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A complete collection of ancient famous sayings

1. "Shang Shu": Playing with people loses morality, playing with things loses one's morale. The ambition is peaceful with the way, and the words are connected with the way.

Likes to tease others, which is a sign of moral corruption. If you are too obsessed with one thing, you will lose your fighting spirit. Your own will must be in line with the Tao in order to feel peaceful, and other people's speech must also be in line with the Tao in order to be accepted.

2. "Spring and Autumn": Private viewing makes the eyes blind, private listening makes the ears deaf, and private worries make the heart crazy.

If you look at problems with selfishness, you will not be able to see; if you listen to problems with selfishness, you will become deaf; if you think about problems with selfishness, you will have no principles.

3. "Guoyu": The heart is like a desire, and the earth behind is hard to fill.

Desire is like a deep valley, unfathomable, and no amount of things can fill it. Once a person is controlled by desire, he will be lured into the abyss.

4. "Warring States Policy": When the sun is at midday, it will move, when the moon is full, it will lose, and when things are prosperous, they will decline.

The sun will shift after noon, and it will be waning after the full moon. Once things are too prosperous, they will decline. Things must be reversed when they are extreme, and nothing should be perfect.

5. "The Book of Songs": My heart is so broken that it cannot be turned around. My heart is so powerful that I can't take it away.

Love and marriage require loyalty, and vows cannot be changed easily. Don't make a promise lightly, and fulfill your promise.

6. "Tao Te Ching": Difficult things in the world must be done in easy ways; great things in the world must be done in details.

Nothing in the world can be accomplished overnight. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. No matter how difficult the task is, it starts from something simple; no matter how big the task is, it starts from a small place.

7. "The Analects of Confucius": I examine myself three times every day: Have I been unfaithful to others? Make friends but don’t believe it? Are you not used to it?

Reflection leads to progress. If people want to grow, they must learn to reflect on themselves. Only by reflecting on your own shortcomings and improving them can you become a better version of yourself.

8. "Mencius": Those who love others will always be loved by others, and those who respect others will always be respected by others.

Treat others with a friendly heart, and others will love you in return. If you want others to respect you, you must first respect others.

9. "The Doctrine of the Mean": Only those who are sincere in the world can master the great scriptures of the world and establish the foundation of the world.

Integrity is the foundation of life. The key to the quality of a great personality lies in the word sincerity.

10. "The Great Learning": A gentleman loves his relatives when he is virtuous, and a villain takes pleasure in his relatives and benefits them. This will never be forgotten until the end of the world.

Don’t forget the virtues of our ancestors, use our ancestors as examples, and try our best to imitate them. Only in this way can you stay famous forever.

11. "Zhuangzi": Great knowledge is leisurely, small knowledge is intermittent; big words are arrogant, but small words are Zhanzhan.

People with great wisdom always have a very open-minded attitude; people with little talent tend to worry about trivial matters. Speeches that contain great principles are always easy to understand; speeches that are only clever are often full of nonsense.

12. "Xunzi": Don't admire the past, don't care about coming, have no pity for the city, move at the moment, respond to things as they come, discern things as they arise, and it will be clear whether it is possible to control chaos.

Don’t dwell on the past, and don’t worry about the future. Do it when it comes, and seize the opportunity when it comes. Don't worry about meaningless things, live in the present.

13. "Han Feizi": If you don't cultivate the ancients, you can always break the law.

It is impossible to get things done if you stick to your limitations, are constrained by the established framework, and are unable to seek breakthroughs and innovations.

14. "Mozi": The water of a river is not water from one source