is in danger inside, but Chong Er is safe outside.
38. If you want to think about the benefits, you must think about the harm; if you want to think about the success, you must think about the failure.
39. If evil cannot be followed, beauty cannot be reversed; if evil is followed and beauty is reversed, the country will be in danger.
40. Be noble but not arrogant, win without being disobedient, be virtuous but capable of subordinates, be strong but be patient.
41. You should not be happy about things that have nothing to do, and you should not be angry about things without anger.
42. Those who reward those who have done nothing will leave, those who punish the innocent will resent them, and those who have inappropriate joy and anger will perish.
43. A gentleman is mighty but not fierce, angry but not angry, worried but not afraid, happy but not happy.
44. The red, purple and vermilion colors make the sound of obscenity doubtful. Chaos arises from distance, doubt arises from confusion.
45. The sun and the moon are bright, everyone looks up and stop, the universe is vast, and all things follow it.
46. Generals should not be arrogant. Arrogance will lead to disrespect. Discourtesy will cause others to leave. If people leave, everyone will rebel.
47. To educate oneself and teach others is to go against the government; to correct oneself and teach others is to comply with the government.
48. Don’t rely on your body to show off to others, don’t go against others because of your unique views, don’t rely on your abilities and break your trust.
49. If you live in peace, enjoy your career, and do not attack each other when you are old, it can be said that those who are good at reasoning do not learn from others.
50. A person’s loyalty is like a fish’s loyalty. A fish will die if it loses water, and a man will be unlucky if he loses his loyalty.
51. Be indifferent to clarify your ambitions, be tranquil and reach far; devote yourself to death and die.
52. Don’t treat others because of your dignity, don’t go against others because of your unique views, don’t break your trust because of your functions.
53. If the soldiers are well-organized, even if the generals are mediocre, they will not be defeated; if the soldiers are in chaos, even if the generals are good, they will be in danger.
54. Favoring someone based on their position will lead to inferiority; obeying someone with kindness will lead to slowness, which will lead to disadvantages.
55. If a gentleman takes something far away, he must be patient; if what he takes is big, he must be patient.
56. Don’t rely on strength, don’t rely on power, favor someone without being happy, humiliate someone without being afraid, see profit without being greedy, see beauty without being lustful.
57. Don’t use more troops to attack the weak, don’t rely on the crowd to underestimate the enemy, don’t be arrogant to be arrogant, and don’t use favors to dominate.
58. Confucius was not ashamed to ask questions, and Zhou Gong was not ashamed to be humble. Therefore, his conduct became a famous work and was regarded as a saint by future generations.
59. Learning requires tranquility, and talent requires learning. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents, and without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning. .
60. Teach them propriety and righteousness, instruct them in loyalty, warn them in punishments, and intimidate them in rewards and punishments.
61. Not all soldiers can be sharp, horses cannot all be good, and instruments cannot all be strong.
62. The one who thinks is the right plan; the one who is concerned is the one who thinks about things. If it is not his position, he will not plan his affairs; if it is not his affairs, he will not consider his plans.
63. You should not be happy about things that have nothing to do, and you should not be angry about things that have nothing to do with you. Only when you are not arrogant can you be arrogant, not because you are favored and are powerful.
64. A good general will be able to rely on the timing of heaven, the power of the place, and the interests of others, so that those he goes towards will be invincible, and those he attacks will be invincible.
65. If a young man does not work hard, the old man will be sad. Talent must be learned. Without learning, there is no way to expand talents. Without ambition, there is no way to achieve learning.
66. A good general must have knowledgeable and wise people as his heart, Shen Shen and the secret as his ears and eyes, and those who are brave and good at the enemy as his minions.
67. Those who are good at reasoning will not be teachers, those who are good at teaching will not be taught, those who are good at teaching will not fight, those who are good at fighting will not be defeated, and those who are good at defeating will not perish.
68. Scholars know each other. Warmth does not increase flowering, cold does not change leaves.
69. To tolerate it by force, to lure it with benefits, to take it from chaos, to be humble and arrogant, to get close to it and leave it, to be strong and weak.
70. A gentleman’s journey is to cultivate one’s character through tranquility and cultivate one’s virtue through frugality. If it is not indifferent, it will not clear its aspirations, and if it is not tranquil, it will not lead to far.
71. A person who governs a country should not lose the rules in roundness, the rules in square, the fundamentals in the end, and the way of government. Everything can be accomplished and the achievements can be guaranteed.
72. A well-controlled army and an incompetent general cannot be defeated; an uncontrolled army and a capable general cannot be defeated.
73. Fu Nianchen was by nature clumsy and upright, and faced difficult times. He launched the Northern Expedition, but failed to achieve full success. He was already dying of illness and was dying.
74. The old country relies on the army as its auxiliary, and the king uses his ministers as his auxiliary. When the strong is assisted, the country is safe, and when the weak is assisted, the country is in danger. This depends on the generals in charge.
75. Take Western Shu, determine the southern barbarians, reject the east and north, and change the golden, wood, earth, and divine hexagrams in the central army tent, and the water surface can be attacked with fire.
76. Honor someone without being arrogant, entrust someone without being specialized, support someone without hiding, avoid someone without being afraid, so the merits of a good general are like a jade that is not stained.
77. Watching the movement of the sun and moon is not enough for understanding; hearing the sound of thunder is not enough for listening. Therefore, people regard more seeing as wisdom, and more hearing as god.
78. The way to govern is to listen to and accept what everyone has to say. If you plan to reach out to the common people, then all things will be your eyes and all the sounds will be your ears.
79. Governing a country is like managing one’s body: the way to govern one’s body is to nourish one’s spirit; the way to govern a country is to promote virtuous people; thus, one must nourish one’s spirit to survive, and to cultivate virtuous people to seek peace.
80. When God does something but does not do it but man does it, that is called going against the times; when God does something but does not do it but man does it, it is called going against nature; when God does something but when man does it but man does not do it, it is called going against man.
81. High integrity can make people strict with customs, filial piety can make them famous, trustworthiness can make friends, thoughtfulness can help people tolerate others, and hard work can make meritorious deeds. These are the top five generals.
82. Show them advance and retreat, so they know the prohibitions; lure them with benevolence and righteousness, so they know etiquette; emphasize right and wrong, so they know persuasion; decide with rewards and punishments, so they know trust.
83. Trauma will lead to internal loneliness, and confusion will lead to doubts; doubts will lead to neglect of relatives, and confusion will lead to loss of control; loss of control will lead to disorderly planning, chaotic planning will lead to national danger, and national danger will lead to unrest.
84. The key to marching an army is to attract the hearts of heroes, to strictly control rewards and punishments, to summarize the ways of civil and military affairs, to practice the art of hardness and softness, to talk about etiquette and music and to understand poetry and calligraphy, to be benevolent and righteous first, and then to be wise and courageous.
85. Use money to control it and use it with courtesy. Don’t be extravagant in good years and don’t be frugal in bad years. You have always accumulated savings for the future. This way of governing people is not also consistent with the four seasons. Are you angry?
86. The setting of husband’s wine is in accordance with the etiquette and affection, suitable for the body and nature, and the etiquette finally retreats, this is the end of harmony. If the idea is not lost and the guests are generous (hao) (tired), you can get drunk without causing chaos.
87. When I first served the late emperor, I depended on the official for my support and had no self-control to make a living. Today, my family has 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of thin fields in Chengdu. I have enough food and clothing for my descendants.
88. I wish Your Majesty to be pure of heart and have few desires, to love yourself and the people, to show filial piety to the ancestors, to spread benevolence to the world, to promote seclusion to promote the virtuous, to reject treachery and slander, and to uphold customs.
89. Anger cannot be restored to joy, joy cannot be restored to anger, so literature comes first and martial arts comes second. If you win first, you will lose later; if you get angry first, you will regret it; if you get angry once, you will die.
90. When I first served the late emperor, I looked up to and relied on officials and had no control over my livelihood. Today, my family has 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of thin fields in Chengdu. I have enough food and clothing for my descendants.
91. The ruler and his ministers should regard propriety as the basis; the father and the son should regard kindness as their relationship; the husband and wife should regard harmony as the basis of peace. The superiors must not be unrighteous, and the subordinates must not be immoral. Going up is in vain and going down is reversed.
92. Scholars know each other. Warmth does not increase flowering, cold does not change leaves. Learning requires ambition, and talent requires learning. Without learning, one cannot expand talents, and without ambition, one cannot achieve learning.
93. When I am away from home, I have no other arrangements. I look up to my officials for food and clothing at all times. I don’t care about my life. I use my long body to increase my modest property. If, on the day of my death, I do not have any leftover silk inside or surplus wealth outside, I will be able to disgrace His Majesty.
94. If you know the yin and yang of the sky, the shape and name of the earth, and the heart and soul of man, you will gain merit. If you know your soldiers, you know your enemies; if you don't know your soldiers, you don't know your enemies; if you don't know your enemies, you will perish in every battle. Therefore, when an army attacks, it must know the intentions of the soldiers on its left and right. ;