Zhang Zai, also known as Zhang Zi. He was a philosopher in the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the founders of Neo-Confucianism, the cousin of Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, the founder of Guan School, a branch of Neo-Confucianism, and a sage. He was enshrined in the 38th place in the west veranda of the Confucius Temple. Its temple courtyard, together with Zhou Dunyi, Shao Yong, Cheng Yi Temple and Cheng Hao Temple, is collectively known as the Five Sons Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty. Zihou, named Zihou, is of Han nationality. His ancestral home is Daliang (now Kaifeng). He moved to Hengqu Town, Fengxiang County (now Mei County, Baoji). He is known as Mr. Hengqu.

Zhang Zai’s classic saying:

If a scholar wants to make progress, he must admire his work, and if he admires his work, he will be established! If it is established, it will be successful; if it is not established, it can be established; if it is not established, it can be expected to be successful!

This is the benevolence of heaven and earth. A benevolent person must do what he has to do, start with encouragement, and eventually return to nature.

When the people are satisfied, who is the king? If the people are not enough, who will be enough for you?

The wealth is uneven and the education is incompetent. Although they want to be cured, they are all in vain.

Dazhong is the way of heaven and earth; if you get Dazhong, the yin and yang, ghosts and gods are all inexhaustible.

If a person can do it with one, he can do it with a hundred; if a person can do it with ten, he can do it with a thousand.

The way of heaven and earth can be explained in one sentence. If there are people who are good at talking about only one thing all day long, they should know its essence, summarize its general outline, and finish it in one sentence.

Moral life is something that lives forever. If one's own body dies, this will always exist.

With a limited mind, you can only seek limited things; if you want to achieve something broad, you should seek it with broadness, knowing all things around you and using Tao to help the world.

If the mind is persistent in forgetting, then even if it is a matter of practice, it is not Tao. If the mind forgets it, then it will be just a common thing for life.

Although people have merit, they are not as good at learning, and their minds should not forget.

For ordinary people, it is easy for people to go up, but it is difficult for people to go down. However, it cannot be done, and it cannot be done, and it is false to not fulfill its feelings.

If you know something but don’t believe it and act on it, the more you don’t know it, the scholar must find the middle way to keep it.

Those who are willing to change their language before they have learned enough will surely know that there will be trouble in the end. Changes in speech should not be discussed lightly. If the language changes suddenly, it means that the technique is not correct.

Beautiful talent is not enough to achieve merit; only correcting evil into good and laziness into diligence can be merit.

Many people say they are content with being poor and lowly, but in fact they are just out of luck and their talents are too short to make a living.

A scholar's ambition is great, but he is afraid that his gains will be shallow. If that is the case, he can only aim at the small.

Establish the foundation and then practice it. The way to practice requires both humility and courtesy. It must be invented both internally and externally. This is the combination of both internal and external ways.

If a person is able to avoid doubts, he will be virtuous. This is based on the fact that he has no doubts in the main place. Although it is not processed, his thoughts will always be here, and his consciousness will gradually change over time.

Since the scholar understands this intention, he will be worthy of his choice and act accordingly.

Tao must seek truth in the vastness, seek reality in the emptiness, and learn from it through writing, then it will become more solid and sincere.

A gentleman does not need to avoid the words of others, thinking that he is too gentle or weak.

If you want to do something, you must have the heart to do it. If the heart is not appreciative, you will be lazy and there will be no reason to do it. Moreover, if the saint is sincere and established, all stories will be established.

If sincerity is not polite, there will be no sign, and if sincerity is not polite, it will not be seen.

If the mind is capable of greatness but is not respectful and respectful, it will not stand; if the mind is capable of great respect but the mind is not ambitious, then it is a narrow place and must be broad and respectful.

Being benevolent and guided by righteousness will naturally lead to a harmonious mind and a healthy body.

When a scholar salutes, people just think he is being pedantic. What he thinks is a roundabout way is a shortcut to me, so this is what I like.

Learning, practicing, and then doubting again are those who have become accustomed to it without noticing it. Therefore, when learning etiquette, one should ask for it without doubting it, and those who are benevolent and abiding by it should learn etiquette.

Rituals do not all come from people. It is as if there is no one. The rituals of heaven and earth exist naturally. Why should they be faked by people?

Rituals are the virtues of heaven and earth. Those like Yan Zi are encouraged not to speak anything that is not propriety, and not to do anything that is not propriety. Those who are encouraged are those who are encouraged to cultivate their nature.

The reason why etiquette upholds nature is that it originates from nature. Upholding nature is the opposite of nature.